Fitness
There’s a fitness revolution at work here, A lot of people are reconsidering what works for them, and also becoming more flexible and more open to different types of fitness - Shanel Anderson
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Don’t overthink your exercise: just 2.5 hours per week of any kind could help you live longer
With the explosion of boutique gyms and spin classes and ultramarathons, it can feel like exercise should be both expensive and extreme. But researchers are finding that it really doesn’t seem to matter what kind of physical activity you do to reap great health rewards.
In one of largest global studies ever published on the heart health benefits of physical activity, researchers found that 150 minutes spent exercising per week could cut a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease and death. And, most importantly, the Lancet paper demonstrated that all kinds of physical activity were equally good for the heart.
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What Will Endurance Races Look Like When They Come Back?
Marathons. Cycling Races. Triathlons. So many have been wiped out, but organizers are already planning how to bring them back.
How Fitness Will Change Forever
Quarantine reminded us that we could work out anywhere. But “anywhere” is not a place we go to do important things.
Keeping fit: how to do the right exercise for your age
The effect of exercise on health is profound. It can protect you from a range of conditions, including heart disease, type 2 diabetes and some cancers. But the type and amount of exercise you should do changes as you age. To ensure that you are doing the right type of exercise for your age, follow this simple guide.
The Fitness Trend That Is a Mirror
Making you sweat is just the beginning.
Why you shouldn't exercise to lose weight, explained with 60+ studies
The researchers behind the study found that people who have had success losing weight have a few things in common: They weigh themselves at least once a week. They restrict their calorie intake, stay away from high-fat foods, and watch their portion sizes. They also exercise regularly.
Forget the Hotshot Trainer with the Six-Pack, Boomers Want Mature Fitness Coaches
As older people hit the gym in record numbers, demand rises for trainers in their 50s and 60s; ‘It’s hard for someone who’s young to understand'.
Hope, Happiness And Social Connection: Hidden Benefits Of Regular Exercise
Whether you run, swim, dance, bike, lift weights, do yoga or participate in team sports — it doesn't matter, McGonigal says — moderate physical activity does far more than make us physically stronger and healthier. Here are five of the ways movement can help you enjoy life.
How to make exercise a regular part of your life
Learn to stop worrying and love working out.
How to stay fit forever: 25 tips to keep moving when life gets in the way
Can you carry on exercising when your motivation slips, the weather gets worse or your schedule becomes overwhelming?
Is The Online Fitness Boom Here To Stay?
The online fitness industry has seen a major boom since the COVID-19 outbreak, but is it here to stay? For brick and mortar gyms, franchises and boutique fitness studio’s, the damage has been devastating. 24 hour fitness is contemplating bankruptcy while Soul Cycle is now selling their bikes for $2,500 to compete with Peloton amidst their studio closures.
The future of fitness is at home
The race for the attention and commitment of home exercisers is on. The stakes have never been higher, nor the competition more fierce. Social media marketing, free trials, and skyrocketing views abound. But will the home fitness winners of the pandemic’s first lap be able to hold their gains for what’s likely to be a marathon?
Why Going Outside Is Good For Your Health, Especially Right Now
Hundreds of studies have linked spending time outside to better health outcomes like decreases in incidences of diabetes and cardio-vascular mortality, lower blood pressure and heart rate, and better immune system function.
Health Check: do we really need to take 10,000 steps a day?
The 10,000 steps concept was initially formulated in Japan in the lead-up to the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. There was no real evidence to support this target. Rather, it was a marketing strategy to sell step counters. There was very little interest in the idea until the turn of the century, when the concept was revisited by Australian health promotion researchers in 2001 to encourage people to be more active.
The Exercise That Helps Mental Health Most
We assume exercise improves our mental health. But what kind of exercise works best? Researchers looking at the link between physical activity and mental health found that team sports fared best, followed by cycling, either on the road or a stationary bike.
A Fitness Empire Quietly Rises on YouTube
One of the nation’s hottest gyms isn’t a gym. And it’s free.
A Star Among Stars - We'll Miss You, Jack
A legend has died, Jack LaLanne at the age of 96. He was a health and fitness guru who practiced what he preached. In 1936 at the age of 21, he opened the nation's first fitness gym in Oakland, California.
Action Women
The new female generation changing sport and society from Russia to the Middle East.
Can You Ever Exercise Too Much?
Some evidence shows that intense endurance workouts can put stress on the heart—but it's probably temporary.
I Spent 80 Days Trying to Get Abs and It Ruined My Life
I lost 30 pounds and a quarter of my body fat and all it cost was my social life, my relationship, and any joy I had.
