Fitness

Though kettlebells may seem intimidating, know that they are really just a free weight. And most exercises that you can do with dumbbells, you can do with kettlebells. But even with this knowledge, it can be understandably hard to pick up a kettlebell without knowing exactly what to do with […]

DEPENDING ON YOUR training approach, you might think about your body as being broken into two separate sections when you plan out your workouts. There is the lower body, which encompasses the big leg muscles and depends on movements like squats, deadlifts, and lunges to train. For some guys, leg […]

We chat to fitness instructor Veronika Polakova (@jump_to_the_beat) about trampolining, and why it’s her favourite workout.  Were you always into fitness?  From a very young age, I developed a love for movement. I was a very active child, always involved in various sports activities and athletic competitions, from mountain biking […]

Chris Rondeau, CEO of Planet Fitness Adam Jeffery | CNBC In a move that stunned investors and employees alike, Planet Fitness ousted company veteran Chris Rondeau from his post as CEO, the workout chain said Friday in a press release. Shares closed nearly 16% lower in the wake of the […]

For those looking to work in the health and fitness realm, Bryant University’s new Exercise and Movement Science lab, on the lower level of the Unistructure, is a slice of paradise. A spacious facility packed with the field’s most innovative technologies, the lab opens this semester with an abundance of […]

Elaine LaLanne’s morning exercises often begin before she’s even out of bed. Lying on top of the covers, she does two-dozen jackknifes. At the bathroom sink, she does incline push-ups. After she dresses and applies her makeup, she heads to her home gym, where she walks uphill on a treadmill […]

When I had a baby last summer — my first, a healthy boy — I knew that my body would be in rough shape afterward. Or, as my mother put it when I gingerly tried on a new pair of sweatpants one week post-birth: “Nothing is going to look good […]

When parkour communities meet up for a group session, they have an interesting way of preparing to hurl themselves off roofs, dumpsters and staircases. They circle up, bear-crawl to the center and give each other high-fives. It’s very wacky, kind of wholesome and makes for a dynamite warm-up. Parkour moves […]