It's safe to say that the year has been insane. No need for details, obviously, but due to unforeseeable events, the world has become compartmentalized. People have been required to shrink their personal and professional lives and to exist within the

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Stuck in a rut? These six fitness quests will refresh your training mojo. We get it — training can be boring. Day in and day out, doing the same thing over and over (and over). It’s as mind-numbing as it is undemanding. Not to worry: These 30-day fit

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being competitive gets a bad rap and is often associated with stress, anxiety and an overly intense focus on winning or being “the best.” But competition is also a powerful motivator and can increase productivity, improve performance and provide acco

A STUDY REPORTED IN THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY FOUND THAT BATTLE-ROPE EXERCISES EFFECTIVELY OVERLOADED THE MUSCLES ENOUGH TO STIMULATE IMPROVEMENTS IN TOTAL-BODY STRENGTH AND MUSCULAR ENDURANCE. THE MOST EFFECTIVE MO

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COMPETITIVE SPRINTERS HAVE some of the most incredible physiques in the world. Genetics aside, countless hours spent on the track mean well-developed glutes, quads, legs, shoulders, arms and core. Add to that their cross-training protocols and you’ve

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in 2012, Alicia Samaan had just finished filming her television debut for the reality show Bad Girls Club: Atlanta. When beginning the series, she anticipated fame, stardom and success — but instead, she was quickly labeled “the fat girl” by both cas

Semret Russom’s fitness journey began in 2013 when she decided to train for her first bikini show, and she quickly fell in love with the sport. “I enjoyed the strict discipline and the challenge to my willpower,” Russom says. When she finally walked

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Generally speaking, “the change” (e.g., menopause) is not a happy time for women. Your hormones are on a roller coaster, your periods are irregular, and you have hot flashes, insomnia and moodiness. Fortunately, a new study of nearly 6,000 women publ

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Your mom told you, we told you and now science is telling you — breakfast is important: A recent study published in the journal Nutrition revealed that people who go big on breakfast eat a better overall diet; consume less added sugar, saturated fat

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Is a lack of shoulder mobility holding you back? Then you’re among millions. While it is arguably the most mobile joint in the human body, the shoulder is also the most problematic, which is no wonder considering all its moving parts. If anything is

People perceive carefully styled “Instagrammable” meals as healthier and tastier than those that are messy and all over the place, according to research published in the Journal of Marketing. “When food is plated in a way that features classical aest