The 10 Happiest People on BOSUs

You know...  There's something revealing about your smile...  It's contagious.  Smiles reveal happiness.  You're inspiring thousands of people... By showing your love of fitness... Your love of BOSU... Through a simple expression.  It's rather brilliant.  Thanks for sharing your happy moments with us....

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I Conquered a Half Marathon #LikeAGirl

I didn’t realize it until I finished. I scanned the results…and did a double take. Missing a zero? I doubled back and checked again only to see the exact same thing. Entrants: Female: 150, Male: 1150 I was tempted to ask somebody if I was, indeed, looking at a published list of half marathon finishers. I wasn’t researching income inequality or looking for the number of males and females that entered certain sectors of the workforce, but I wondered...

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So You've Decided to Start the 1,200 Calorie Diet...

For women, they say consuming 1,200 calories a day is the minimum amount of food needed to eat enough nutrition to last the day. It’s a magical number for thousands of women all around the world who prioritize weight loss. Unless you’ve done a diet before, 1,200, 2,000, 1,500 calories… doesn’t really mean too much to you. Embarking on a diet that consists of 1,200 calories can be difficult. Try to imagine yourself starting your entire wardrobe...

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Cinnamon Challenge

A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down. Well, what about a spoonful of cinnamon? Cinnamon and a spoon: these are two seemingly innocent objects that can cause you serious damage—possibly even death. Let’s start from the beginning… Cinnamon is a spice that actually has a variety of benefits. According to Organic Authority, some of these benefits include stabilizing (even lowering) blood sugar levels, decreasing bad cholesterol, and...

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HIIT It

Devoting time to exercise is crucial to a person’s physical and mental wellbeing. But that time devoted to exercise is limited. Why not make the most of it? The determining factor in how effective your workout is lies in your approach to working out and how you utilize that precious workout time. That age-old question of quantity vs. quality applies to your workout routines. It isn’t necessarily a question of how long you work out but how you work...

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Enduring Strength: Ever Heard of Taiko?

What is Taiko? The first time I tried taiko, I was intimidated by the large drum. I tapped it lightly with my bachi sticks and a suppressed rumble escaped the seams of the drum head and carried through the room. It’s an amazing practice that involves physical endurance, mental endurance, music, Japanese culture, group activity, and a plethora of other ideas. “Taiko” in Japanese means drum, but taiko today is more commonly referred to as a Japanese...

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Parkinson's Disease

He plays ping pong. He plays tennis. He goes horseback riding. He’s my grandpa, and he’s 81 years old. When I was little, my grandpa would take me to the farm where he kept his horse, and I would watch him ride. Back then, I never gave much thought to what it means for him to be able to do that at his age. As I am now older, it dawned on me that my grandpa is older, too. And yet, he acts like he hasn’t aged at all. He exercises every single...

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7 Times Buzzfeed Actually Got Healthy Living Right

Buzzfeed is usually a hit or miss with most people. They publish the most ridiculous stories we never thought could ever be published, and we find ourselves sharing them on Facebook, Twitter, and now Pinterest. From a health and diet perspective, Buzzfeed is a source of both good and bad information. The bad articles are especially easy to tell apart because they usually headline about dropping 20 pounds in three days or something completely unrealistic....

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Jog with a Dog

That moment when you and your jogging/running partner agree to meet at certain time, and then they show up late. And also that moment when your jogging partner doesn’t even show up at all. Yeah, those moments aren’t very much fun. We’ve all been there. Unfortunately, people are sometimes not very reliable. Of course, we’re human! We love to give people the benefit of the doubt. So what if they show up late? That doesn’t mean it’s going to happen...

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Strong Bodies, Strong Minds

Having a strong mind is just as important as having a strong body, but how can we measure the strength of our mind or thoughts? I’m not talking about knowing facts, answering the correct questions, or standardized tests, but rather, how can we measure the strength of our personal thoughts? Our opinions? I often wonder what people think about while they’re working out alone. I imagine a bit of counting, reinforcement, and self discipline goes on,...

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Zucchini Complex

Several months ago, my mom warned my dad not to spray weed-killer on our garden in the front of our house. Apparently, my uncle placed zucchini seeds in our garden. Ew. “Zucchini?” I thought. I forgot all about the vegetable until last night, when the zucchini in our garden was mentioned again: “The zucchini is starting to bloom,” my mom said. Yuck. My mom apparently could see the disgust on my face because she said, “What? You like zucchini.” Since...

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Race the Train!

Trains, rolling hills, a city by the sea, and… RUNNING! What more could anyone ask for? Fourteen glorious miles of beautiful scenery, encouragement, and competitive drive against a machine. Race the Train is one of the most unique types of running events available to runners and viewers. Wales is home to the most famous of the Race the Train events, consisting of a 14 mile (and yes, British people use the ‘mile’) trail alongside the train tracks...

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Training for Football

Football season is upon us. Americans wait the whole year for the distinct smells that combines aromas of crisp fall, new pigskins, wet grass, booze, and hot chocolate. We’re so enthused that we follow football at every competitive level: from peewee to high school to pro.  One team is never enough. One football game never satisfies. We always come back begging for more. The roar of the stadiums will soon be drowning out any intelligible...

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