Fitness
The Checkup: How to Order a Subway Sandwich Like a Nutrition Pro
• We all get stuck in airports and have to eat Subway sandwiches sometimes — and the next time that happens to you, my friend, this breakdown of exactly […]
5 Common Workout Mistakes That Make Philly Fitness Trainers Cringe
Nothing kills an exercise high quite like injury — especially when it’s an injury you could have prevented. Here, at Be Well, we want you all to […]
Wait — Is It Actually Worth It to Join a Gym?
It’s that time of the year when everyone’s asking the question: Should I join a gym? And this question is probably forcing you to ask yourself the […]
The Checkup: WTF Is Macrocycle Training? (And Should You Be Doing It?)
• Already abandoned your New Year’s goal of hitting the gym three times a week? Well, macrocycle training — a more big-picture, year-long approach to fitness […]
The Checkup: The Healthy Kitchen Staples That Are Unexpectedly Sabotaging Your Skin
• Bad news: Even if you’re sticking to your dermatologist-approved skincare regimen in the bathroom, there are still some sneaky culprits in your kitchen that […]
The Checkup: Tiny Workout Tweaks That Guarantee Enviable Abs
• If you’ve been going hard on abs day, only to look in the mirror and ask, “Um, where are my abs?” it’s time to […]
The Checkup: How to Trick Yourself Into Working Out More
• Fact: mind games are not just for Tinder. Sometimes, you’ve got to play them with yourself. Case in point: This science-backed trick to convince […]
Philly Fitness Lovers: You Need to Bookmark This 21-Day Calendar
Going to go ahead and say I told you so: A few weeks ago, we told you guys you were going to want to start […]
The Checkup: Spotify’s Top-Ranked Workout Songs
• Spotify crunched the numbers on their users’ workout-music favorites and released the top songs people got sweaty to in 2016. Somewhat surprisingly, Eminem’s 2002 […]
The No-Gym-Required New Year’s Workout Challenge: Week 2
First off, I want you to go ahead and give yourself a big round of applause. You made it through the first week of the New […]
The Checkup: Why You’re Bloated (And How to Deal)
• Is there any worse feeling than that of your stomach expanding to the size of a mini basketball for reasons you can’t explain? No, probably […]
The Checkup: The Scientific Case for Taking a Daily Selfie (This Is Not a Joke)
• You could call taking a selfie a day vain, or you could call it a confidence boost: A new study found that folks who […]
The Science-Backed Trick to Push Through a Killer Workout When You Really Want to Give Up
We all have those moments when we want to give up in a workout class. It’s hot. Your face feels like it may or may […]
The Checkup: Why You’re Not Seeing Gym Results, No Matter How Hard You Work
• Killin’ it at the gym only to see zero changes in your body? Well, there are a slew of factors — from variety (or […]
What I Learned After I Finally (Finally!) Started Working Out
I think we can all agree that 2016 has been a pretty strange year. While I don’t ever stick to my New Year’s resolutions (because, […]