Using resistance bands is a terrific way to strengthen and tone your body without the need for fancy weight lifting equipment or a gym membership. They are inexpensive and come in a variety of tensions to match your level of fitness.

Any comprehensive exercise program should include a variety of types of exercise. The following six exercises can help keep you healthy and keep your workout fun, interesting, and effective.

Dynamic warm ups are a challenging way to begin any exercise or fitness routine. And when there is a series of them that you can do, they often can replace the traditional workout, becoming a warm-up and workout at the same time.

Advanced dynamic warm-ups are great to do before any exercise routine, even walking or biking. They warm up the body while moving it dynamically, to increase blood flow, stretch muscles, and loosen joints all in an effort to get you ready to exercise while reducing risk of injury.

Even if you don’t have time you must make time to warm-up sufficiently before working out or exercising. You increase chances of a successful workout while decreasing chances of injury if you thoroughly warm-up your entire body first.

One simple activity can exert a tremendous influence over your health, lowering your risk of Alzheimer’s, protecting your heart, defending against cancer, decreasing your risk of disability, controlling your weight and increasing your life expectancy.

By now you know the benefits of moving your body — walking, lifting weights, yard work, swimming and anything that gets your blood moving. But what you may not know is that one muscle group in particular can help your brain the most.

Everyone remembers mountain-climbers from elementary school gym class. But in these versions, there is no kneeling on the gym floor. Elevated mountain climbers will burn calories, elevate your cardio and tone your arms and legs.

“No time to train” is no longer an excuse with a high-intensity burst-series of exercises at your disposal. You can rev up your cardio, burn muscles, and build strength in 20 seconds or less.

Training with a partner is a great way to get into shape. They keep us motivated and inspired, push us to do more and not give up, and it’s so much fun! Today’s video will show you a super fun way to tone your legs, butt and arms.

Sit-ups and crunches are among the most well-known and boring of exercises. What’s more, working out alone can be tedious and it can be difficult to self-motivate. But these “buddy” exercises are made to be fun.

Can you exercise too much? That is the question that a group of researchers set out to answer by reviewing several studies — and what they found is surprising.