Go on A Hike! What Hiking Can Do for You
The Perfect Spring Weekend Activity Spring has just begun! The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer, trees are beginning to fill with bright green leaves, and more days of sunshine and warmth await us. The newness of spring makes us want to get outside and spend time enjoying the wonderful change in […]
Beets! Add This Superfood to Your Diet ASAP
Lower Your Blood Pressure and Shed Those Extra Pounds with Beet Juice If you’re looking for a superfood to add to your diet – a superfood that boosts athletic performance, reduces the risk of dementia, and helps you lose weight – well, look no further! Beets are the perfect superfood to add to your diet […]
The Best Time of Day to Exercise to Burn Maximum Fat
What’s Better – Morning or Evening Workouts? Some gym junkies swear by working out in the morning. Others say that working out at night is the best way to finish your day. What’s most important is finding time, whenever you can, to exercise. But, is it true that when you work out can influence the […]
7 Ideas to Make Treadmill Workouts More Enjoyable
Spice Up Your Treadmill Time with These Fun Tips Did you know that treadmills were actually invented to be torture devices? They were designed as a method of punishment, to make prisoners suffer and sweat. Prisoners were forced to walk hours and hours without stopping. These early treadmills had a high death rate in the […]
5 Tips for Running During the Polar Vortex
How to Run in the Winter Without Freezing to Death You might have thought that the apocalyptic year 2020 was over, but January 2021 welcomed us with a polar vortex. Spring is coming, but it’s not quite here yet. Parts of the country are still seeing frigid temperatures. Running During the Polar Vortex But, it’s […]
2021 Is Your Year to Achieve Your Fitness Goals
Don’t Give Up on Your New Year’s Resolutions Just Yet A few years ago, in 2016, I set the goal to do push-ups, sit-ups and pull-ups every day, for a whole year. I started doing just 5 push-ups and sit-ups, and just 2 or 3 pull-ups every day for the first couple weeks. Then, slowly, […]
Should You Stretch Before You Run?
Find Out Which Stretches Do More Harm than Good It’s Monday morning, and you’re determined to start your week right with a quick morning run. You wake up, lace up your running shoes, take a quick sip of water, and head out the door. But before you start your run, you should stretch, right? Well, […]
“Runner’s High” Could Combat Depression
Running and Jogging are the Key to Lasting Mental Health Are you sick of the pandemic yet? Is it making you feel totally down in the dumps? Mental health has been making headlines more and more the past couple of years – and now more than ever, thanks to the ongoing pandemic. According to one […]
Virtual Races Take the Stage This Holiday Season
Don’t Miss Out on Your Annual Turkey Trot or Christmas Canter Thanksgiving is the most popular day for a race in America. Each year, over a million people sign up for Thanksgiving Day races across the country. In 2018, “more than 1.17 million runners registered to run, jog, trot or walk” in Turkey Trots all […]
Running Slows the Aging Process
Run Your Way to a Younger Feeling You Have you ever seen people who have clearly run all their life? They show up to a race with silver hair, lean muscles, and all the confidence in the world. Then, they take off like a rocket and seem to maintain their pace like they were channeling […]
