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Free Online Class: The Truth About Willpower and How to Harness It
How do we like to celebrate our birthday? Um, by giving you lots of free goodies—like this class! Check out all of the special four-year birthday posts and huge giveaways here. So many of us think that we could live a healthy lifestyle... Continue reading...
There’s a Party Going on Right Here! Happy Fourth Birthday to FBG—and You!
Bust out the party hats and someone put on Kool & The Gang, the time has finally come! It’s FBG Birthday Week! Known as the best online party around (okay, so we totally made that up, but our readers always seem to really enjoy... Continue reading...
Cancer and Exercise: 5 Things Every Cancer Patient Needs to Know
October 24, 2011 by Kelsey
The other day I was surfing the web, checking out may daily dose of People.com. I wasn’t searching for anything in particular, just the latest gossip on celebs. (It’s a guilty pleasure; what can I say?) Anyway, I came upon a story about... Continue reading...
Getting Bloggy With It: Shape’s Best Blogger Awards
October 12, 2011 by Jenn
Exciting news! Shape magazine is doing its first ever blogger awards, and we’re in the running for its best blogs for fitness junkies category! Woot woot! And, ya’ll, we are in some good company: The Great Fitness Experiment,... Continue reading...
Lift Weights and Drop the Smokes
By Lacy J. Hansen, a two-time Boston Marathon finisher, for DietsInReview.com It isn’t exactly news that smoking is bad for your health. However, the statistic that cigarette smoking is still responsible for more than one thousand... Continue reading...
Getting Ready for the U.S. Open: 3 Fun Ways to Get Your Tennis On
August 23, 2011 by Jenn
With the U.S. Open 2011 tournament set to start on Monday, the inner tennis player in me is squealing in delight! (Like louder than Venus Williams when she hits the ball.) If you’re as psyched as I am, here are three ways to tennis... Continue reading...
The Best Type of Yoga for Your Personality
August 23, 2011 by Jenn
Hatha, Vinyasa, Bikram, Kundalini, Iyengar…there are so many freakin’ different types of yoga out there. While we are by no means yoga pros, we have tried just about every type of yoga out there, be it in workout DVDs or in live... Continue reading...
Has the FDA Gone Nuts? Walnuts’ Health Claims Classified as a ‘Drug’
August 9, 2011 by Jenn
File this one in ridiculous. The FDA recently issued Diamond Food a warning letter saying, in a nutshell (get it? Ha!), that Diamond walnuts are making health claims akin to drugs, saying that “these products are intended for use... Continue reading...
Another Reason Why Dieting Doesn’t Work: Your Brains Cells Eat Themselves!
August 8, 2011 by Jenn
You know how we always say that diet is a four-letter word? Well, turns out that’s not just a cute saying. According to new weight-loss research, when you let yourself get too hungry, your brain cells start eating themselves. EATING... Continue reading...
Best New Workout Songs We’re Jamming to: Nicki Minaj, J-Lo and OneRepublic
August 5, 2011 by Jenn
I love music. And, for me, music is one of the best parts of working out. Not only does it give me a listening-outlet for my guiltiest of music pleasures, but it gets me moving, making workouts more fun and therefore more effective. (When... Continue reading...
