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 …
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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. …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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