Fitness Tips

Grin and bare it — barefoot training can make you faster and less injury prone.

With the help of a few plyometric training tools, you can teach your neuromuscular system to unleash impressive speed and strength –the two ingredients behind the explosive power treasured by athletes.

Muscle imbalances caused by too much sitting, typing and monitor gazing can set up chronic problems throughout the body. Are work-related imbalances throwing your body out of whack?

Are you skipping your warm-up or cool-down? You may be squandering fitness results and making your workouts harder than they have to be.

Routines – even healthy ones – have a way of becoming, well, routine. Here’s how to put the fun back into your fitness experience.

When it comes to exercise, the more, the better . . . right? Not necessarily. Finding your own fitness sweet spot is a balancing act.

In the context of other life priorities — such as career and family — sometimes our workout plans have to give a little. But how much, and for how long?

Determined to get into better shape? Don’t drive yourself to exhaustion: Coach yourself to satisfaction — and real results that last.

If your weight-loss efforts seem stalled or stymied, heart-rate-based interval training may provide just the metabolic boost you need.

Before you rush into setting health and fitness goals for the year ahead, stop and appreciate what you’ve already accomplished.

Feeling the need for speed? Yearning to turn on your turbojets? Overspeed training may deliver the velocity you’ve been missing.

Plagued by chronic running injuries? Perhaps it’s time to try ChiRunning, an intuitive style that works with your body and draws from your physical and spiritual center.

Go ahead and focus on the negative. With eccentric training, you can achieve some very positive workout results.

If you’re an active woman you may be at greater risk for knee injury than your male counterparts. Learn how to protect one of your body’s most valuable joints.

Forget splashing around in fountains of youth. If what you want is a lifetime of health, fitness and vitality, you’re better off swimming laps.

Wondering what to eat before and after your workouts? Learn the essentials of fueling for optimal energy, recovery and health.

Exercise anywhere is a good thing. Exercise everywhere is better. From the reliability and flexibility of in-club workouts to the variety and expanse of outdoor adventures — give your body the best of both worlds and you’ll cover all kinds of new fitness ground.

Here are some simple but powerful ways to breathe new life into your routine – and jump-start your fitness growth.

If you want to take off — and keep off — unwanted pounds, a healthy metabolism is your body’s best fat-burning friend. Find out which habits can make or break your body’s ability to produce energy from would-be pudge.

Whether you work for a living or live for your work, managing your physical health and fitness may be more critical to your career than you realized. Find out why the shape you’re in can make or break your success.

No time? No problem. You can still squeeze in a worthwhile cardio or weightlifting workout on even your busiest days.