There are many causes for low back pain. Often we feel it after bending “wrong” or trying to lift something too heavy, but the root cause is likely lack of strength and tone in the lower back and supporting muscles of the hips and buttocks. So let’s strengthen and sculpt them…

Push-ups can be daunting. If you don’t have any or much upper body strength they seem near to impossible. But not these… and even better, this easy-peasy push-up routine works multiple muscle groups at once — and fits into even the busiest schedule. No time to do a lot of exercises? No problem!

Keeping the body pain free and moving easy is not so… easy. But just like the old saying goes — if you don’t use it, you lose it. If you don’t, before you know it, it’s not so easy to move, and when you do it hurts. But you can remedy that…

If you’re chained to a desk all day, you probably cringe every time you hear that sitting is bad for your health. But what can you do to make the time you spend sitting less harmful? Researchers found that you can make sitting healthier than standing just by doing this…

Tai Chi was developed thousands of years ago as a system of health preservation, fitness and self-defense. It is described in the West as “moving meditation” because coordinated movements and breathing techniques lead you into a meditative state of gentle relaxation…

Many exercises work to strengthen one area or another. But when time is in short order and you want to work more areas, you need a multi-faceted exercise. This one tones your core and your arms…

If you’ve tried to sit or stand using better posture, you’ve probably noticed the first place you feel it is in your tummy area. Here’s where the really simple “boat” pose can help your posture and train those muscles for a firm, tight and flat tummy…

When you think of improving exercise performance and recovery, and strength, supplements that often come to mind include creatine, carnitine, amino acids, fish oil, and protein powders. But an especially potent antioxidant brings some special properties to the table…

Yoga is known to help with depression, decrease stress and improve sleep and boost immunity. But this one popular yoga pose is practically a full-body workout that helps strengthen your arms, shoulders, core and legs, while also stretching the spine…

An abundance of research is being done to determine just which type of exercise will give you the biggest returns for your efforts. The results are streaming in, and they all support one form of training that goes to the cellular level to keep cells young…

80% of people who successfully lose at least 10% of their body weight gradually regain it to end up as large or larger than before they went on a diet. Why is regaining the weight you lose so easy? Let me explain, because once you understand, it makes the secret to keeping it off easier!

If you do yoga, you may have noticed that yoga changes your thoughts, mood and emotions for the better. So it’s got to be doing something inside that noggin of yours, right? Well, it absolutely is. It’s actually altering the physical structure of your brain…