There are many reasons to love taking a group fitness class; it can help teach you correct form, give structure to your workout routine, or push you further than you would if you exercised by yourself. But sometimes starting a new class isn't just about showing up. Here are a few tips on how to find the right exercise class for you. Poll your friends. So, you've got your routine down — make it Read more

Lo Bosworth and I have something in common: We both need our butts kicked by someone else when it comes to working out. I don't have a personal trainer, so I turn to group exercise classes to gain direction and motivation from instructors and a small dose of competition from my classmates. Here are my best tips, and lessons learned from sampling oodles of methods and instructors. Nothing is Read more

I am a firm believer that Pilates makes for great cross training and that it makes everything better — from running to yoga, from cycling to sex. Nothing like a little lumbar spine mobility coupled with strengthening your pelvic floor to ramp up your sex life (and more than a few of you have resolved to "have more sex" in the new year, so why not make it better too?). Now that I have captured Read more

Pushing yourself during a workout can help you see results faster as well as make you that much stronger. Make sure your muscles feel the burn while you exercise with these tips. Fuel up correctly: If you are prepping for an intense workout, make sure you fuel up properly beforehand. Eating too much or too little (or the wrong things) can lead to feeling sluggish and crampy before you're even Read more

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Fitness Magazine here on FitSugar! To get the best results from your workout — and stay safe, too — you can't keep ignoring the necessary upkeep and replacement of your most important items. "It's worth it, especially since most gear is fairly inexpensive and other gear may have useful upgrades," says Corey Twedt, NordicTrack Research and Read more

In college, I was no stranger to the "Freshman 15." In fact, all that newfound freedom to eat whatever and whenever combined with the all-you-can-eat dining hall and late-night pizza runs made it the "Freshman 30." Now that I've been at a healthy weight for a while, I can look back on all the mistakes I made. I'm sharing these mistakes now in the hopes that I can help someone else avoid the Read more

Early-morning workouts aren't possible because you're far from a morning person, and evening workouts just seem too late. That leaves the good old noon workout, but that too can have its drawbacks. Here are four things that make midday workouts hard to swallow, and how to fix them. I've Got Food on the Brain Noontime is lunchtime, and many of us have been programmed to eat at 12 p.m. ever since Read more

FitSugar reader JessicaSmithTV wants you to know: you're hurting your workout when you bring your cell phone into the equation. She shared her three reasons you should stay cell phone-free at the gym in our 10 Pounds Down! community group. 1. It’s hurting your workout (and could cause you to get hurt) If you can text or talk on the phone during any part of your workout, you aren’t working Read more

It may have been developed for the Navy SEALs, but you don't have to be in secret-weapon shape to work out with TRX. The concept of the TRX suspension training is pretty basic: you use two cables on your feet or hands to partially suspend your body and use your own body weight as resistance. The muscle groups you work as well as how hard you work them all depend on the positioning of your body on Read more