The Kettlebell Effect on Aerobic Capacity, Muscle Development, and Fat Loss
A study by ACE, the American Council on Exercise, confirms what all dedicated kettlebell afficionados already know: that kettlebell training torches calories and builds cardiovascular fitness at the same time it builds muscular strength.
The Stair-Well Workout
In search of the ultimate do-anywhere workout? This strength-and-cardio routine using a flight of stairs is ready whenever you are.
A New Earth
My favorite insights from Eckhart Tolle's wisdom-packed book about present-moment awareness.
The Morning Banana Diet and Other New Year’s Follies
'Tis the season for fad diets and crazy weight-loss schemes. But real change still relies on patience, calm focus and healthy common sense.
Heart News: New Evidence Challenges Dietary Guidelines
Refined carbs and processed sugars — NOT saturated fat — drive heart disease.
Order Out of Chaos: The Entryway
Simple, thoughtful, low-cost strategies for transforming the first place you see when you walk in the door.
Change Agent: Shiva Rea
Acclaimed yoga teacher Shiva Rea uses movement to transform lives.
An Interview With You
Instead of just listing the same old resolutions, consider asking yourself some pointed questions about the goals that matter to you.
How to Cook Grass-Fed Beef
High in antioxidants, essential fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, meat from pasture-fed cattle is a nourishing delicacy.
Winning at Weight Loss
When Jeni Bier's workplace offered a weight-loss competition, she was reluctant to take on the challenge. Two years later, she's a different person.
PUMPING IRONY: Hurts So Good
True to form, I overdid it a little yesterday at the gym (gotta scale back my reps on those 350-pound bench presses), and today I'm paying for it. I think I strained a bicep or something on my left arm…
PUMPING IRONY: Ya Say Ya Want a Resolution . . .
I've been avoiding the gym these past couple of weeks so that I could make a resolution to get back to the gym in 2011. And guess what?
The Plyometrics Workout
Want to increase your power, refine your reflexes, decrease your chance of injury and sculpt your bod? Hop to it with this high-energy plyo primer.
COMING CLEAN: Fish Stories
Last weekend's record-threatening snowfall allowed me some free time to try a few new recipes. Kyle made lasagna and pot roast, both classic winter comfort foods, and I tried out a recipe for cajun rainbow trout I found on Whole…
Treating Sleep Apnea — Naturally
Why the quality of sleep matters as much as the quantity.
COMING CLEAN: Snowed In
For those living in the Midwest or Northwest, a good, heavy snowfall gets the top slot on the evening news. I've grown up in Minnesota, so I'm not usually startled by a deep freeze, and this weekend's record-threatening snow accumulation…