In Defense of the Weekend-Warrior Lifestyle
Experts are coming around to the idea that infrequent, high-intensity exercise may be as healthy as regular but more relaxed workouts.
Indoor Cycling Is No Longer Excruciatingly Boring
For a recreational athlete who thrives outdoors, indoor workouts can be a chore. And for a spin enthusiast who loves the energy of a class environment, solo workouts can feel isolating.
Is there such a thing as too much exercise?
We hear all the time about the benefits of exercise: it keeps weight down and energy up, improves mood, and staves off some diseases like diabetes. But can a person exercise too much? Can working out become too much of a good thing? In a way, yes. It all depends on how you're working out.
New Year’s Fitness Resolutions: The Smartest Way to Keep Them
People who work out alone give up the soonest. But a new trend—retro classes that turn fitness into competitive group games—is helping Americans play the pounds away and keep coming back for more.
Organizational Health Or Organizational Fitness?
Fitness and health are not the same. You can have low cholesterol, no physical ailments, and be considered healthy, but still not be able to climb stairs because your fitness level isn’t up to par. Conversely, if you are indeed fit and can perform a wide array of exercises, then a healthy body and mind are the byproducts.
Should You Try Tom Brady’s Fitness Plan?
Nutritionally, he’s about balance, stressing the importance of a plant-based diet. Can’t go wrong there. Plenty of medical evidence to back that up. But he loses me with his alkalinizing focus.
The case against luxury gyms like SoulCycle
Lately, though, I’ve been questioning my reliance on this luxury studio, and wondering what exclusive gyms like Flywheel and SoulCycle mean for America’s epidemic of physical inactivity.
The Exercise Paradox
Studies of how the human engine burns calories help to explain why physical activity does little to control weight—and how our species acquired some of its most distinctive traits.
The Fitness Shift That Should Worry Every Gym Owner
More exercise omnivores are opting for expanded online workouts and services like ClassPass.
The Fitness-Data Revolution Is Just Getting Started
Companies want to turn all those numbers about consumers into more personalized—and fun—workouts.
The Future of Fitness Can Fit in Your Ear
Dubbed ’hearables,’ these AI-enabled headphones help plot running routes, track fitness goals and coach you through tough workouts.
The Potential Cardiac Dangers of Extreme Exercise
A new study finds that exercise that is extreme in either volume or intensity may be associated with high levels of atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries.
The science is in: exercise won’t help you lose much weight
We’ve been conditioned to think of exercise as a key ingredient — perhaps the most important ingredient — of any weight loss effort. You know the drill: Join the gym on January 1 if you want to reach your New Year’s weight loss goal. But in truth, the evidence has been accumulating for years that exercise, while great for health, isn’t actually all that important for weight loss.
Understanding your Measurements
Time to find out what you're made of.
We make exercise way too complicated. Here's how to get it right
Incredibly, with all the science that has been done on how to exercise, what we know about what works for fitness is almost embarrassingly simple — yet we have invented myriad ways to cloud, over-complicate, and obscure these basic, common-sense truths...
What Your Workout Says About You
People who go to the gym spend on junk food; CrossFit fans splurge on workout clothes; and cycling class fanatics travel.
Don’t overthink your exercise: just 2.5 hours per week of any kind could help you live longer
With the explosion of boutique gyms and spin classes and ultramarathons, it can feel like exercise should be both expensive and extreme. But researchers are finding that it really doesn’t seem to matter what kind of physical activity you do to reap great health rewards. In one of largest global studies ever published on the heart health benefits of physical activity, researchers found that 150 minutes spent exercising per week could cut a person’s risk of cardiovascular disease and death.
15 innovations pushing human performance to the limit
Sport science and technology are helping athletes – professional and amateur – to optimise their physical output.
Health Fitness Revolution
Health Fitness Revolution is a non-profit movement headed by the Samir Becic Foundation 501(c)(3) that aims to spread the message of health and fitness throughout the world in order to prevent disease and improve quality of life.
SportsRec
SportsRec is the number one source for all things sports and exercise. Our sports and fitness experts contribute regularly to help us provide the most relevant and accurate articles. Whether you are looking for exercises to target a specific muscle group, rules for a new sport, or how to get started with an exercise regimen, SportsRec has you covered.
The Active Times
Great ways to be fit, find adventure, and visit the wild.
Born Fitness
You want less overwhelming information, and more clarity on what you can trust and understand. Born Fitness is a site without “double-talk” and confusing messages. We take your questions and problems in fitness and nutrition and answer them by interviewing the best experts so you know what works for your body.
