In: Les Mills
Regeneration
Are Your Workouts Sabotaging Your Sleep?
You may think that exhausting your body with plenty of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) will help you sleep like a baby....
Nourishment
Why Are We Throwing Away So Much Food?
Food wastage is a global problem of epic proportions—but there are things we can do collectively, and as individuals, to reverse...
Nourishment
Low-Carb, No-Carb Or Pro-Carb: What The Science Says
Diets very low in carbohydrates are in vogue, so what do you need to know about their effects, when not all...
Regeneration
Research Roundup: New Findings From The Forefront Of Health Science
Discover if the time you exercise affects weight loss, what you can do to offset dementia risk, and how CO2 might...
Nourishment
Six Reasons To Get More Fiber In Your Diet
Fiber might conjure up images of brown, dry cereals and dense, hard-to-chew breads, but that’s not fair to this essential dietary...
Nourishment
Raw Versus Cooked: What You Need To Know
The raw food movement is more popular than ever, but there are a few things to consider before you step away...
Mindset
GX24 Instructor Roget Soukou Sees Who You’ll Become
Roget Soukou played soccer and ran around like all the other kids, and he dreamed of becoming an engineer. He never...
Mindset
How To Find Your Exercise Mojo—And Keep It
So the year is flying by and you’ve just realized you haven’t been to the gym in weeks—and it’s clear your...
Movement
Deadlift Basics: All You Need To Know To Master This Move
We love this power-packed exercise as it’s great for strengthening all the muscles down the back of your body, building core...
Movement
Why Being Fit Means Being Smart—Plus More Cool Fitness News
In this roundup of the latest health and fitness research: the link between being young, fit and smart, new facts about...
Nourishment
How Do You Know How Much Salt You’re Eating?
Sodium in food can be disguised even from our taste buds. Given the health risks associated with too much salt, it...
Mindset
This GX24 Instructor Gets the Work You Did to Get In Here
If you’d asked 20 years ago why Richard James Oliver works out, he might have told you his goal was to...
Mindset
Five Strategies For Keeping Up Your Fitness Resolutions
Struggling to stick to an exercise regime? Here’s the thing – it may not be all your fault. It’s an all...
Regeneration
The Misconceptions Around Massage
Ever been told a massage will help after a particularly brutal workout? Or maybe you’ve heard that massage increases your joint...
Nourishment
Should You Try A Fasting Diet?
FASTING DIETS Is adopting a fasting diet the ultimate quick fix? With the holidays over and those belts a little tougher...
Nourishment
How the Super-Fit Could Hold the Secret to Better Health for Everyone
A new study into the gut bacteria of elite athletes reveals how endurance and performance are about more than training and...
MindsetUncategorized
Here’s Why You Feel So Good Working Out To Great Music
HOW MUSIC MOVES US Mixing music with the electricity and chemistry of your brain & body. You may not have heard...
Mindset
Why Working Out Together Works Wonders
Research shows that if we work out in a group, we are far more likely to stick at exercise than if...
Movement
My First Time: LES MILLS GRIT
In the second installment of his epic journey to sample every LES MILLS program, our special correspondent ups the intensity with...
Movement
Crunch Vs. Plank: Which One Wins?
They are the two most popular core training moves, but do they produce the same results? We put the crunch and...
Movement
HOW TO GET THE JUMP ON POWER AND STRENGTH
GET YOUR JUMP ON Discover the plyometric moves that will see your athleticism fly. Discover why getting air beneath your feet...
Movement
More Than 10 Years Later, Vicki and Betty Are Groovin’ in GX24 Classes
After attending her first group fitness class when she was a teenager, Victoria Varney knew that movement and fitness were supposed...
Movement
Three Reasons to Take Les Mills’ Immersive Cycle Class—The Trip
Why is seeing a movie on the big theater screen so much more fun and thrilling than watching it from your...
Movement
Everything You Need to Know About Les Mills BODYCOMBAT
Les Mills BODYCOMBAT is an energy-packed mix of martial arts moves that will get you fit, fast and strong—and leave you feeling...
Game Changers
Nina Dobrev Talks Fitness, Her Upcoming TV Show and More
From shows like “Degrassi: The Next Generation” and “The Vampire Diaries” to repping major fitness brands like Reebok and Les Mills,...
Movement
Everything You Need to Know About Les Mills BODYPUMP
BODYPUMP is a barbell workout designed to get you lean, toned and fit. The combination of scientifically backed moves, motivating instructors and...
Game Changers
Phillip Mills Shares How He Keeps Fitness Interesting After 50 Years in the Industry
Phillip Mills is a father, grandfather, environmental champion, fitness innovator and CEO of a global fitness brand, Les Mills. In April,...
Mindset
Building a Fitter Planet With Phillip Mills
Phillip Mills has spent five decades in the fitness and health club industry. From cleaning floors in his parents’ New Zealand...
Movement