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Feel the benefits of yin yoga as you get older

Yin yoga helps us become more flexible, pain-free, less tense, and enjoy a good night’s sleep. Who doesn’t want to feel those benefits as we get older? The soft, slow...

Turkish Twist Pose for Upper Back and Oblique Abdominals
This mountain III pose offers all the benefits of rotation combined with a deep hip stretch. Getting Into the PoseCross one knee over the other. Draw your feet back toward...
L-Shaped Handstand for Shoulder, Arm, and Core Strength
Use the wall as support while you get used to being upside down (which can be scary), and gradually build up strength in the upper body. Learning to trust your...
Boat Pose for Core Strength and Balance
Use boat pose in mountain III to strengthen your core and improve your balance. Practice boat pose after seated forward fold to assist you in maintaining a neutral spine by...
Find your cycling training zone
To maximize the benefits of any training session, you need to get in the zone--the training zone. But how do you know which intensity level will get you there? For...
Active with Kids At Home Activity: Comic Book Moves
Equipment: Magazines (including comic books or graphic novels), poster paper, marker Time: 15 to 20 minutes Activity Category: Individual pursuits Safety: Ensure that the activity space is a safe distance...
Tips for safely increasing running distance
Running is an excellent method for staying active, whether you are training for a specific event like a 5K, marathon, or triathlon, or running for exercise and enjoyment. To avoid...
Core Circuit
If you're traveling and find yourself with limited space and equipment--or even if you are at home and need a compact workout--try this core circuit that requires only you, the...
The Ball Buster
Medicine balls are a great way of training for power without the technical skill required for traditional power movements such as the clean and the snatch. This medicine ball circuit...
The Inferno Workout
A famous saying claims that what gets measured, gets managed. In the following workout, what's being measured is how many reps you can perform in a specific time frame. But...
The Big Bang Workout
Plyometric exercises are an excellent way of utilizing the stretch-shortening cycle to develop athletic performance. The stretch-shortening cycle is defined as an active stretch of a muscle followed by an...
Dumbbells are the heart of any home gym
Dumbbells are the heart of any home gym. They confer several other advantages that can't be derived from other exercise modalities, including the following qualities: Improved muscular balance. After nearly...
Bodyweight exercises for core strength
Using only your body weight can be an extremely effective strategy for strengthening your core muscles. The movement-based exercises should be performed at a steady pace under control in order...
Kettlebell exercises for metabolic conditioning
Even though they have experienced a surge in popularity in recent years, kettlebells have been used for many years in strength training and metabolic conditioning because the movements are easy...