Fit Approach
Your healthy community...We believe that kicking ass is best done in pretty shoes. We’ve learned that real women sweat, and sweat hard. We know that assertiveness, strength, and ambition are the ultimate feminine qualities...We're convinced that we run faster in pink shoelaces. We believe in pushing ourselves, and we believe in giving ourselves a break, too. We’re all about the rush of endorphins and the thrill of the challenge. We’re all for looking great and feeling even better. We’re committed to finding our best fit, and making it stick. We sweat pink.
FitDay
Get your free online diet journal and start tracking your foods, exercises, weight loss, and goals. Join over 2 Million FitDay members using our site to take control of their diet and lose weight.
FITera
We want you to succeed with all of your health and fitness goals, and we have the tools and the passion to make that happen.
Fitlosophy
The mission of fitlosophy is to inspire people to live a healthy, active lifestyle by motivating and supporting them with innovative products, to redefine how people integrate fitness into their lifestyle, and to change the shape of our world - literally.
Fitness
Developed by the experts at FITNESS magazine, this is the premiere Web site for exercise, health, and nutrition information.
Fitness Blender
We believe fitness should be accessible to everyone, everywhere, regardless of income level or access to a gym. That's why we offer hundreds of free, full-length workout videos, the most affordable and effective workout programs on the web, delicious whole food meal plans, and helpful health, nutrition and fitness information.
Fitness Journal
Fitness Journal is designed to enhance any diet or exercise program. We do not tell you what to eat or how to workout. Fitness Journal allows you an easy, interactive way to manage your workout and diet information.
Fitness.com
Fitness.com's mission is to provide the World with healthy fitness tips and information, 100% free. With our free exercises, recipes, fitness tools & calculators, articles, diet and weight loss support forum, and our training forum, we hope to you can find all the tools needed to live a healthy and active life.
FitnessBuilder
Workout anytime, anywhere with your portable, affordable personal trainer.
FitnessGenes
FitnessGenes interprets your DNA and will help you build muscle, burn fat, and lead a healthier, longer life.
GlobalFit
Welcome to GlobalFit, the nation's leading provider of healthy living benefits, helping you and your family to get fit, feel better and live healthier.
GMP Fitness
For health and fitness professionals, health coaches, healthcare professionals and enthusiasts, we are a health and fitness educational company and provide online fitness training courses, fitness products and services to help you on your mission for good health.
MapMyFitness
Your workout, your device, anywhere, anytime. Plan, track, analyze and share your journey with MapMyFitness.
Men's Fitness
Men’s Fitness magazine is the UK's best fitness lifestyle magazine.
Muscle & Fitness
Healthy habits, not iron willpower, are the keys to achieving the shape you want. Get started today with these effective tools.
NetFit
Welcome to the NetFit fitness site. With literally thousands of pages of training programs, fitness plans and general exercises, you can find whatever you need to get fit.
Roman Fitness Systems
RFS Is More Than Just a Fitness Site. From the very outset, RFS was intended to be radically different from other sites, every way possible: the quality of information, the commitment to making each article as well-written as it was informative, and the focus on making things as entertaining as possible. But the main thing that differed was the attitude.
Stay Healthy Fitness
MOTIVATION, FOOD & FITNESS....WELCOME TO STAY HEALTHY FITNESS! I will be sharing my Stay Healthy Life with YOU through MY example of what I do to maintain my health, physique, and Being My BEST ME at 49!!! I look forward to Blogging for you. Stay tuned for recipes, articles, links, videos, and very personal shares!! Stay Healthy!
The Center for Women's Fitness
Women's fitness organizations are popping up everywhere these days. With so many to choose from, the search for quality fitness education can be confusing and bewildering. The Center for Women's Fitness and The Pilates Evolution offer programs that simplify your quest.
The Fit Map
We do exactly what you're expecting us to do - provide ways for you to find out more about health information. Whether it's just information and facts, businesses or products, our websites are set up to help you find what you want, when you want.
The Fitness Motivator
Helping you reach your fitness goalsevery step of the way!
USA Fit
While we started out a marathon and half-marathon training program, we continue to evolve to meet the needs of our members. We’ve incorporated a variety of training distances and intensities into our schedules, so as people master one level, there’s always a place to which they can grow. Likewise, we offer walking and Couch-to-5K options to those just starting out with endurance sports.
Vegan Fitness
Vegan Fitness is a site built around our community driven message board which seeks to provide a supportive, educational and friendly environment for vegans, vegetarians and those seeking to go vegan.
