Fitness

Lady Gaga is a longtime advocate for mental health awareness. The singer and actor even started her own foundation, the Born This Way Foundation, to support youth mental health and to encourage kindness and empathy. Gaga’s passion for the topic comes from a personal place — and now she’s opening up about her own recent

The Superman exercise is an effective back extension exercise that strengthens your lower back and tones your glutes and hamstrings. But since your arms are extended, you’ll also target your upper back and shoulders. It’s a complimentary exercise to all those ab exercises you do like crunches and leg lifts since it targets the other

There’s no one perfect way to transform your body composition, so if cardio just isn’t your cup of tea, you might be wondering if lifting weights is a good way to burn fat. First off, know that finding what works best for you is the key to weight loss — and then being consistent about

Joe Jonas recently shared his daily 30-minute workout during episode three of Messenger’s Moments Between the Moments series featuring the Jonas Brothers. “I’ve made an effort in this year to really work on my mental health and prioritize the umbrella of what that means for me, and it’s also taking care of my body physically,”

12-hour fasting is a form of intermittent fasting (IF) also known as 12:12, that many people try for weight loss and health benefits including improved digestion, increased energy, and improved sleep. As a certified personal trainer, I don’t follow a specific diet, but I recently tried the Clean Program, a 21-day detox created by Dr.

Have Mercy singer, Chlöe (Chloe Bailey) talks body positivity and online criticism on the season two finale of Peace of Mind with Taraji airing Monday, Dec. 20. In the episode, titled Clapping Back to Social Media Bullying with Chloe Bailey, the entertainer opens up to co-hosts Taraji P. Henson and Tracie Jade about the influx

In an ideal world, we’d all have a private gym at our disposal, one that’s fully stocked with the equipment we need and available to use any time we want. However, for most of us, that’s not our reality, and instead we have to fight the crowds at our local gym or studio. While we

In a world of social media filters, Photoshop, and perfect lighting and angles, we can forget one very important fact — most people have cellulite. It’s totally normal! Some have cellulite on their stomach, or on their thighs, tush, or on the backs of their arms. Of course, cellulite is nothing to be ashamed of

Cardio is a key piece of the puzzle when it comes to weight loss, and running is a classic choice: accessible, effective, pretty straightforward. If you’re using a treadmill for your running-for-weight-loss routine, you might think it’s the same deal — just tie your shoes and go — but you want to be strategic if

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Strengthen your upper body and tone your core all at once with this ab and arm workout with dumbbells. Not all 10 moves use weights — some are bodyweight exercises — making it a well-rounded workout to really target your arms and abs. This workout is fast-paced and intense, and even though it’ll take under

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No matter who you are, taking care of your mental health is extremely important. There’s no right or wrong way to improve it — you may choose to take medication, journal, exercise, work with a mental health professional, do art therapy, or a combination of practices to manage and improve your well-being. If you’ve been

Image Source: Getty / filadendron Now that you’ve decided to try out strength training, you probably know that the basic idea is utilizing resistance — whether that’s with resistance bands, weights, or simply your own bodyweight — in exercises that tear down your muscles so they can rebuild themselves stronger than before. Weightlifting in particular

Image Source: Courtesy of Liza David / UCLA Athletics Olympic team silver medalist Jordan Chiles, who just returned from a successful nationwide tour, is finally stepping into her next chapter as a freshman with UCLA gymnastics. Her very first practice took place over the weekend, and Chiles is proving she’s ready to make the transition

Egg-white omelets and sandwiches have made their way onto many breakfast menus, but is choosing egg whites over whole eggs really the best choice nutritionally? While choosing straight-up egg whites does lower the meal’s calorie, fat, and cholesterol content, it also makes the meal void of important nutrients like vitamin B12 and iron. Keep reading

I love a good squat, but I know that it isn’t as effective at targeting my glutes as I once thought (aka, when I used to take on 30-day squat challenges in high school long before I came into this industry and did my research). In fact, though squats recruit your glutes and hamstrings, they

Get ready to break a sweat with Mercedes Owens! She will take you through a 30-minute dumbbell workout, which will begin with a quick warmup. This full-body workout will have you doing a series of exercises including, but not limited to, bicep curls, squats, sit-ups, shoulder presses, single weighted swings, and so much more. After

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Menstruation can bring along a whole slew of symptoms, and everyone is different in terms of what they encounter every month. But if your period has ever arrived with a side of vaginal itchiness, you may have wondered what may be behind this occurrence. Alyssa Dweck, MS, MD, FACOG, a practicing gynecologist and the chief

The defining aspect of the ketogenic diet, aka keto, is that it’s low-carb in the extreme. Just how low-carb? If you’re doing keto right, carbs should account for five to 10 percent of your daily macronutrient intake. The actual amount in grams varies based on your weight and fitness level, but it could be anywhere

Sometimes we need that extra bit of motivation to get us up off the couch, into workout clothes, and out the door. Music has always been the thing that helps power me through a workout, but the playlist I choose depends on the mood I’m in. Do I want to feel like I’m at an

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If you’ve been on the internet these past 24 hours, you’ve likely heard the buzz around And Just Like That…, HBO Max’s new Sex and the City spinoff, killing off one of its central characters in the first 45 minutes. Yup, the series’s premiere episode sees the sad death of Mr. Big (Chris Noth) after