87. Get a Buddy

Do your healthy thing with a pal or partner. Camaraderie, connection and accountability go a long way toward creating long-term success.

10 Tips for Making the Most of Your Training Sessions

We asked some top PTs what they wish more of their clients would do in the name of great fitness outcomes. Here’s what they said.

Gritty, military-inspired team adventures push your mental and physical limits. They may also redefine your idea of fun.

How a determined friend helped one man lose 225 pounds and reclaim his sense of self.

Group Effort
Gina DeMillo Wagner · May 2011
The best fitness classes don’t just offer physical challenge. They serve up support, community and loads of motivation. But how can you tell a great class from a merely good one. Here are the four factors that matter most . . .
Band Together
Matt Fitzgerald · September 2010
This partner-assisted cardio workout also builds spring-loaded strength.
A Healthy Kind of Contagious
Courtney Helgoe · September 2010
You’ve heard by now that you can “catch” obesity from your friends, family — even distant acquaintances. But you may have missed the flip side of that story: Good health and fitness are catching, too.
Pact Mentality
Erin Peterson · September 2009
A good fitness pact can help you (and a friend or two) achieve your health and fitness goals.