What happens if you do: Enhanced vigor and mental clarity, and more capacity for exercise. What happens if you don’t: That dull-and-sluggish feeling One in four people suffers from general fatigue that’s not associated with a serious medical condition. You’re beat, for no particular reason. It may sound strange, but science shows that expending energy… Read more »
FITFOREVER Blog
Check out these tips and stories to help you maintain and improve your fitness. FITFOREVER is the choice to discover your best body and your best life.
Mobility or Flexibility: Which is Better?
What is the difference between mobility and flexibility? While both of these terms describe the movements of muscles and joints, there is a major difference between passive range of motion and active range of motion. Many people think mobility and flexibility are the same thing and that some simple stretching before or after a workout… Read more »
Bone and Joint Health: Training Your Brain to Commit to Exercise
We know we should. We feel ashamed and guilty when we don’t. We notice the external signs of an out-of-shape body — abs in absentia, thighs as dimpled as loaves of Wonder Bread, buttocks that are pendulous instead of perky, and jiggling “Hi, Betty” upper arm, rather than defined triceps. Training your brain to commit to… Read more »
KEEP IT UP! Motivational Tips from Expert Chris Crowley
Here are 4 tips from FITFOREVER Expert and NYT Best-Selling Author Chris Crowley on how to stay motivated and informed these next few weeks.
FIT EATS: The Power of Plants
What if I told you that one of the best ways to lose weight, and get healthier, was less about cutting certain foods out of your diet, but was instead about adding the right foods to your diet? No, I am not pitching a “new breakthrough” diet. Rather, what I am proposing is that you… Read more »
The FITFOREVER Approach: Train Movement, Not Muscles
One of the most important things about FITFOREVER is that the experts who put the program together are such deep disciples of WHOLE BODY exercise. FITFOREVER Instructor and Co-Creator, Bill Fabrocini, has been stressing all his professional life that the point is to “Train movements, not muscles.” The old technique was to isolate and train muscles. Awful dumb…. Read more »
Will Exercise Improve My Mental Health and Mood?
What happens if you do: You can put a serious dent in chronic depression and anxiety What happens if you don’t: You may become unnecessarily dependent on antidepressant and anxiety medications that have side effects.
The Best Way To Reduce Falling As You Age
FALL DOWN, GO BOOM. NEVER GET UP AGAIN. OH, LORD! Most of our lives, we don’t think much about accidents. I mean, they happen once in a while, but they’re apt to be minor or they’re weird.
Ending Knee Pain Could Be as Simple as Perfecting the Squat
We get a lot of questions about knee pain while squatting or lunging. This may be something you experience while exercising or in daily life. If so, this simple solution could offer much needed relief.
The Two Most Important Questions to Ask When Choosing A Fitness Program
If you asked a hundred people what their New Year’s resolution was, the response from the vast majority would have something to do with fitness. We all know we need to exercise for overall health and wellbeing (whether we actually do it or not is a different story) and current research points to the ability to prevent certain diseases and even postpone the negative effects of aging for decades through exercise.