Women Fitness
Women fitness (WF) believes that every woman can achieve a desired body if she believes in herself and works whole-heartedly to achieve a healthy and fit body no matter what comes in her way.
Australian Men's Fitness
Men’s Fitness is Australia’s best fitness lifestyle magazine. Muscle up, lose weight, get fitter faster.
Bearfoot Theory
Getting outside is that simple, and here on Bearfoot Theory we show you how. But first things first. We aren’t your typical outdoor website. We don’t feature pro-athletes hucking themselves off cliffs or kayaking class 5 rapids. No. None of that crazy stuff. We are a blog for EVERYDAY PEOPLE. Hikers. Campers. Backpackers. Paddlers. Sun-bathers. If we can do it, so can you.
Gyrotonic
Gyrotonic exercises are performed on custom-designed Gyrotonic equipment, whereas Gyrokinesis exercises are performed on a mat and chair. Both Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis exercise sequences are composed of spiraling, circular movements, which flow together seamlessly in rhythmic repetitions, with corresponding breath.
ACE
The American Council on Exercise is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity.
Active
Active.com is the leading online community for people who want to discover, learn about, share, register for and ultimately participate in activities about which they are passionate.
Active Release Techniques
The gold standard in soft tissue treatment.
Adventure Journal
Adventure Journal is an online magazine devoted to outdoor adventure in all its forms.
AthleteInMe.com
AthleteInMe.com® is intended for consumers of all fitness levels: from sedentary to weekend-warrior to elite athlete. However, because our information is quite detailed, coaches, athletic trainers, and even healthcare professionals will find AthleteInMe.com® useful.
Athletic Minded Traveler
As an athletic-minded traveler, I know first hand how difficult it can be to find legitimate workout options, especially the best hotel gyms. This website essentially guarantees that my out of town exercise questions will be answered before I leave home.
AtoZFitness
Check out the Diet that is taking the internet by storm. You can see our own personal results as well as some interesting stats from AtoZfitness personal trainer Sarah.
Beachbody
As a groundbreaking health and fitness company, Beachbody® is guided by one simple goal. From results-driven DVD-based fitness programs with easy-to-follow diet plans, to superior nutritional supplements, an extensive coaching network, unparalleled support system, and new Certification program, we are determined to help people lead healthier, more fulfilling lives.
Better Body Journal
Better Body Journal is a website dedicated to bringing you no nonsense information on weight loss, fitness, weight training, sports, and anything related to your general health and well-being. The world is in the middle of obesity epidemic, and our writers on the front lines.
Breaking Muscle
We are one tribe of fitness enthusiasts, athletes, coaches, trainers, and yogis creating health, strength, flexibility, and endurance for all.
Canadian Wellness
Canadian Wellness is a comprehensive directory of fitness, diet, health, nutrition and other wellness related professionals and their services.
Council for Responsible Nutrition
The Council for Responsible Nutrition is the leading trade association for the dietary supplement and functional food industry. Learn more about who we are, what we do, and how we can work together to strengthen our industry.
Darebee
The Darebee Resource is an independent fitness resource run and maintained by a small group of volunteers and fitness professionals. Here we make fitness accessible, make training fun and make a healthy lifestyle easier to start and maintain – on a budget. We believe that fitness is not a privilege, it should be made this accessible for everyone - not just people who can pay for it.
DCAC Fitness
DCAC offers an extraordinary variety of Group Fitness, Personal Training and Mind/Body Fitness Education sessions presented by the world's foremost fitness educators.
Diet & Fitness Today
The online resource for diet and fitness including weight loss, low fat recipes, vitamins and minerals, nutrition, health and fitness. We have produced health, diet and fitness information along with a large selection of health calculators including an ideal weight calculator which estimates the time taken to achieve your ideal weight and a calories burned calculator. We also have a special body fat percentage section to estimate your body fat based on bmi, skinfolds or body dimensions. Why not Visit our new section on Fitness Vacations.
DNAFit
Our groundbreaking DNA test will change the way you think about fitness and nutrition forever.
Exercise Daily
ExerciseDaily! is a free online wellness magazine. Our promise is to provide year-around research news and information on the latest discoveries in exercise, fitness, health, nutrition & wellness.
Exercise ETC
Exercise ETC. has rapidly grown to become one of the country's largest providers of fitness education programs. Based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., we offer education, training and certification programs in over 50 cities nationwide.
EXOS
Rather than confining ourselves to established industries such as health care, corporate wellness, and sports performance, we’re interested in putting people in the best position to take control of their health so they can succeed at anything.
