The cold hard truth:
By living with diabetes and by taking your prescribed medication, you are under the constant daily threat of dying of a heart attack, stroke, kidney failure, succumbing to blindness, amputations, neuropathy, hypertension, nerve system disease, high cholesterol, depression, and falling into a coma. Those are just the side-effects of living with diabetes.
Now lets add the side-effects from the drugs that are supposed...
5 Major Benefits of Total-Body Workouts
AppId is over the quotaAppId is over the quota The plan is set: Get to the gym six days a week, target a different body part each day, and build the physique you’ve always dreamed of. And then life happens. Despite our best intentions, commitment to strength work — in addition to cardio, mobility and other athletic pursuits — can be a tall order. But there is hope: Total-body workouts.“For 90 percent of people, 90 percent of the time,...
50 Running Resources on Speed, Strength and Nutrition
Sure, some of us are born to run, but for everyone else, let’s face the facts: Running is hard. It’s tedious. And some days, it feels like we’re at a complete standstill while the rest of the world is logging negative splits. While there may be no such thing as a “perfect” race, there are ways to set yourself up for success — from technique...
8 Awesome Podcasts to Get You Through a Long Run
Many runners say they love the sport because it gives them a chance to be alone with their thoughts. But if you’ve ever trained for a long-distance race, you know that’s an awful long time to be alone with your innermost desires or that same old Top 40s music on your iPod.Usually free and frequently updated, podcasts are a great alternative when you...
Camille Leblanc-Bazinet: The Hardest CrossFit Workout I’ve Ever Done
Photo courtesy of CrossFit Games Inc.It’s not easy being the Fittest Woman on Earth. Just ask Camille Leblanc-Bazinet, first place finisher at the 2014 CrossFit Games, out of 300,000 competitors. Performing Workouts Of the Day (WOD) ranging from a triathlon and a rope climb to Olympic lifting and handstand push-ups, the sport of CrossFit really does...
How to Build Muscle Fast: Your Guide to Picking Weights
Few things are more intimidating to rookie weight lifters than a room full of muscular fitness fanatics, tossing around huge weights like they’re Nerf balls. Before you get gym-timidated away from those barbells, we’ve got some tips to help you learn how to build muscle without looking like a total newbie. Ben Booker, DailyBurn trainer and founder of Second Chance Lifestyle, says the first step for beginners should be setting up a session with...
Is Marathon Training Hurting Your Relationship?
When Lisa’s husband became interested in marathon running a couple decades ago, she wanted to support his healthy new hobby. She’d take care of their young son so he could fit in his long runs on weekends and travel with him to several races a year. “If you’re there for the pre-race pasta dinner and the post-race limp, you’re at least spending time together. My son and I wanted to share it with him,” says Lisa, a research specialist from Western...
Live to Fail: A New Strength Training Program from DailyBurn
What do you think of when you hear strength training? Huge guys and bulky girls doing bicep curls, with six-packs you could never get? Meatheads hoisting heavy weights, clanking barbells and plates you don’t know how — or want — to use? If you’ve always pictured having a fit, strong physique but don’t know which program will get you there, DailyBurn’s...
Meb Keflezighi Tells All: How Much He’s Willing to Hurt for a Win
Photo courtesy of TCS Marathon“You know it’s going to hurt. So you have to ask yourself: Are you willing to hurt more than someone else?” That’s what elite long distance runner Meb Keflezighi has been telling himself leading up to the 2014 TCS New York City Marathon. Why is this year different for the 39-year-old competitor? The added pressure of...
Run Like a Pro With Meb Keflezighi’s Workout Playlist
Photo: Run for SkechersIf you want to run harder, better, faster, stronger, your answer may just be a pumped up playlist away. It’s not news that music has been shown to help athletes run farther and bike longer. The tempo, beat and lyrics to a jam can alter an athlete’s psychological state, giving them an edge to crush the competition or a previous...
6 Squat Variations for Total-Body Strength
Love them or love to hate them, squats are one of the best exercises for increasing strength and size, while simultaneously burning fat. It’s no wonder they’re often referred to as the king of all strength training exercises. Still, some gym-goers opt out of squats in favor of more glamorous moves like the bench press and bicep curl. No more! Friends...
Strength Training May Help Keep You Young, Study Shows
Spending time pumping weights in the gym and sipping on protein shakes may pay off in a big way as you age.A new review of studies in the journal Age and Ageing pinpoints building muscle and eating lots of protein as the best ways to fend off sarcopenia — a syndrome that causes people to lose muscle mass and strength in their later years. The review compiled 13-years worth of published research on sarcopenia interventions in adults 50 and older,...
