In: Movement

Summer Weight-Loss Workout
You had planned to have started that green smoothie habit, the 10,000 steps daily and the booty-blasting beach workout to reach...
Summer Legs
Summer brings daily inspiration for achieving a toned and lifted barre-beautiful body. But what if you’re beach-bound or out enjoying the...
#Year Of You Phase 2
Eight weeks into #YearofYou Phase 1, and how do you feel? Bold? Bendy? Better? How is your sleep? Are the workouts...
Family Games to Get You Fit
As expert Brian Grasso explains, play is a surefire way to get the whole family off the couch in the summer—or...
What Kind of Workout Do You Really Need Today?
Did you know that the time between each of our heartbeats is a little different with every beat? Whether our heart...
Fit Daughters, Fit Dads
She organized her first community fun run and family fitness festival and founded Kids Being Fit when she was 9 years...
A Dad’s Response to the “Dad Bod”
I’m Joshua Buchbinder: a Fitness Manager at 24 Hour Fitness, mid-thirties dad and husband. Lately, there’s been a lot of buzz around...
Catching Up with Precor’s Rob Barker
No matter what your fitness regimen, chances are you’ve worked up a sweat on Precor cardio equipment and probably took the...
The Positive Power of Stress
We’ve all heard that movement helps relieve stress, and can produce feel-good endorphins. But how do we put this into practice?...
Take a Stand against Sitting’s Dangers—and Get Moving
If you haven’t heard, you may want to sit down for the bad news (but not for long): Sitting is harmful...
10 TIPS TO LOOK AFTER YOUR JOINTS
Your joints are the one area of your body you need to take extra care of while training. 24Life gets insight from orthopedic surgeon Nigel Hope.
Whole-Body Metabolic Conditioning
Find your awesome by saying hello to AMRAP: As Many Reps As Possible in a given time.
Lumberjack, Hipster or Strong(WO)man?
Check out this classic workout perfect for those who want to get strong.
The #yearofyou program
A 12-month complete fitness and strength program to make sure you and your body can do anything you want to do, whenever you want to do it.
Best Foot Forward
They gave Marilyn Monroe her trademark wiggle. They made the opening scene in Saturday Night Fever. And they are essential to...
How Much Exercise Do You Need?
Laughter may be the best medicine, and you can’t get too much of it. But we don’t always feel that way...
Find Your (Dynamic) Balance
Dynamic balance, which we explained in a previous post, helps us catch the long bomb, boogie with our grandkids, and stay...
The Science of Not Falling Down
Officially, balance is the control of the postural equilibrium required for optimal performance of the human body. Less officially, we think...
Three Ways Group Training Makes You Healthier
The miles and time seem to pass more quickly, you push yourself a little harder just to see if you can...
Does Stretching Get Results?
Instant. The fitness holy grail. We hear miracle diet, insta-slim pills and six-pack abs in six weeks—and the clincher: scientifically proven....
Stretch Your Definition of Flexibility
When you think flexibility, images of ballerinas, gymnasts and yogis probably spring to mind. But flexibility isn’t just for those who...
HIIT: What it is, what it’s NOT and 5 reasons to care
High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) programs have exploded in popularity in recent years. In fact, the American College of Sports Medicine...
Total-body strength to shred fat
Improving body composition doesn’t need hours of mindless cardio. It does, however, require a quick science lesson. When using multi-directional movement...
Train your body as one muscle
Multi-directional movement patterns are the new favorite with trainers and fitness professionals. Why? Backed by solid scientific rationale, they recruit all...
Tone and tighten with sandbells
Gone are the days when strength training programs focused on one major muscle group at a time. Savvy trainers now know...