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Push-ups are awesome for building upper body strength; the downward dog is equally great for stretching your calves, shoulders, and a few other areas. Combine them and you’ve got a great warm-up or “rest day” movement that helps increase range of motion in your upper back, while getting you stronger.

IKEA has voluntarily recalled multiple product lines of their chests and dressers, including MALM, due to tip-over safety hazards that have been linked to the deaths of three children. You may be eligible for a full or partial refund if you bought your dresser or chest any time through June 2016. Here’s how.

The “miracle question” is a thought experiment that’s used in solutions-focused brief therapy. It’s designed to shift your focus on how helpless you feel to being able to see positive solutions and good things that are happening. Here’s how it can work for you.

We’ve discussed before how to intelligently and responsibly fit alcohol into a fitness regimen, so here are a few more tips to avoid being too merry and waking up deathly ill the next morning. Let John Romaniello of Roman Fitness Systems explain.

Hey, do you like garlic French fries topped with cheese? Cool, same. Good thing you can learn this super easy way to cook some up at your next barbecue or car camping trip, from the folks at Delish.

In his book Slim By Design, Brian Wansink of Cornell University Food and Brand Lab talks about how the subtlest external cues can influence our tendency to eat mindlessly. He believes that with a few tweaks in your kitchen’s physical environment you can be reminded to make healthier choices more consistently.

Iron deficiency is the world’s most common nutritional disorder. As many as two billion people have anemia, mainly from not getting enough iron in their diet, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). So, other than eating more iron-rich foods, another good way to increase iron intake is to cook foods in a…

As the head of TED, Chris Anderson has listened to a lot of talks in his lifetime, and he’s identified the one thing that makes a public talk truly spectacular. In his video, Anderson shares what that is and four tips you can implement to improve your own presentations and public talks.

Infants, children, and teens all need more sleep than the average adult. For years, we’ve heard varying but similar ranges from different sources, but now a recent consensus statement by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) has helped put this debate to bed.

Urine consists of urea, water, sodium, potassium, and other chemical compounds. For a long time, people who watched too many survival shows and even doctors thought urine was germ-free. As it turns out, urine isn’t sterile when it leaves your body.

I always dread getting my cholesterol levels tested, because historically, the test requires that I fast for at least eight hours beforehand. And if you’re like me, that makes for an extra cranky test subject. Thankfully, recent international guidelines say that it’s okay to skip the fast.

A handstand push-up is exactly what it sounds like, and as with the push-up and pull-up, you’ll need to learn it, bit-by-bit. In her video, Nia Shanks, coach and owner of Lift Like a Girl, shows you the exercises to help you work up to one.

You’ve probably seen those on-foot chase scenes in movies like Casino Royale, where the escapee vaults over obstacles and lands from scary heights with cat-like grace. That’s parkour and freerunning in action—and they’re similar. The difference between the two, however, is in the mindset.

There are typically two trouble points in a deadlift: one is getting the barbell past the shins; the other is locking your hips at the top of the movement (otherwise referred to as the “lock-out”). This video—and these tips—from EliteFTS explain the problem, and what you can do.

At times, lies seem so harmless, but they can stress us out, and even cost us money. On a more subtle level, it changes our pattern of speech, and since most of us aren’t as good at lying as we think, if you know what to look for you can probably catch a lie in the act.

Doing sprint intervals on a running track or the treadmill at the gym is a popular way to get an effective, short cardio workout. There’s one major gripe: you’re mainly working out your legs. With “hurricane sprints”, your upper body and core can actively join the fun.

Your head position and where you look during a squat have very subtle benefits. You’ll be able to keep your balance throughout the exercise better, concentrate on your lift better, and be more consistent with performing the exercise the same way every time.