10 Tips on Home Workout Gear
Working out at home is a lot easier than venturing into the wild and working out outdoors. It's also less intimidating than going to the gym. But at home, you still have the same physical parameters affecting your workout that you do outdoors. How to get warm, stay cool, fuel up, and not allow your body to change temperature too fast—all these issues still matter, even when you're in your living room.
The Body Symphonic: 6 Steps to Orchestrating the Perfect Fitness Regime
The coolest part of a symphony is watching all the players just before they start. In that single millisecond, with the rise of the conductor's baton, we're transformed from audience member to participant. Now, what if transforming your body was as simple as lifting that baton?
Watch Out! The Freshman 15 Isn't Just for Freshmen
Back-to-school time doesn't just affect students. It's the time of year when everything changes—for everyone. The days shorten, it cools off, we get really busy, and the holidays are looming around the corner. In short, it's the easiest time of the year to let your health slide. This is when it's important to remember that the "freshman 15" isn't just for freshmen. All of us—students or not—face these seasonal lifestyle adjustments, and the lapses in fitness and healthy diet that accompany them, every year.
Jack LaLanne: 1914–2011
Jack, you lied. You said if you died it would ruin your image, but now that you're gone, nothing has changed. You were THE fitness icon yesterday; you're THE fitness icon today. Without you, it's impossible to say if there would even be a fitness industry. You started it, you grew itâyour influence never waned, and you are still its leader. I think it's safe to say your image is, and always will be, intact. Jack LaLanne is my hero.
Tropic Plunder II: 6 More Super-Healthy Exotic Fruits
Just when you thought it was safe to sit back, peel a banana, and put the whole exotic fruit rigmarole behind you, we're back with a new list of six more little bundles of sweet, exotic fruity goodness. Maybe you've heard of them, maybe you haven't. Either way, they're delicious and nutritious, and your friends will think you're, like, totally fancy if you bust them out at your next shindig.
Jack LaLanne: 1914–2011
Jack, you lied. You said if you died it would ruin your image, but now that you're gone, nothing has changed. You were THE fitness icon yesterday; you're THE fitness icon today. Without you, it's impossible to say if there would even be a fitness industry. You started it, you grew it—your influence never waned, and you are still its leader. I think it's safe to say your image is, and always will be, intact. Jack LaLanne is my hero.