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Escape From Inertia: How to Overcome Resistance to Exercise
Most of us struggle at some point to overcome a stubborn resistance to exercising. Here are some tips for getting — and keeping — your body in motion, even when you don’t feel like it.
How to Put Your Family First
Is a hectic work life taking up all your time and energy, leaving little or nothing for your loved ones? Here’s how—and why—to create space for the relationships that matter most.
Making the Rounds: A Guide to Circuit Training
Circuit training can rev up your metabolism and extend your endurance. Find out how.
The Squeeze-It-In Strength Workout
Only have a half-hour to get your resistance workout done? These five moves will do the trick.
3 Exercise for an Immobile Thoracic Spine
Immobility in your thoracic spine can send pain into your shoulders, neck or lower back. Here’s how to correct the problem.
How to Do a HIIT Workout
Get more results in less time with high-intensity interval training, a super-intense cardio workout.
3 Ways to Improve Your Cardio Routine
Cardio workouts are not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Here’s how to make your program work better for you.
How to Deal With Constant Complainers
How to cope with the stress of being subjected to the negativity of a chronic complainer.
How to Stop Playing the Blame Game
We all succumb to finger pointing from time to time, but targeting others rarely produces good results. Here’s how you can move from fault-finding to empowered problem solving.
How to Simplify the Holidays
With all the scheduling and traveling, errands, and obligations, the holidays can feel overwhelming. Here’s how to simplify your season of celebration - and rediscover the peaceful soul of the season.
What Is Impetigo and How Do I Treat It?
Impetigo is a common highly contagious skin infection. It is especially contagious among children but is not usually serious.
What Is Bacterial Folliculitis and How Do You Treat It?
A relatively common type of rash that presents as itchy, pus-filled pimples. It usually appears around the base of hair follicles on the arms, legs, or scalp.
Time for Health: How to Schedule (or Unschedule) Your Family Well
A too-busy reality can run you and your loved ones ragged — and do real damage to your family’s happiness in the process. Here’s how to make time for the healthy priorities that really matter.
8 Common Skin Problems and How to Treat Them — Naturally
From athlete’s foot to eczema, unwanted skin conditions can throw you off your game. Here’s the scoop on how to deal with itching, pain, redness, and some the other most maddening maladies.
The Young and Not-So-Restless: Assessing Your Kid’s Activity Level
They run, they jump, they play, they compete. That’s great. But how well do their real-life activities measure up to recommendations?
5 Ways Speed Training Can Improve Your Health
Kids have the right idea: They love racing and chasing and seeing just how fast they can go. Here’s why adults should pick up the pace, too.
PUMPING IRONY: A Decent Interval
I'm not going to pretend it hasn't been awhile since I've posted (these things are dated, after all), but real work comes first and I've been catching up after a week's vacation. (Yeah, I could've posted while on vacation . . . whatever.) It doesn't mean, however, that I've been slacking off in the workout department.
Functional Wellness, Part 2: Hormones and Inflammation
Hormonal imbalances can lead to a host of serious health problems, including inflammation, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, cancer, dementia and more. Here’s how to get your body back in balance.
Creak, Crackle, Pop!: Why Do My Joints Make Noise?
What is that sound coming from your joints, and should you be concerned? Find out what’s normal, and what you might want to get checked out.
7 Common Questions About Stretching
For years we’ve been told to stretch before activity, after activity, and anytime in between. But what is stretching really good for, and when is it really worth our time and effort?
The Rest-Pause Workout
Adding a short pause at the end of a tough set can help you overcome plateaus in your resistance-training routine.