Cardio
A Weight Loss Workout That Works
Everyone has his or her own reason for wanting to lose weight. Maybe you want to be beach-ready, or you have a vacation coming up, or you just want to [...]
How to Get Great-Looking Abs (Hint: Not With Crunches)
Crunches are fine for achieving a strong core, but they're not going to help you in your quest for a super-firm, trim midsection. If you really want to show off [...]
Myth Busted: Why Women Need to Strength Train
I often hear from women that they stick to cardio and avoid weight training because they don’t want to get bulky or look like a bodybuilder. But a lot of [...]
Cyclical Bulking: The Muscle-Building Nutrition Strategy
Have you ever gone through a bulking phase and failed to achieve your goal? If you don't bulk correctly, there's a good chance you will end up looking like Santa [...]
DNA and the Future of Us
In our field, medicine—which affects us all, really—some exciting things are on the horizon. Some of them could change your life. For example, a recent study examined the 80% of [...]
3 Fat-Burning Treadmill Workouts
Bored with running in place? You can maximize your time on the treadmill beyond just raising the incline. (See Maximize Your Cardio Training With Intervals.) Here are three different workout routines [...]
3 Fat Blasting Cardio Workouts You Can Do Indoors or Outside
Performing a cardio workout indoors or outdoors may seem like a no-brainer. If the weather is good, you do your workout outdoors. If it's cold or raining, you do a [...]
How to Create a Workout Schedule
Celebrity fitness trainers love to throw out admonitions like, "there's no excuse for skipping a workout." Sometimes, though, you have a valid excuse for missing a workout. On some days, [...]
Boot Camp Class Basics
No one questions the toughness of our military training programs. Our soldiers are trained and conditioned with the most challenging drills to prepare them to fight and defend. If a [...]
The Workout You Need to Do Before INSANITY
Chiseled abs. Glistening sweat on fit, hard bodies. Brutal workouts led by a barking—yet somehow affable—drill instructor. You may have seen all of these things in ads for the INSANITY [...]