Fitness

Continually training the same muscle groups using one mode of exercise can lead to overuse injuries over time (not to mention it can be pretty boring). Implementing cross-training in your strength and conditioning regimen may offer several benefits, including improved cardio endurance, training unused muscle groups, allowing recovery time, beating boredom, and reducing the risk of injury.

Whether you're starting a new exercise program (like, say, training for a 5k) or you're a seasoned pro, what you do before and after a workout is critical to preventing injury and keeping you feeling your best. Here's a quick look at what preventative and targeted recovery methods can look like.

It's not uncommon for my clients to complain at one point or another that they're not seeing the progress they want/hoped to. When this happens, I ask them these six questions:

If knowledge is power, then wearable tech might as well be your very own Wonder Woman wrist cuffs. The information these devices provide about workouts, heart rate, pulse, step count, sleep and even stress can be valuable indicators that help exercise professionals tailor programs for their clients.

Flexibility training helps with everything from lowering our risk of injury to improving our range of motion. Here's my morning stretch routine that I do as soon as I roll out of bed.

Being “fit” can have a lot of different connotations and how one person might define it can totally vary from another’s perspective. As a certified personal trainer and fitness enthusiast, I would argue that being “fit” is multifaceted and includes a variety of components—each just as important as the next.