Health Fitness

Photo: Twenty20 Whether you’ve fallen under the spell of the technicolor fall foliage or just want to add a new challenge to your race calendar, you’ve decided that it’s finally time to sign up for your first trail race. And you’re in good company: More than eight million people enjoy …

Photo: Twenty20 Squat, lunge, push, pull, hinge, twist, and walk: These make up the seven movement patterns that your body relies on to get ish done every day. And not just during a workout. Think about how you pull a box off a shelf, squat down to pick something up, …

Photo: Pond5 When we drag ourselves out of bed for a workout, there’s one goal we all have in common: Get the most out of it. Unfortunately, research shows we’re not great at judging how hard we’re pushing ourselves during our sweat sessions. In fact, when left to our own …

It happens each year: The dishes you’ve been craving all season long are finally passed ’round the table, and before you know it your plate is piled up to your head with turkey, stuffing, green bean casserole, mashed potatoes — all smothered with a heaping portion of gravy. It’s a …

Photo: Twenty20 It’s that time of year again. When days seem to fly by faster than Usain Bolt and fitting in a workout feels nearly impossible. Except you can squeeze in some sweat. Enter: CrossFit. The fitness philosophy is simple: “constantly varied functional movements done at a high intensity,” explains Blair Jost, …

Photo: Pond5 When temperatures drop and wind chills pick up, the drive to hit the road for a run often comes to a screeching halt. But not for you! You just have to do one thing…step on the treadmill. Even if the thought of logging some miles on a machine …

Photo: Tiffany Ayuda / Life by Daily Burn Feel like you’re forever tightly wound? We feel you. You have a good reason to crave that deep-tissue massage after a stressful day at work. Research shows that we carry certain emotions, like anger and anxiety, in our head, neck and shoulders. …

Photo: Pond5 If you’re too intimidated to touch the barbells stacked in the corner of your gym, prepare to get un-afraid. These weight room staples aren’t just for CrossFit fiends and meatheads. Beginners, it’s time to step up to the weight plates — because it turns out barbell exercises are …

Photo: Ryan Kelly / Daily Burn 365 If there’s one major muscle group we don’t mind firing up during almost every workout, it’s our abs. And for good reason: Aesthetics aside, a strong midsection leads to proper body alignment, better balance and it can help alleviate lower back pain. When …

Photo: Twenty20 You just crushed a really hard workout. You upped the load of your training, or you stepped out of your routine and tried a new activity. You feel great — until you wake up the next morning, barely able to move. Enter delayed onset muscle soreness, better known …