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.

We're all for working out - but you can definitely have too much of a good thing. If you've been feeling sluggish, getting hurt regularly, or plateauing in your routine, you may be overdoing it. Here's how to know and what to do.

Proteins - the building blocks of life - do everything from giving your body structure to helping you recover after a workout. But how much do we really need in our diets? Can it actually help you lose weight? Let's take a deeper look.

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...

It seems like the news is always changing on how we should eat and why. It's hard to keep all the jargon straight and see past the hype to understand what's hurting or helping your body. Let's break it down a little and take a look at just how harmful ultra-processed foods can be.

We've heard it a million times - "Not too much strength, I don't want to get too bulky". The benefits of lifting, and lifting heavy, are many. Getting "bulky" is most likely not going to happen. So don't phone in the strength! Here's why.

You know that you’re working hard when you’re training. Whether you lift weights, play sports, take group classes, or participate in another form of exercise, it’s important to give your all.

But you may be surprised to learn—how you recover matters just as much as how you work out, and it’s important that you optimize your rest so that your muscles can come back strong the next time you’re ready to exercise.

A lot of people will tell themselves that they don’t have the time, or that they have too many limitations to get a ‘good’ workout in. If this sounds like you, let's really think about the deeper reason of why you aren’t reaching your goals. All these things stem from your mindset.

Posture is not something supported in our day-to-day lives. Between slouching at a desk, sitting in the car, or lounging on the couch, a straight back and tight core are not easy to maintain. Here are a few exercises and stretches you can do to keep yourself standing (and sitting) tall.

Every year, leading up to Valentine’s Day, the commercial marketplace brims with clothing, cards and candies, all emblazoned with the universal emblem of love: the heart. The heart has long been recognized as a symbol of romantic affection, but biologically, it is a powerful organ that is responsible for proper functioning of the human body and its health is essential to life.