Each year, the pros at the Fitness Together® brand chose to recognize a trainer who consistently goes above and beyond for clients–and who gets results that stick. This year, the honor goes to Maria Cardozo, who works with clients at the Fitness Together studio in Burlington, Massachusetts.

The Fitness Together® brand is focused on doing things differently. It offers clients customized programs that meet them where they’re at while pushing them to reach their next level of health and fitness. The brand’s personal approach to training sets it apart by helping clients feel comfortable, and private suites allow a one-on-one experience that creates lasting results.

If you’re after the “toned” look–long, sinewy muscles, curves, and a healthy amount of body fat–strength training can help get you there. Here, we’ll debunk some common myths about women and strength training, and check out a handful of the ways that strength training can benefit your body and mind.

All too often, the moves we use in the gym don’t mimic the movements we find ourselves using to get through day-to-day life. It’s unlikely that you’re bicep curling your baby, or deadlifting your work bag. To avoid injury, it’s important that you use functional fitness to strengthen the muscles you use in daily life.

Memorial Day heralds the unofficial kickoff of summer and the entire beach-going season. If you’re worried opportunities have passed you by to prep for a more bathing suit-ready physique, don’t be. These five last-minute personal training tips can help you feel better about yourself, and your lifestyle, before hitting the sand over the next few months. Make...

Some stress is a normal, healthy part of everyday life. Feeling nervous or stressed before a first date, when working toward a deadline, or before speaking in public.

Working out can help to manage stress, and the mood-boosting effects of exercise last long after you finish your last set. Here, we’ll take a look at exactly how working out can benefit your mental health and help to manage your stress.

Vacations are a lot of work, aren’t they? If you’re a parent, the packing, prepping, carrying, covering, lathering, and lugging coolers and beach chairs and buckets and toys to and from the beach is almost a full-time job in and of itself. Even if you’re not on an excursion with the kids, the mere juggling of schedules, booking dinner reservations and making...

April Fool’s Day, Easter, and Earth Day have their fans, but the real question is: how are you going to recognize Move More Month this April? You say you’ve never heard of it before? Well, sit back and… actually, scratch that. Stand up, jog in place, and bend an ear. A spinoff of National Walking Day, held the first Wednesday of every April, the American...

What Is Diet Culture? Low-fat, Atkins®, South Beach, Jenny Craig®—there are countless diets available for people who want to lose weight, yet, most people who try to diet end up gaining the weight back—and then some. As the summer months approach, it’s tough to navigate television and social media without being bombarded with ads for weight-loss and...

Are you a big fan of squishy, sugar-dusted, multicolored Peeps, but afraid that treating yourself this Easter might lead to a marshmallow-like midriff? Don’t sweat it – mentally, that is. As long as you maintain your exercise routine and make an appointment for some calorie-burning cardio after the holiday, it is entirely possible to balance personal training with...