Sometimes you’ve just got to get a workout in, but your baby or toddler doesn’t want to leave you alone. Fortunately, a lot of exercises still work with a baby in a carrier. Just think of your bundle of joy as a squirming weighted vest.
You’re not limited to simple floor exercises when it comes to working your abs, back, and hips. If you’re ready for a change from planks and crunches, try this cable machine move called the Pallof press.
You probably know you shouldn’t feed chocolate to your dog—but maybe your dog got into your candy stash anyway, and came out fine. Meanwhile, your vet is more concerned that you admit to feeding him raisins. Confused? Let’s take a look at what the dangers really are.
If you’re only comfortable on nice flat roads, the rocks and roots of mountain bike trails can be intimidating. Enter the wheelie: while it can take a lot of practice to master this move, you can get started easily by hopping up onto something as simple as a curb.
Reading Marion Nestle’s Food Politics will make you feel like a speck in a universe of giants. Corporations alternately battle and collude with the United States government in chapter after chapter, spending billions of dollars to influence what you, the consumer, choose to put in your mouth.
The same running workout feels harder on a hot day than on a cool one, and it’s not just your imagination. We really do slow down in the heat—at least until we’ve adapted to it—and it’s possible to calculate exactly how much.
“Unfortunately, when chaos erupts, you won’t be able to access your local gym or counsel with a personal trainer,” writes Jesse at Fallout Fitness. He’s created a minimal-equipment routine that puts a post-apocalyptic spin on the always handy bodyweight workout.
Depending on who you ask, we’re either eating “too much” protein, or we need protein shake after protein shake just to build a little muscle or lose weight. The truth isn’t either of these. Some of us may need more, while others get more than enough—but more isn’t necessarily harmful. Here’s how to figure it all out.
We’ll say anything to bribe a kid to take their medicine, but telling them it’s candy has the potential to backfire. Each year, 70,000 kids show up at emergency rooms after overdosing on medicine, most because they helped themselves to meds that were left in reach. After all, who doesn’t want more candy?
Apps can measure how far and how fast you run, but they’re not great at gauging your long term progress. Am I building a habit? Am I getting faster? Seeing your runs on a sheet of paper, with planned workouts next to a brief post-mortem, helps you see your progress. Here’s the template I use.
If you’re in a bad mood at the start of a workout, or if you’re dreading what’s to come, you’re more likely to have a miserable experience. But if you remember your best days at the gym, or your favorite finish-line moments, you can use those to set the scene when you begin.
If you’ve attempted tricky yoga moves, you know all about tools like blocks and straps that can help you get closer to a pose that you can’t quite do on your own—yet. Now Greatist shows us another way of mastering challenging moves: with a suspension trainer.
Meditation apps can help you carve out time in your day to meditate, and can teach you how to meditate or introduce you to new techniques. They range from simple timers to extensive series of lessons and subscription tutorials. Let’s look a few, and what they can do for you.
The World Health Organization announced today that hot drinks probably cause cancer. That does not mean that the hot coffee in your hand right now is going to kill you. This announcement comes with a lot of caveats, and most of us are probably in the clear.
Running is simple: just lace up some shoes and go, right? We’ve even told you that you don’t need to buy expensive shoes. But even if you seek out the clothes, shoes, and races with the lowest price tags, it’s hard to keep your overall budget down. Here’s why, and what you can do.
It’s hard to watch your kid endure pain, so doctor visits with shots can be a stressful time for both parent and child. Fortunately, a Canadian public health group has combined some of the best pain-reducing advice into two handy pocket guides, one for babies and one for older kids.
Foam rollers are famous for giving great massages: you just roll your target body part over this handy cylinder. But you can also use a roller as part of a strength workout, where it fills in for exercises that might normally use an exercise ball or a yoga block.
This folding exercise bike can work your arms or your legs. It’s sturdy enough for serious workouts, with a price to rival full size equipment. When you’re done, though, it barely takes up space. Excy is like a polite houseguest: It stays out of your way when you’re busy, but it’s up for fun whenever you are.
iOS/Android: Most of us run our best when it’s cool and cloudy, so in the summer that can mean taking a close look at the hourly forecast to find the best time to beat the heat. Now, the Weather Channel app can do that work for you.
