Fitness & Exercise
High Protein Recipes to Boost Your Workout
It can be hard to fit in the perfect fuel before your workout, without relying on the same protein shake. High protein snacks will not only help you stay fuller longer, but you’ll be full with right nutrition to help you build muscle and burn fat during your workouts, or repair immediately after a gym session.…
Read MoreThe Best Exercises to Do With A Friend
Everything is better together! Be it with a friend, partner, or colleague, studies show working out with a partner has more benefits than hitting the weights or cardio machines solo. It can increase energy, determination and even provide better results. That said, here are a few creative exercises that prove teamwork pays off!
Read MoreRunning & Walking Tips: 7 Common Treadmill Mistakes
Hitting the treadmill is one of the best ways to get the body moving and heart pumping. Whether you walk or jog (or do a little bit of both), a treadmill workout almost always feels good. But like any other exercise equipment, you need to make sure you’re using the treadmill correctly. We see people…
Read MoreWhat’s Worse for Your Health — Smoking or Not Exercising?
Whew! Quite the loaded question, huh? Abstaining from smoking and making sure to attend the gym would be the best course of action; but let’s take a step-by-step approach to answering the question. By now, we all know smoking can cause cancer, emphysema and a myriad of other issues. But is it worse than not exercising?
Read MoreBuilding Muscle on Keto: The Essential Guide
When you’re on a diet like the ketogenic diet, building muscle can get hard. But it’s not impossible, and a lot of what you have to do to build muscle on the keto diet comes from normal strength-building best practices. Here’s how. What’s Keto? The keto diet is simple: replace your carbs with fats. The…
Read MoreFive Ways to Motivate Yourself to Work Out If You Lack Motivation
We’ve all been there: when you don’t feel like working out, you take a one-way trip to… DUN DUN DUN! Excuse City. Excuse City is filled with phrases like: I am too tired today. I’m too sore from my last workout. I don’t feel like getting sweaty. I don’t even know what I’m doing at…
Read MoreEasy Hacks to Fit in 10,000 Steps During the Winter
Ahh, winter is here! If you’re not a fan of the cold it can be very tempting to curl up on the couch with a mug of hot chocolate to binge your favorite Netflix show.
Read MoreHow to Build a Fitness Journey Instagram (And Build Your Following)
In the digital age, creating a fitness journey Instagram is a great way to keep yourself motivated, track your progress, and interact with other people in the fitness community. Instagram has long been a channel for people trying to increase strength, lose weight, alter their diet, and feel inspired while doing so.
Read MoreThe Tips Our Trainers Give to Help You Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
The New Year’s Resolution is a fickle thing. One day it’s here, and the next it’s July and you’ve done virtually nothing to accomplish it. Don’t be too hard on yourself, though — changing your lifestyle is hard, and keeping up those changes is even harder. While we personally believe you can start your New…
Read MoreThe Best Winter Running Gear
It may not feel like it right now, but winter is indeed coming. You want to keep/start running, but let’s be honest, motivation can drop when it’s a little chilly outside — we get it. But never fear! We’ve rounded up some of the best winter gear for running to help you stay warm and…
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