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CrossFit

You’ll do back extensions or similar exercises that are good for your lower back. Started by a former gymnast and gymnastics coach, CrossFit lets y...

Ways to Boost Your Stamina

Cutting your recovery time and pushing yourself during a workout are great steps toward having more stamina, but don't forget that your body still ...

What to Know About Breathing When Running

Your muscles need more oxygen when you exercise. It’s normal for your breath and heart rate to increase when you’re running or doing a lot of exerc...

How to Start Running

Here are a few of Galloway's tips to keep you on the run and off the injured list. 'Follow the huff-and- puff rule: If you’re huffing and puffing a...

Cross-Train with Yoga for Power, Flexibility

'I tell my clients to do yoga 2 to 3 days a week to keep muscles flexible,' McGee says. To strengthen specific muscle groups, perform these yoga po...

Banish Your Belly

Talbott, PhD, suggests still another reason: stress (although he acknowledges that this is not yet a generally agreed-upon theory in the medical co...

Yoga

There are yoga poses to target just about every core muscle. With yoga, you don't build arm strength with free weights or machines, but with the we...

Follow a Walking Plan

Do this beginner's 4-week walking program to help improve health and build strength. You can take another leisurely walk tomorrow if you feel like ...

HIIT (High-Intensity Interval Training)

As you can tell from the name, high-intensity interval training (HIIT) is challenging. But cardio exercises like running and biking can strengthen ...