Tips on Choosing a Gym


Updated 12/01/09 11:44 AM · Posted by FitSugar · 9 comments

Tips on Choosing a Gym

Now that the weather is getting colder, it's harder to motivate to exercise outdoors. That's where the gym comes in. So many health clubs offer great new rates for the fall, so if you're looking to join, now is a great time. How do you choose a gym? These tips should help you. Consider location. If it's more than a 10-minute walk or car ride from your home or office, chances are you'll be less Read more

Fittingly Mad: The Gym is NOT a Bar


Updated 09/24/07 12:19 PM · Posted by FitSugar · 32 comments

Fittingly Mad: The Gym is NOT a Bar

I'm annoyed. No, I'm pissed actually. I go to the gym to workout. I go during my lunch break, and I don't have a ton of time to dilly dally or lolly gag. When I go to the gym, I mean business, so excuse me if I don't have time to chit chat. Well it's not that I don't want to make conversation or be social, I just cannot stand guys that try to pick girls up at the gym. I have been a Read more

Get Moving and Say I Do: Ways to Incorporate Fitness Into Your Wedding


Updated 04/26/12 12:50 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

How to Incorporate Fitness Into Your Wedding

Fitness fanatics have a tough time separating workouts from life, so why should their wedding be any different? Here are some ways to bring an active lifestyle into your big day. Send out fitness-themed save-the-date cards with you and your partner doing something active, like standing on surfboards with a sign that says, "Water you waiting for? Put this date on your calendar!" Or use a play on Read more

Happy National Pet Day! 13 Ways to Save Bucks on Fido


Updated 04/11/12 1:50 PM · Posted by · 1 comment

How to Save Money on My Dog

The cost of raising a dog is extremely high. In fact, if you look at rates to fly with your dog on airplanes, it's sometimes almost equivalent to what we humans are paying for a plane ticket. And it all adds up — you end up spending a never-ending amount of cash on toys, crates, flea medication, checkups, and the list goes on. However, many think the high costs of raising a dog are totally Read more

3 Snacking Habits to Break Now


Updated 03/16/12 3:43 PM · Posted by · 0 comments

3 Ways Snacking Makes You Fat and How to Fix the Problems

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! These noshing habits could be the reason your scale is stalled By Karen Ansel, RD, Prevention We do it in the car, on the train, in front of the TV, on the phone, and even in bed. For too many of us, snacking has become so automatic that our brains barely register the hand-to-mouth motion. And it's not as if we're Read more

Did You Opt For an Elective Ultrasound?


Updated 03/07/12 8:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Elective Ultrasounds During Pregnancy

We're excited to share this post from our partners at BabyCenter! Every week, we will be bringing you the best parenting and lifestyle stories from the experts at BabyCenter, including this post from Katherine Martin about elective ultrasounds. Remember when you were little and you used to say, “But Mom, everyone else is . . . ,” and she would respond, “If everyone else jumped off a Read more

Foodie Friday Link Time: Healthify Your Bacon Sammy


Updated 03/02/12 11:30 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Make a Healthier Bacon Sandwich

Healthify your California Club sammy for a guilt-free lunch — Healthy Happy Life Fight free radicals with pistachios and other surprising sources of antioxidants — Shape Fix your hair problems with food! What to eat for lovely locks — HuffPost Health Get a visual: what 100 calories of meat really looks like — Blisstree Are you going meatless for March? It's a healthy challenge! — Read more

Healthy Dose Link Time: Brazilian Blowout Contains Formaldehyde


Updated 01/31/12 10:25 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Brazilian Blowout Danger: Contains Carcinogen Formaldehyde

Health hazards of hair straightening: Brazilian Blowout contains carcinogens — Blisstree Go crazy and try the Insanity Workout for free! — Self 10 easy ways to get cooking with kale. It's a superfood! — Real Simple Could a club drug be the new cure for depression? — The Stir Three natural ways to soothe your sore throat — Prevention Trying to diet? Try skipping the food boards on Read more

How to Get Rihanna's Rock-Hard Abs


Updated 01/19/12 11:34 AM · Posted by · 0 comments

Rihanna's Ab Workout

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Shape here on FitSugar. Rihanna is one hot singing sensation. Having recently been named the best-selling digital artist of all time — thanks to a whopping 47.5 million downloads of her hits — the sexy songstress is also a top contender for album of the year at this year’s Grammy Awards. But not only does the Barbadian beauty know how to Read more

Top 10 Mistakes You Make on the Elliptical Trainer


Updated 01/16/12 10:31 AM · Posted by · 1 comment

Top 10 Mistakes You Make on the Elliptical Trainer

We are excited to share one of our fave stories from Prevention here on FitSugar! By Lisa Hoehn, Prevention As the weather drops, more and more people head straight to one machine in their gym — the elliptical trainer. According to a 2008 report from the International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association, the number of users of elliptical trainers in health clubs grew sevenfold from Read more