Workout
The Checkup: Why Paper Cuts Are Always So Much More Painful Than They Look
• Fact: When you get a paper cut on your finger, it hurts — really bad. But complaining about a paper cut can make you feel […]
Be Well Workout of the Week: Your Ticket to Long, Lean Muscles
If long, lean, toned muscles are what you’re after, using low weights and doing high reps is a great way to achieve that goal. Rather […]
Sweat Your Face Off to Beyoncé’s “Lemonade” This Weekend
Calling all my fellow Beyoncé fans: If you have plans for this coming Saturday evening, you’re going to want to cancel them. This Saturday, May […]
The Checkup: This Is What Happens When You Hold Your Pee (Hint: It’s Not Good)
• If you’re the type of person who thinks of a pee break as a nuisance more than anything else, constantly holding it until you’re […]
Be Well Workout of the Week: Jump-Start Your Broad Street Run Recovery
Since many of you ran the rainy Broad Street Run this weekend, let’s do a nice recovery workout to help ease your achy muscles. Now, I […]
The Checkup: All the Brown-Bag Lunch Recipes You’ll Ever Need — All Under 400 Calories
• When you haphazardly throw together a lunch from whatever you have lying around in your fridge (this is often my morning M.O.), it can […]
The Checkup: How to Get the Benefits of a Long Workout in Just 1 Minute — Really!
• Say goodbye to long workouts: A new study, published in PLOS One, found that men who completed a workout that consisted of just one […]
Be Well Workout of the Week: Get in and Out of the Gym in 35 Minutes
Short on time today? Put eight minutes on the clock and get ready to move. You’ll have four exercises to get through as many times […]
The BeWOW Breakdown: “An Hour Later, the Soreness Was Already Setting In”
This Week’s Workout: Shred Your Abs in 15 Moves The Breakdown Total time commitment: 40-45 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 4 Soreness factor: Squat jumps […]
What Your Squat Form Says About You (Hint: It’s Probably Not Good)
Like personality types, there are many different variations of squat form — and many prove what not to do when performing a squat. The good […]
Whoa: Philly Trainer Walks Down Art Museum Steps on His Hands
Get ready for your eyes to pop out of your head. The other day, HughE Dillon of Philly ChitChat posted a video on Instagram of […]
Be Well Workout of the Week: Shred Your Abs in 15 Moves
Three’s the number for this workout. Complete three rounds of each set of three exercises, then move on to the next. You’ve got five sets […]
The BeWOW Breakdown: This Workout Is Guaranteed to Give You Noodle Arms
This Week’s Workout: Beat the Clock and Feel the Burn The Breakdown Total time commitment: 40-50 minutes Difficulty (out of five): 5 Soreness factor: Expect an acute […]
The Checkup: The No-Excuses Ab Exercise You Can Do Anywhere
• If you are oh-so-tired of planks, try this no-equipment, standing ab exercise that will give you the burn of a plank, minus the sore […]
Be Well Workout of the Week: Beat the Clock and Feel the Burn
Are you ready to work, folks? For this workout, you’re going to see how quickly you can get through four rounds of the circuit below, starting […]