These Are the Best Hot Weather Workouts
When it’s hot and humid out, the last thing you want to do is break another sweat. So what should you do when you want to exercise under such conditions?…
What ‘Breathe Into Your Back’ and Other Weird Yoga Terms Actually Mean
Yoga instructors love coming up with creative ways to explain what your body is supposed to do as you go through a series of poses. The language can be evocative…
Why You Feel Cranky on Your Rest Days (and What to Do About It)
Photo: Cast Of Thousands (Shutterstock) Rest days are a commonly used tool to manage your workload in an exercise routine. While they’re not technically necessary, they can be a good…
The 7 Deadly Sins of Getting Back in Shape
Photo: Oleggg (Shutterstock) Another great suggestion from Beth Skwarecki: A lot of beginners worry about the optimum number of reps, what supplements they need, the best workout schedule, and other…
How to Exercise Your Neck (and Why You Should)
Photo: Anatoliy Karlyuk (Shutterstock) We may pay more attention to our biceps or our butts, but every part of our body is full of muscles that can benefit from exercise.…
How Long It Takes to Start Enjoying Exercise, According to Reddit
Photo: Gorodenkoff (Shutterstock) Exercise isn’t always fun, and if you’re doing it to benefit your health or to support a weight-loss goal, it may feel like an awful chore. “People…
How to Exercise All Those Little Muscles in Your Feet That You Forgot (and Why You Should)
Photo: New Africa (Shutterstock) It’s easy to exercise the muscles you can see—your biceps, your quads—but there are more muscles in your body than just the big ones. We’ve talked…
Can You Make Yourself Like Yoga?
Photo: MilanMarkovic78 (Shutterstock) I have never been a fan of yoga. I’ve tried it several times throughout my adult life as “yoga bodies” and yoga studios became inescapable, but I’m…
Enroll in One of These 9 Free Online Courses at NYU
Photo: littlenySTOCK (Shutterstock) It’s been several years now since big name universities began offering some of their classes online for anyone—student or not—and, in some cases, for free. You were…