The Great World Race: Running 7 Marathons with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
How I managed joint instability, recovery, taping, bracing, and race-day challenges throughout the Great World Race with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Teen Athlete Nutrition Guide: 5 Best Fueling Habits
A teen athlete nutrition guide for fueling practices, recovery, busy school days, and healthy confidence without restrictive food rules or pressure daily.
The Best Garage Gym Equipment Guide: 5 Keys
This garage gym equipment guide helps you choose practical gear for strength, cardio, mobility, and recovery without overspending or crowding your space.
3 Life-Changing Morning Routines
Now, more than ever, we need to cultivate a healthy body for strong immunity, a positive mindset to cope with uncertainty, and a peaceful soul to trust that we are going to be okay. Working from home has become the norm. For many, it's no work at all. Either way, we are spending more time at home with family, taking…
5 Yoga Moves to Help Alleviate Stress
Yoga coach Gwen Lawrence, author of Body Sculpting with Yoga and Teaching Power Yoga for Sports, shows us five yoga poses designed to keep sane in the toughest of situations. To enable you to keep your life, your anxiety, and workouts on track, she focuses on ways to alleviate your stress and stay life ready with yoga. This uncertain time…
Best Exercises to Do at Home and Outside the Gym
Most people don't realize that it is very easy to exercise at home or outside the gym with very little equipment. Hollis Lance Liebman, author of Outdoor Physique, uses the planes of motion and bodyweight exercises for a total body workout which you can easily complete nearly anywhere. Below are 9 exercises which you can easily do outside the gym.…
Leap into Power Training
Unlock your body's potential by leaping into Power Training. But what is it? Simply said, power training is by definition STRENGTH multiplied by SPEED. Power training is not just for the athletes or the younger people at your gym. For the purpose of this article, I will focus on Plyometrics. These are drills that uses quick, powerful movements. More specifically,…
Possibility Thinking
Until 1954, the world thought that it was virtually impossible for a human being to run a sub 4-minute mile. Impossible. This fact was not disputed. After finishing 4th in a college race, Roger Bannister who had never put on running shoes until the age of 17 resolved to break the impossible 4-minute barrier. He accomplished this feat on May…
Got Sciatica? Take This Easy Test.
Exercises for Sciatica is the complete program for stronger muscles, relief from pain and renewed energy. As lifestyles become more and more sedentary, cases of sciatica become more common—which is why a complete lifestyle overhaul, one which includes targeted exercise routines aimed at easing sciatica symptoms—is required to help individuals with this condition live their lives pain-free. Authors William Smith,…
The Importance of Self Love
Since time immemorial, poets, gurus, and philosophers have toiled to define the most potent and indispensable word in the human language—LOVE. Some have heralded it as the force that makes the world go ’round. Others have described it in terms of the pain it can cause when it's not returned. It’s been used to denote the feeling a parent has…
5 Common Obstacles to Getting Fit
Happy New Year! Now that the holidays are over, it’s back to fitness. It’s a new year and this is the year for winning. So instead of reading through an overly-optimistic article on how you can seize the day and excel (commonplace this time of year), let’s examine perhaps where you might have gone wrong and some common mistakes that…
