How Doing Nothing Boosts Creativity
We tend to think of inspiration as the arrival of new ideas coming to us from the outside. But inspiration also emerges from inside of us - very often when we’ve eliminated the distractions that keep it at bay.
A Better Way to Burn Fat
If your weight-loss efforts seem stalled or stymied, heart-rate-based interval training may provide just the metabolic boost you need.
Pilates Power
Pilates can lengthen and strengthen muscles, turn your core from weak to sleek, and even rehab old injuries. Here's what you need to know about this popular mind-body method.
Back and Forth
Ah, the new year. It’s kind of like starting a new journal, a new chapter, a new relationship. It’s all fresh and clean, all full of possibility.
From Inspiration to Action
Inspiration sometimes comes at times and places we least expect. Last fall, for example, I found myself inspired while watching an NFL game.
Health: The New Sex Symbol
From the biological basis for attraction to the underpinnings of head-turning good looks — an exploration into the compelling connections between vitality and sex appeal.
Feed Your Friends: 2 Easy Dishes for Your Next Gathering
Whether you're entertaining dozens or planning an intimate celebration for a few of your favorite pals, there's an art to creating experiences both you and your guests will enjoy.
The Importance of Celebrating Your Fitness Successes
Before you rush into setting health and fitness goals for the year ahead, stop and appreciate what you've already accomplished.
Counting Wins – and Losses
Reflecting on the year past, looking at notable accomplishments and things to celebrate, I see a great many within the Life Time Fitness organization.
How to Eat For Your Genes
You know that your genes are central to your health. But did you know that they have their own nutritional needs? Discover how the emerging field of nutrigenomics may help us nourish our DNA — and lower our risk of certain diseases.
A Return to Real Food
In our rush to embrace conventional dietary wisdom, have we needlessly abandoned authentic fare? Nina Planck thinks its time we took a long, honest look backward.
Mind-Body Synergy
Whether you seek lower blood pressure, a longer silhouette, or a more peaceful response to life's pressures, disciplined practices like yoga, tai chi and Pilates offer a host of transformative benefits. Which might explain why mind-body exercise is one of the hottest trends in the fitness industry.
All I Want for Christmas
If there’s any time of year when it’s easy to lose one’s sense of center, it’s the holidays. Then again, if there’s any time of year ideal for regaining one’s sense of center, I’d say that it’s the holidays, too. Particularly if you get an early and proactive start on it.
Central Intelligence
Nature is a brilliant designer. Look at a tree, a flower, a landscape, and you’ll generally see a well-centered composition. Even in the case of infinitely complex fractal constructions, there’s an organic symmetry, a progressive spreading from a center point (or many center points) that can be viewed at virtually any magnification and still appear balanced, right, whole.
More Than One Way Out of Depression
Looking for a way out of depression? Antidepressant drugs are not your only option. And the relief offered by natural alternatives just might surprise you.
Role Reversals: How to Make Healthier Foods the Stars of Your Meals
Healthy eating isn't about eliminating favorite foods from your diet. It's about creating more exciting roles for the foods your body likes best. Discover how to make healthy foods the star of any meal — while keeping your flavor favorites in the wings.
Courage, In the Raw
When it comes to breaking out of ruts and assumptions, food writer Gael Greene knows how to do it – both in the kitchen and in life.