Fitness Tips

Expert answers on how to ease, and prevent, side stitches.

Expert answers on alcohol and its impact on your fitness and strength regime.

We ask the experts if resistance training causes inflexibility, if drinking will derail workout efforts, and if chiropractic care can improve fitness.

Researchers find that a new interval-training program improves performance and health in half the time.

Expert answers on how to build your shoulders and arms while avoiding bulky traps.

Expert answers on why focusing on healing is important to lose the injury-related weight.

Just because you’re not able to run doesn’t mean you can’t get a great sprint workout.

We ask the experts how to avoid building thick “traps,” naturally minimizing joint pain, and sprinting for non-runners.

Swim and triathlon coach Craig Strong offers tips for strengthening your freestyle stroke in the first installment of our new series on building fitness skills.

Studies show the effect of mental strength on physical strength.

Expert answers on how to use daily housework and chores as part of your workout.

Expert answers on how to close the separation of your abdominal muscles.

Fitness editor Jen Sinkler asks the experts what counts as a refined carb, if housework qualifies as exercise, how to break a fitness slump, and how to heal abdominal separation.

Do many of your injuries occur on one side of your body? There’s often a logical explanation and a simple solution.

We the experts if saunas can help lose weight, why Achille’s tendons get sore, how many exercise sets and reps to do, and how to deal with lopsided injuries.

Fitness editor Jen Sinkler asks the experts when to eat after exercising, how often to change up a workout routine, how to look fresh after a workout and how to cure “computer neck.”

Stressed out and strapped for time? Don’t skip that workout. Research indicates that those who break away from their desks reap physical, mental and professional rewards.

Your workout mix can have performance-enhancing powers.

We ask the experts about multivitamins boosting workout results, if agility ladders live up to their name, and if lifting heavy weights can make you sleepy.