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5 Best Nutritious and Delicious Foods You Should Start Eating Now

Inquisitive, open and adventurous is not how it’s best to describe the eating habits of most men. The idea of eating something different ends up being a little more than using ground turkey instead of beef for a batch of burgers or opting to top breakfast oatmeal with raspberries instead of blueberries. Wow, look you mister courageous eater. You can and should start thinking beyond the pork chop and brown rice and dive into more nutritious and delicious ingredients. Branching out into a new edible territory brings with it some notable benefits. Not only will embracing a handful of unfamiliar foods shake your taste buds out of their coma, but they also bring with them a whole new set of culinary possibilities. Adding more variety to your menu will also help you load up on a greater diversity of nutrients and bioactive compounds to support your health. Researchers at Harvard and New York University found that people who include a greater variety of healthy foods in their daily menu tend to be less pudgy. And don’t forget that packing your day with exciting new tastes makes it easier and more satisfying...

March 8, 2024Exercise & Fitness0 Comments
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20 Bodyweight Exercises You Can Do Anywhere

A solid list of go-to bodyweight exercises is like an insurance policy for your fitness goals. You could find yourself miles from a gym with no exercise equipment in sight and just 15 minutes to spare and still have the means get in a good workout. Seriously — all you really need to build muscle and maintain a healthy weight is your own body, a bit of floor space, and a willingness to work. At BODi, a number of our programs utilize bodyweight exercises to help you strengthen and tone, including Just Bring Your Body, Xtend Barre, and Yoga52. The following bodyweight exercises — drawn from those and other programs on BODi — hit every major muscle group and are appropriate for beginners, experienced athletes, and everyone in between.

Arm and Shoulder Exercises

Work your triceps to your delts with these arm and shoulder exercises.

1. Seated triceps dips

Sit on the floor with your legs together, knees bent, and soles of the feet planted on the floor. Place your hands slightly behind your butt, palms on the ground, fingers forward. Extend your elbows and...

March 7, 2024Exercise & Fitness0 Comments
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Are You Engaging Your Core Correctly?

You’ve heard the term bandied around at the gym, in yoga classes, or maybe even from your personal trainer: “Engage your core.” But what does it really mean? Understanding how to engage your core helps not just with workouts but with your daily activities as well. But before we delve deeper into the how, let’s clear up the what. Your core refers to a complex series of muscles; many are hidden beneath the exterior musculature people typically train. Knowing how to correctly engage these muscles can have a profound impact on your strength, stability, and overall fitness.

What Does It Mean to Engage Your Core?

Engaging your core means tensing all the muscles of your midsection so they can stabilize your body, allowing you to carry out a range of movements. During physical activity, it’s akin to providing a sturdy central link in your body, assisting with balance and stability. This is fundamentally different from simply flexing your abs, where you are just tensing your abdominal muscles. Even though the abs are a significant part of the core, they constitute just one aspect of it, explains Theresa Marko, PT, DPT, MS, a board-certified orthopedic...

March 6, 2024Exercise & Fitness, , , 0 Comments
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6 Best Bodyweight Exercises for Your Biceps

It’s tough to have brag-worthy arms if your biceps are lagging. But if you think endlessly pumping out bicep curls is the only way to build them, think again. After all, gymnasts flaunt some of the most well-defined arm muscles that an athlete can possess, and most — if not all — of their training is performed using just their body weight.So whether you want arms like a gymnast or just want new, more challenging, and/or fun ways to train your biceps, try some of these bodyweight biceps exercises in your next workout. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-cHLA38lEs Grab a pull-up bar with an overhand grip that’s slightly beyond shoulder width. Hang at arm’s length with your arms straight (a position known as a dead hang) and your ankles crossed behind you. Without swinging or kipping (using momentum to propel you upward), squeeze your shoulder blades together to engage your lats as you pull your chest to the bar (or at least your chin above it). Pause, and then lower yourself back to a dead hang.Grab a pull-up bar with an underhand grip. Your hands should be directly...

March 1, 2024Exercise & Fitness, , 0 Comments
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The 10 Best Arm Exercises You Can Do at Home

If sculpted arms and shoulders top your “Most Wanted” list, we’ve got good news. You don’t need a biceps curl machine or cable rope to get a good arm workout at home — you can build sleeve-busting muscle with minimal equipment. “Just grab a set of dumbbells, equally weighted objects, or a set of resistance bands to get an effective arm workout at home,” says Katie Mumford, NASM-CPT. In some cases, you can even use just your body weight. Here are 10 effective arm exercises to get you started. Swap a few of them into your next upper body workout to fast track your results. Targets: Shoulders Step one foot on the center of a resistance band and step the other foot back. Grip one end of the resistance band in each hand next to your shoulders, palms facing forward. This is the starting position. Keeping your core engaged, back flat, and chest up, press your hands overhead until your arms are straight. Pause, then reverse the movement to return to the starting position.  Targets: Shoulders Stand with your feet hip-width...

February 28, 2024Exercise & Fitness, Resistance Bands0 Comments
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