With culture shifting towards both parents contributing to running a household, the men folk also need to contribute in household chores and child upbringing while earning a respectful living. The challenges of work-family juggle faced by working fathers are typical. This generation of fathers remain...
Read MoreAn achy back makes it easy to blow off your workouts. But any doctor, physical therapist, or trainer will tell you that exercising is probably the best thing for your back: It can actually...
Read MoreDoes your workout routine have you drowning in boredom? If you need a change of pace, moving your workout to the water may rekindle your enthusiasm, while at the same time...
Read MoreWhat do cursing, Beyonce and your favorite jeans have in common? According to research, they can all boost your workout in a major way.
Read MoreMany people think they can’t workout or eat healthy because they don’t have time. Here are ways to hack your day to start dropping pounds! If packing your lunch, cooking dinner every night, and getting....
Read MoreA workout can be the perfect antidote to a stressful workday filled with endless emails and demanding deadlines. But that “my brain is fried” feeling could make your sweat session less effective, according to new research published in the Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology.
Read MoreWorking out doesn’t have to be hard work — and moderate activity is much better than none at all. The problem: Many people overestimate moderate exercise intensity, reports recent research from the University of Manitoba, which can be a deterrent from getting off the couch.
Read MoreThrough an online survey, researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine polled more than 4,800 people on their health habits and found that those who exercised vigorously for at least two and a half hours a week were about 10 percent less likely to come down with a flu-like illness.
Read MoreForegoing gym visits for long hours at the office can have very real consequences. “People who sit more have higher cholesterol, blood sugar, and triglycerides,” says Tom Holland, MS, CSCS, exercise physiologist and author of Beat the Gym.
Read MoreThe last thing you want to do at the end of a grueling workout is instantly add back all of the calories you've just torched — but that’s essentially what you’re doing when you reach for most sports drinks. On average, these post-workout beverages clock in at 200 calories....
Read MoreOkay, we get it, your workout was so hard yesterday, and you can’t. move. a muscle. While we’re all guilty of wearing our soreness as a badge of post-workout pride once in a while (and you totally deserve it for giving your workout your all).
Read MoreYou must have sweated off hundreds of calories during that Spin class, so it’s totally okay to indulge in a bowl of ice cream when you get home—right? Not so fast. Research shows that people tend to reward themselves with rich foods and large portions after exercising...
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