How to Start Working Out

How to Start Working Out

“I’m just asking for a friend,” said the woman sitting next to me on a recent flight back to Atlanta. “How does someone get started with exercise?” Like many fitness professionals, I have been asked this question a gazillion times. My response is a mix of science, but...
Why I Love To Teach Group Fitness

Why I Love To Teach Group Fitness

I have been teaching since we recorded music from records (some of you may need to Google that) onto cassette tapes (and that too). I have been teaching since thong leotards and flesh-colored tights were a thing (maybe don’t Google that). And I’ve been teaching since...
Are You 3D Strong? Like, IKEA Strong?

Are You 3D Strong? Like, IKEA Strong?

Hands up if you know a strong brawny dude who will bench press twice his body weight, but then hurt himself swinging a golf club. Or the weight room aficionado, confident with a barbell, who hurts herself doing the spring gardening. And the would-be weekend decorator...
Should Exercise Have An Off-Season?

Should Exercise Have An Off-Season?

We all know the term off-season. It broadly categorizes the period, usually when an athlete’s professional season is over, that is dedicated to time off and physical (and mental) recalibration. I bring up this notion of off-season because for many of us who have a...
All That Sitting Got You Down? De-Desk!

All That Sitting Got You Down? De-Desk!

If you plow fields, hunt for food, work on a construction site, own a landscaping business, or have a physically robust way of earning a living, read no further. You’re golden. But for the rest of us, the ones who spend a decent chunk of time sitting at a desk hunched...