Fitness

Middle-age people who walked at least 7,000 steps a day on average were 50 percent to 70 percent less likely to die of any cause over the next decade, compared with those who took fewer steps.

A shortform podcast called “Recognize” aims to educate listeners about accomplished female athletes and provide more media coverage of women’s sports.

Thousands of Americans injure themselves while shoveling snow every year, with muscle and ligament injuries being the most common. Here are four stretches you can do before grabbing that shovel to help prevent injuries.

Maintaining a healthy lifestyle was one difficult goal to keep in 2020, but this year can be different. Life Time Fitness personal trainer Lindsay Ogden joined LX News to break down the four Ms of health and explain why mindfulness is the foundation.

The lack of health resources in Black communities has been a growing concern that has only magnified with the pandemic. Coach Percell Dugger is the co-founder of “Fit for Us” which advocates for Black fitness professionals and under-served communities through consulting services to provide better opportunities for industry success.

Kiandre’a Pound is the mother of mini-trainer Kynsley who’s gone viral for adorably motivating her mom to complete her home workouts.

Social distancing rules can make exercising a challenge for a blind runner who needs a volunteer tethered as a guide.

Jacob Gise opened a Body Fit Training franchise in Santa Monica, California, in November. By March, the flagship U.S. studio of the global chain had just become profitable.

When CrossFit athlete Brooke Ence was tapped to compete in the new reality game competition “Ultimate Tag,” she was given the nickname “The Boss.” Ence is an entrepreneur in real life and has also appeared in movies like “Wonder Woman” and “Justice League.” She talks about coping with injuries and offers some advice for everyone about staying motivated during tough...

Celebrity fitness trainer Patrick Murphy discusses the importance of maintaining a healthy lifestyle during the coronavirus and how good hygiene, taking vitamin C and exercise are essential habits to stay in shape.

Fitness Trainer Shaun Jenkins and his partner Sharon Mussalli discussed their global fitness and social media campaigns, The King’s Run and The Legacy Project, which are designed to create positive and uplifting narratives of black men and children of color.

As states across the U.S. lift coronavirus lockdowns, gyms are starting to reopen their doors – within limits. We talked to David Thomas, Director of Infectious Diseases for Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Natalie Bushaw, spokeswoman for Lifetime Fitness, to find out how safe you should feel at the gym.

Ashley Everett may be Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, but even she needs inspiration to work out consistently. Now she’s inspiring her Instagram followers to come along on her fitness journey with this “fit-choreo” routine and others like it.

Want to work out at home but don’t have all the equipment? All you need is two cups and some water to do this workout.

When Indian entrepreneur Neha Motwani realized Google searches for “fitness near me” were growing almost 40% year on year in her home country, she saw a business opportunity. “The gyms and studios themselves did not have a website and did not have the ability to be discovered online, because uniquely for the Indian market, the organized players only constitute 4%…

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker offered an update Sunday on the future of gyms and fitness centers across the state as modified restrictions to the stay-at-home order are set to take effect Friday, May 1. At Sunday’s daily coronavirus press briefing Pritzker said he’s not sure exactly when fitness centers would reopen but expects it to be a challenge. “I...

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker gives his daily coronavirus press briefing after 2,126 new cases of the virus reported in the state.

We are all struggling with our fitness routines now that gyms are closed but we have a solution! Jo Thomas from LTC Living helps us get a full body workout using everything we have at home from bed sheets to even bottles of vodka.

A man in Ohio decide to build a whole gym out of logs after the coronavirus pandemic forced his gym to close.