No More Fitness Excuses
Don’t hit the snooze button on your fitness goals. Here are 17 of the most common obstacles to exercising — and expert advice on how to overcome them.
Andrew Heffernan
Ready-for-Anything Fitness
Why you need Functional Training and how to do it.
3D Training
Functional tri-planar moves will give you a workout that’s fully rounded.
Build Explosive Power
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Lightning-fast, full-body training amps up your athleticism — for sports, or whatever life throws your way.
The Desk-Dweller’s Repair Plan
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Tired of hunched shoulders, a sore back, and tight hips? These six moves are a great cure for the common computer slouch.
Expert Answers: On Minimalist Running Shoes, Intermittent Fasting, and Yoga
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Our fitness experts tackle your questions on replacing minimalist running shoes, intermittent fasting for fat loss, and yoga and hypermobility. Plus, help for weak wrists.
Expert Answers: On Caffeine and Exercise, and Overexercising
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Our fitness experts tackle your questions on caffeine and athletic performance, and rhabdomyolysis. Plus, tips for improving your “wheel” pose.
Be Strong
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Strength training isn’t just for building muscle anymore: It’s an all-in-one functional-fitness strategy.
All the Right Moves (Slideshow)
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People new to strength training often think that each muscle needs its own separate exercise. Not true. Rachel Cosgrove, CSCS, author of The Female Body Breakthrough, recommends you focus on just seven basic movements.
Expert Answers: On Cardio and Weights, Physio Tape, and AMRAP
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Our fitness experts tackle your questions on mixing cardio and weights, using physio tape, and more.
Game On: The Spirit of Competition
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Discover the keys to bringing your A-game to anything you compete in — on and off the field.
Steady-State Cardio Vs. High-Intensity Interval Training
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Discover why a blend of both high- and low-intensity exercise is the best system of cardiovascular training.
Your Qs: On Olympic Lifts, Workout Shoes, and How to Quit Smoking
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Our fitness experts tackle your questions on Olympic lifts, replacing workout shoes, and breaking a nicotine addiction. Plus, foam-rolling tips.
Your Qs: On Tabata Training, Heel-Toe Running, and Basketball Training
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Our fitness experts tackle your questions on Tabata training, footstrike, and getting in shape for basketball. Plus, a fitness fix for muscle cramps.
The Resistance-Band Workout
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Resistance bands are ideal for everyone, from beginners to elite athletes — and so is this lightning-fast, do-anywhere workout.
Expert Answers: Stretching, Sauna Etiquette, and Hot Yoga
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“Your Qs: On Stretching, Sauna Etiquette, and Hot Yoga”
Training With a Twist: The Transverse-Plane Workout
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Banish boredom, boost your athleticism, and prevent joint injury with this full-body transverse-plane workout.
Expert Answers: Elliptical Machines, Giving Blood, Protein and More
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Your Qs: Choosing an elliptical, giving blood, and how much protein you really need.
Back on Track: A Posture Recovery Workout
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Summer leave you a little banged up? This 15-minute recovery workout, based on moves from the Egoscue Method, will have you standing tall and moving easy.
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