Fitness
Holiday Shopping Got You Stressed? Check Out Our Fitness Gift Guide on Pinterest!
The SEPTA trains are decorated with candy-cane wrapping paper and the Macy’s Christmas lights are up and running: Holiday season is officially in full-swing, folks! […]
The Checkup: The Best Fitness DVDs to Add to Your Holiday Wish List
• From time to time, readers ask me for recommendations for good at-home fitness DVDs. Here are five of them. So stop asking. (Just kidding—I […]
Insta-Energy: 30-Seconds of Exercise Can Replace Your Coffee Fix
For many, the mere thought of giving up their daily 2 p.m. latte is enough to cause a full-blown panic attack. But according to an interesting […]
An Ugly Sweater Gets You a Free Workout at RowZone Manayunk This Week
When’s the last time you cleaned out your closet? If it’s been a while and you have some seriously hideous holiday sweaters or t-shirts on […]
Inquirer Reporter’s Husband Dies After Penn Trial
Jeffrey Ware, a Penn neuroscientist, and the husband of Inquirer writer Barbara Boyer, died of brain cancer in 2011 at the age of 47. Yesterday his family […]
The Checkup: 10 Workout Websites That Will Replace Your Gym Membership
• Because working out in your PJs > working out at the gym, there’s this: a list of 10 websites chockfull of workouts you can […]
The Checkup: 15 Best and Worst Health and Fitness Trends of 2013
• It’s officially December, folks, so I suppose it’s time for the onslaught of all those year-in-review lists. This one looks at the most buzzed […]
BeWOW: Kick-Butt 30-Minute Workout for a Time-Crunched Holiday Season
Now that we’re in the heart of the holiday season, your schedule is probably filling up fast, right? Here’s a great workout that won’t take […]
The Checkup: The 10-Minute Post-Thanksgiving Workout You Need to Try
• Okay, friends: Rouse yourself from your tryptophan-induced state of semi-consciousness and take just 10 minutes to do this fat-torching H.I.I.T. workout. You’ll thank me later. […]
8 Pinterest Fitness Challenges You Have to Try
If you’ve found yourself in a fall fitness rut, Pinterest is a great place to get some inspiration. No, really! The site’s fitness-savvy users are […]
The Checkup: Stretch Your Way to a Body Detox
• This easy stretch will detoxify you from the inside out. The key? Twisting. [Prevention]
CDC: Princeton Students Won’t Be Quarantined This Thanksgiving
The Star-Ledger reports: “Despite the outbreak of an unusual strain of meningitis on campus, Princeton University students returning home for the holidays don’t pose a […]
Why You Might Want to Trash All Your Protein Powder STAT
This was a very challenging post for me to write, because I have a confession to make: I, Juliet Burgh, loooooove protein powder! I love […]
The Checkup: Why Booze and Breaking a Sweat Don’t Mix
• Nooooo! Find out why that post-happy hour gym-sesh is actually a bad idea. [Women’s Health]
To Do: Free Post-Thanksgiving Cycling/Strength Workout at Inner Drive Fitness This Friday
Here’s a way to have your Thanksgiving turkey and burn it off, too: Inner Drive Fitness’s post-Thanksgiving Turkey Buster workout on Friday morning. The Newtown […]