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Common Running Injuries: Prevention and Treatment

Pain gets worse with activity and improves with rest. Rest is important, as continued stress on the bone can lead to more serious injury and slow d...

Indoor Cycling

An instructor will lead the class through different types of cycling, like uphill climbs, bursts of speed, and short recovery periods with easy ped...

Walk Away The Pounds Without Breaking a Sweat

The way these programs work is simple: Buy a pedometer (available for $25 to $35) to track the number of steps you take in a day; wear the pager-si...

Step By Step: Walking for Fitness

So 'Walk this way!' as the rock group Aerosmith would shout, and maybe one step could lead to a thousand, and that could lead to better health. Fit...

Sofa to 5K Training Tips

If you’re new to running, recovering from an injury, or at the beginning of your runner’s journey for whatever reason, you should establish a train...

Runner's High: is it for Real?

'On average, you tend to see people who are runners and habitual exercisers having better moods, suffering from less depression and less anxiety, a...

Ls Running Outside Toxic?

'What's not clear with air pollution and exercise is how much exposure is a danger, or how long you have to be exposed,' he writes. If you're like ...

Is Walking Enough?

Even the U.S. surgeon general joined the ranks, issuing guidelines that encourage Americans to engage in 'a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activ...

Build a Stronger Skeleton

He consults for the Pennsylvania Ballet and the 76ers basketball team about their bones. If you hope to live to a ripe old age and be active during...

Work Out Smarter, Not Longer

'Probably there are about four or five things that have been consistently shown to be effective in helping individuals avoid kind of reaching a pla...

Striving for Six-Pack Abs

'Exercise alone is great for expending calories, but without watching your diet, it's going to be a long, slow road to getting a six-pack.' For you...

Calorie-Burning Treadmill Workouts

If you've got an hour, here are two treadmill workouts to try. This treadmill-only workout, designed by Wasilewski, is for experienced exercisers. ...