Healthful Diet & Nutrition

Just because you’ve hit 40 doesn’t mean you have to resign yourself to being out of shape. In fact, you need to take extra care of your health since you are aging and aren’t as resilient as when you were young. One way to get back in shape is by working out, even if your age does make it a

Nothing feels better than a good, long run with the wind in your hair and the sounds of the city or country. Without a doubt, long runs will burn a great deal of energy. This means it is very important for runners to eat, both before and after their runs. Before a run, food needs to be consumed 30 to

So, you’ve made the big decision to exercise. After years of “planning” on starting an exercise program that never seemed to materialize, you’re taking the plunge. Congratulations!  It’s never too late to get into shape and change your fitness level and life. The benefits of a regular exercise routine are many — it can help improve both your physical and

If you have limited time, you might do cardio and strength train on the same day. Do you enjoy going for a run and then hitting the weights or the other way around? You might also wonder whether there are physiological advantages to doing one before the other. In fact, there are three compelling reasons why you want to do

Do you think warming up before exercise is a waste of time? Many people want to get to the “meat” of the workout and skip the preliminaries. As a result, they either skip it or do a super fast and sloppy warm-up. If you’re doing it right, a warm-up should last around 10 minutes. It takes that much time to

Have you been doing the same exercise routine for months and no longer feel like your current workout serves you or gives you the results you’re looking for?  If that’s the case, it might be time to make a few changes to your workout or give it a total reboot. Change can help you better reach your objectives and stay

You know strength training benefits your body composition and improves the way you look, but did you know working your muscles against resistance also slows aging? If there’s one thing all humans want, it’s to be fit and functional as long as possible. Strength training can help you be your healthiest self and even slow the aging process, but have

You know that exercise is good for you, but for one reason or another, it just isn’t working out. Here are some ways that you might be sabotaging your exercise routine, as well as some suggestions for how to get back on the path to fitness success.   1. You put off exercising. If you have too much to do

If you’re like most people, you have days where you just don’t want to exercise. You’ve had a long day and are already tired after a day of too much work and not enough relaxation. Not only are you fatigued but you’re in a crabby mood and feeling a bit down or under the weather. On days when you’re feeling