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5 Exercises to Get Fit for Summer

This post was written by Tiana Yom Now that Memorial Day has passed, you can break out the white pants and bathing suits – summer is coming! Sure you’re ready for warmer temps, but is your body ready for clothes that reveal more skin than wool sweaters and corduroy pants? Here are five quick ways to sculpt sexy fit arms…

Walking vs. Running

By Tiana Yom Walking vs. Running Is one better than the other? Walking is a low-impact exercise. You use significantly less force as your foot meets the ground than higher impact exercises. Walking doesn’t require as much energy and oxygen as other higher impact aerobic exercises, so your heart rate is relatively low when walking. When you walk, think about…

You Can Get Active

In addition to National Mediterranean Diet month, May is also National Physical Fitness and Sports Month. Surely you’ve heard the obesity statistics, but just to refresh your memory, in the past 30 years childhood obesity has doubled among 2-5 year olds and tripled among 6-11 year olds. Not only are children not eating healthfully, they are also not living an…

Snow Day Workouts

It’s a snow day in New York City! (For many of us at least.) Take advantage of the day off and the snow to burn some calories without going to the gym. Here are some snow-related activities and the calories per hour you’ll burn doing them*: … read more »

Energetic Juniors Fitness Tips

The following fitness tips are from certified personal trainer and former Olympic athlete Matthew McClain-Trobridge for Bonita Porte, founder of Energetic Juniors. 1. Become a Good Sport Using Clever Motivation. A great trick to motivate kids is to do a best out of three games challenge, but only allot enough time for two of the three games. The perfect scenario…