fitness

We explain what a foam roller is and how it is best utilized for massaging and stretching.

Here’s how hotels are bringing nature indoors, how Carrie Underwood gets her legs in shape, and how recommended salt intakes are changing.

These ideas will help make reaching your fitness goals a piece of cake!

Our Stability Ball Workout Series continues this week with side leg lifts and side stretches.

Our Stability Ball Workout Series continues this week with back extensions and lumbar stretches.

In this continuing series, the stability ball repertoire expands to include shoulder stretches and pushups with a punch.

Use your stability ball for back and tummy work to get you fit to the core.

It all started because Noella Gabriel, co-founder of Elemis (enter to win their Pro-Collagen Anti-Aging Skincare line here!) felt she had a responsibilty as a mom to figure out a way to help her daughter, Kate (now 17) breathe easier. When Kate was about four years old she was asthmatic, at the time it dawned on Noella […]

Relationships: You know the feeling. Your life-long partner in crime gets hitched and disappears into marital bliss. The Self-Love Formulais here to help us cope with that newfound singleness. Fitness: April 2016 marked SoulCycle‘s 10th SOULiversary. To nod the celebrations, six original riders shared their decade-long journey with the industry-changing studio. Travel: Condé Nast Traveler’s 20th edition of the […]

Comedian and actress Rebel Wilson took to the California hills for a “marathon” hiking experience at The Ranch 4.0 at Four Seasons Westlake Village.

At Spafinder Wellness 365 we are doing a series of posts on dynamic women in honor of Mother’s Day discovering how they stay well with their kids. Meet Lucy Danziger, the Founder and CEO of HINTD, (a registry for any occasion, where you can collect, share and shop for anything you like), plus a triathlete, an iron woman, […]

Part two of our ongoing Stability Ball Workout Series focuses on rotations and stretching the pectorals and hip flexors. COMBO TWO    Movement One: Lunge rotation with the ball. What it does: Strengthens the hamstrings, glutes, spinal rotators, arms, obliques, and rhomboids. How to do it: Get into a lunge position, standing with your right […]

Personal trainers learn to incorporate opposing muscle groups when building a fitness program for their clients. Muscles were created to work in pairs — they pull, not push. When we do bicep curls, our muscles contract, or pull, while the triceps lengthen, or stretch. This concept is reflected within fitness disciplines designed to build strength […]

What do the different yoga postures do for your body, exactly? We reached out to the teachers at Samsara Mind and Body in London to find out!

Sometimes 30 minutes is all you need for a fun and motivating workout!

Sitting all day? Give your spine a little love with these six yoga poses.

The Sweet Tooth Strikes again, so is there such a thing as healthy ice cream? We’re always on the lookout for ways to make the best things in life healthier without sacrificing the taste. Just on the radar are two “healthy” ice cream choices that might make a difference on  your “cheat days”. First we’ll […]

If you are serious about boosting your metabolism, get serious about building some muscle. Muscles are the driving force behind your metabolism.

Learn how much exercise you really need to burn calories, manage stress, lower blood pressure, and ultimately fight disease.

Use these ten exercises to practice and perfect the art of mindful eating.