The Pilates Reformer provides a low-impact workout that will lengthen and strengthen your entire body — and leave your core ...

How you breathe during strength training directly affects muscle engagement, core stability and power output. Dana Santas explains in the last of this five-part series.

Ditch sit-ups. These 6 standing core moves firm your abs, boost balance, and help trim belly overhang after 45.

Understanding your heart rate is crucial for more than just reaching optimal fitness–it can also help to reduce injury and stress, and even predict illness ...

You don’t need to commit to a studio membership to get started. Even basic mat pilates done at home with little to no equipment can offer noticeable improvements in strength, flexibility and control.

Understanding your heart rate is crucial for more than just reaching optimal fitness – it can also help to reduce injury and ...

In the fourth of a five-part series, Dana Santas explains how strong scapular muscles promote healthy shoulders, better posture and a pain-free upper body.

It was divided into a month of one-week courses, with exercises called “Mindful Pushups ... I go into my bag and pull out the Square Breathing tool. I inhale for five seconds; hold for five seconds; ...

You’re strutting down the sidewalk, playlist on point, and then—bam!—you hit the human speed bump. Suddenly, you’re trapped ...

Tillie: When I'm worried I don't try and get rid of the worry. I acknowledge why I'm worried, and I sometimes speak the worry out loud so I can actually hear what I'm worrying about. But sometimes ...

Scientists tracked 14 elite endurance athletes for a year and found a metabolic ceiling: no one sustained more than 2.5× ...

While ultramarathoners are capable of huge energy spurts, overall the athletes top out at 2.5 times the metabolic rate needed for basic body functions.