Building Resilience When the Future Feels Unsteady
Resilience—the capacity to adapt, recover, and keep moving forward—is a mental skillset that matters more than ever in a world defined by rapid change, economic uncertainty, and constant information overload. For people who feel anxious about what lies ahead, future-proofing the mind isn’t about predicting outcomes; it’s about strengthening how you meet whatever comes next. A Quick Orientation Before We…
Shifting Your Teen’s Relationship with Social Media
As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and author of the book, Calming Teenage Anxiety: A Parent’s Guide to Helping Your Teenager Cope with Worry, I am frequently asked about the relationship between adolescent anxiety and current social media use. While it is near impossible to disregard the impact of social media on teen mental health, I do not recommend prohibiting…
The Wellness Reframe: The Strategic Power of Doing Nothing
I used to think rest days were for quitters. Then plantar fasciitis—and too many injuries—taught me otherwise. In a fitness culture that glorifies the grind, doing nothing feels like giving up. But what if your rest days are the most important training days of all? Rest isn't weakness. It's wisdom. Learning About Recovery the Hard Way Mid-40s. Marathon training. Convinced…
More Ways to Strengthen Your Lower Body
Developed by best-selling fitness author and strength and conditioning expert Mike Volkmar, Strong Legs contains everything you need to know to fine-tune your regimen for the ultimate in lower body fitness. Below, check out Mike’s thoughts on two effective methods to train your lower body. Last time, I talked about how rotations can be used to switch up your exercise…
Add Gymnastic Rings to Your Workout Routine
Fitness author and strength and conditioning expert Mike Volkmar believes gymnastic rings should be added as part of one's workout routine. His new book Gymnastic Rings Workout Handbook contains everything one needs to know about exercising with gym rings to increase strength, improve mobility and build muscle including over 100 workouts. Below, check out Mike's thoughts on how gym rings…
Rotate Your Workouts for a Stronger Lower Body
Strong Legs is the ultimate guide for anyone seeking to revolutionize their training. Designed to work for both experienced and novice exercisers, it provides an in-depth guide to lower body workouts and provides exercise regimens that will give you the strength you’ve always desired. Developed by best-selling fitness author and strength and conditioning expert Mike Volkmar, this book contains everything…
Build Full Body Strength with Dumbbells
The Dumbbell Workout Handbook: Strength & Power is an all-new collection of dumbbell workouts to create a complete fitness program focused on using dumbbells to pack on muscle, build power and burn fat while improving total body conditioning. Developed by best-selling fitness author and strength and conditioning expert Mike Volkmar, this collection contains workout circuits perfect for every fitness level,…
7 Ways to Get Financially Fit
Time-tested principles for succeeding in life through the understanding and development of character, virtues represent the moral excellence of a person. From discipline to prudence, fortitude to faith, the warrior virtues presented in these pages are guaranteed to transform your life to one of meaning and purpose. Our new book, The Warrior’s Book of Virtues, uses the battle-tested principles of…
8 Ways to Survive Being Single This Summer
Summer can be one of the toughest times to be single. There’s nothing worse than looking at Instagram or Facebook and seeing your married/couple friends off on vacation in the South of France or spending the weekend at a BBQ in the Hamptons while you stare longingly at your dog in your cramped apartment wishing your fire escape could morph…
Fit Over 50: A Guide for Men
I view exercise through the prism of motivation and the underlying social relationships which provide purpose for healthy living. The active men over 50 I’ve studied exhibit a strong cognitive connection between their most precious and cherished relationships and their lifestyle. They connect the dots between their social aspirations and their day-to-day attention to health and fitness. Graduations, weddings, travel,…
The Importance of Stress Awareness
April is National Stress Awareness Month, a time where health professionals work to increase awareness about stress and how it affects our health. It’s also a time to think about how we experience and manage stress in our own lives. To get a handle on stress, it’s important to understand what it is, how it affects us, and what we…