ExRx.net
ExRx.net (Exercise Prescription on the Net) is a free resource for the exercise professional, coach, or fitness enthusiast.
Furthermore
An extension of the @Equinox ethos, we are the playbook for the high-performance life. Get next-level workouts, recipes, and travel intel.
Girls Gone Strong
At Girls Gone Strong, we want you to feel confident knowing that what you’re doing to look good, feel good, and feel healthy and strong is not only based on tested, reliable, and safe information from trustworthy sources, but also that it is effective and efficient.
Jen Reviews
The Authority on Health, Fitness and Home.
National Center on Health, Physical Activity and Disability
NCHPAD is positioned to effect change in health promotion/obesity management among people with disabilities through advocacy, services and programs to numerous organizations and people throughout the country
Natural Products Foundation
We are committed to ensuring that consumers, the media, health professionals, and policymakers have the complete facts about dietary supplements
No Meat Athlete
No Meat Athlete is about giving you tools, not preaching. We’re all about training tips, recipes, advice on how to transition, and the occasional dose of inspiration — so that even if now isn’t the time for you to start eating less meat (but especially if it is), you’ll know you’ve always got someone in your corner to help you out.
Peak Performance
PPOnline's mission is to be the world's most useful and vibrant community and source of information for athletes and coaches
Performance Fitness Concepts
In our 33 years of designing individual nutrition programs, people say that no one knows nutrition like Performance Fitness Concepts! How do we do it?? The mystery lies in the combination of foods - and that combination is different for everyone.
PhysioBench
A large proportion of injuries do not need hands-on physio treatment. Choosing a personalised treatment programme provided by Physiobench can speed your recovery.
Play60
Our Mission: To make the next generation of youth the most active and healthy. In October of 2007, the NFL launched NFL PLAY 60, a national youth health and fitness campaign focused on increasing the wellness of young fans by encouraging them to be active for at least 60 minutes a day.
PopSugar
Health & Fitness with a vibe.
Pose Method
The Pose Method® is the leading methodology for teaching sport specific technique to improve athletic performance and reduce injuries.
Powhow
Choose from thousands of classes in Fitness, Music, Arts, and Beauty. Train at home from your Living Room. Interact Live with your Instructor and Friends.
President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition
PCSFN engages, educates, and empowers all Americans to adopt a healthy lifestyle that includes regular physical activity and good nutrition. Since 1956, the Council has created and promoted programs and initiatives that motivate people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities to be active and eat healthy.
Pulled Muscle
The athlete's guide to sports injury.
PumpOne
Our mission is simple: to get you fit with one click. Founded in 2005, PumpOne is THE source for your fitness lifestyle. Catering to both fitness pros and average Joes, we've perfected the art of mobile training.
SparkPeople
At SparkPeople, our mission is to SPARK millions of PEOPLE to reach their goals and lead healthier lives. We offer nutrition, health, and fitness tools, support, and resources that are 100% free, while other sites like Weight Watchers and eDiets.com charge their members for similar services.
Sport Distance Calculator
Easily draw, plan and share your sport routes.
Stretch Break
A team of health care professionals developed Stretch Break to increase circulation, relieve tension, boost your energy level, and help guard against Repetitive Strain Injuries.
Tabata Times
Tabata Times has grown to become the largest independent media voice covering the fast-growing sport of CrossFit. Join the conversation.
The Science of Sport
This site was 'born' at the end of April 2007 as our attempt to give Sports Science and Exercise Physiology a broader appeal, while at the same time providing a site where people could be educated and learn about physiology and exercise performance.
TimeOutdoors
TimeOutdoors offers free access to 1,000+ pages of events, clubs & expert advice on outdoor sports & activities.
Topend Sports
This is the home page to a wealth of sporting information for those aiming for the top end! Following the sections below to explore my sporting world, to find the sports information that you are after.
Twiik
With TwiikApp you can log all your workouts in your free workout journal. Use the web or the app. Follow programs, like other users workouts or create groups and challenge your friends. Join us today. It's free.
WinningStats.com
WinningStats.com is a fast, easy and free web site for athletes and coaches to monitor individual, multi sport/triathalon and/or team fitness routines. The site currently offers tracking for Running, Walking, Swimming, Cycling, Cross Country Skiing, Inline Skating, Rowing & Health Metrics.
YooHealth
We want you to think of YooHealth as your go-to website for all your fitness tips, nutrition recommendations, and healthy lifestyle information.
Yuri Elkaim
Hey, I’m Yuri and welcome to my home – one of the fastest growing fitness, nutrition, and natural health sites on the web…
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