Fitness
Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Flashback to 2004
Remember the year 2004? Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were still together, Britney Spears had yet to go insane and Destiny’s Child was still making […]
The Checkup: 27 Delicious Ways to Use Up Leftover Pumpkin Seeds
• It’s about that time, folks: pumpkin carving season. And you can’t let all those perfectly good pumpkin seeds go to waste! Throw ’em into […]
5 Fit Things to Do in Philly This Weekend: Free Classes at Barre3, Dan’s Down Dog and Dash and More
If this gloomy, grey, wet weather has got you down, just remember: We’ve only got one more day until it’s the freakin’ weekend! And to […]
The Checkup: The Guilt-Free Trick to Eating Halloween Candy for Breakfast
• Looking for a way to sneak in some Halloween candy at breakfast? This Almond Joy Granola is just the ticket. Just whip up this simple […]
HOW Many Philadelphians Lie About Their Weight?! And More from Our Reader Poll
More then 500 readers spilled their guts on their health and fitness habits—how they eat, sleep, sweat, diet and more—for this year’s issue of Be […]
The Checkup: 10 Trainer-Approved Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Workout
• Here, 10 workout tips trainers wish they could tell everyone. Like, stop holding onto the elliptical like you’re holding on for dear life—that death […]
The Ultimate Philly Fitness Bucket List: 25 Things You Have to Do
If you live here and love to get sweaty, consider this checklist your official game plan: 25-only-in-Philly things you must do, see and experience at […]
Casey: Hospitals Need Money to Fight Ebola
In the wake of Ebola’s appearance on American soil, Sen. Bob Casey is calling on Congress to increase funding to a program that helps hospitals […]
Philadelphia International Airport Says It’s Prepared for Ebola
If you’re sitting in a clean room at home, determined to keep Ebola out of your house, here’s a piece of good news: The Philadelphia […]
BeWOW: Get Shredded With This Short Circuit Workout
For this week’s workout, we’re doing a timed circuit. And the best part about this sweat session? The time for each exercise gets shorter as […]
The Checkup: How to Guarantee You’ll Never Skip a Workout Again
• We’ve all been there: You plan to go to the gym after work, you schlep all your stuff from home to the office and then […]
How Yoga and Mindfulness Are Helping LGBT People Battle Depression
A recent, rather upsetting study out of Kings College in London reveals that people in the LGBT community are “one-and-a-half times more likely to suffer from […]
Newark Airport to Screen Arrivals for Ebola
Newark Liberty International is one of five U.S. airports that will begin screening passengers from West Africa for the Ebola virus, starting next week. Philadelphia […]
BeWOW: The Five-Move Workout That Tones All Over
You don’t need to do three dozen crazy exercises to get a good workout. Sometimes less is more. Take this week’s workout, for example. It’s a straight-forward circuit […]
Your Weekend Workout Playlist: Girl Bands vs. Boy Bands
I’m pretty sure this week’s playlist needs no introduction. If you’re here, it probably means you’re some kind of latent NSYNC or TLC or Destiny’s […]