Health Fitness

Photo: Pond5 If you’re thinking: “para-whata,” you are not alone. The parallette has deep roots in gymnastics (think the parallel bars and the pommel horse). But don’t be fooled by their simplistic design. These badass bars are making their way into CrossFit boxes and HIIT workouts for a good reason. “The …

Photo: Twenty20 Short of eating a perfect diet, a daily multivitamin is often touted as the next best thing — if only remembering to take it was as simple as it sounds. But what if there was an easier, more effective way to get essential vitamins and nutrients into your …

Once upon a time you may have wandered down the grocery aisle and picked up a bag of rice without a second thought. But lately the sheer variety of types can be overwhelming. And we’re not just talking brown versus white. Your average store might offer black, brown, red, white …

Photo: Twenty20 What’s the one thing that runners, cyclists and desk-bound office workers have in common? Tight hips. While 27 muscles cross the hip joint — and tightness in any one of them can cause aches, pains and limited range of motion — one of the most common culprits of …

Photo: Twenty20 Even if you pay as much attention to your kitchen as you do to fine print, you can still whip up a healthy homemade meal that’s as easy as it is delicious. All you have to do is learn a few key cooking methods. Enter: Patricia Wells, cooking …

Photo: Twenty20 “Life is great. Cheese makes it better.” That’s what Avery Aames wrote in her book The Long Quiche Goodbye. Unfortunately for folks like Aames, the feta fans, burrata backers and gorgonzola groupies, cheese is often demonized for its high-fat content and possible addictive qualities. But nutrition experts say …

Photo: Ryan Kelly (left); Becca Pace (right) If you thought being a group fitness instructor looked easy, prepare yourself. On any given day, Becca Pace, head trainer for Daily Burn’s Barre Harmony program, could be teaching up to six classes at different locations! “The class styles that I specialize in require …

Photo: Pond5 Machines tend to get a bad rap on the gym floor — demonized as non-functional, even dangerous, according to some fitness pros. Still, they’re not necessarily just a bunch of dead weight. Exercise machines can be helpful for beginners who want to start building strength but don’t necessarily …

Photo: Twenty20 You may have mastered meal prep and have a slew of go-to recipes featuring your washed, peeled, chopped and neatly stored fruits and veggies. But as you’re slicing and dicing to get to the “meat” of your produce, you’re forgetting a few tasty parts: roots, sprigs and rinds. …

Photo: Pond5 If you’ve been to a health food store lately, you may have noticed a product called liquid aminos gracing the shelves. Jim White, RDN, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, says that liquid aminos come in pour or spray bottles and contain naturally-occurring essential and non-essential …