It’s easy to assume that barre is just a ballet-like workout for those who couldn’t make it on the professional stage—after all, there’s a legitimate barre in the studio, and it seems to require the fancy footwork you might see on Dance Moms. But that idea couldn’t be further from the truth. “A lot of […]
Even if you’re not a devoted Peloton user, chances are you’ve heard of Ally Love. Before becoming a Peloton instructor in 2017, the Miami native was a dancer for the New York Knicks, a model for fitness brands like Adidas, and a host for the Brooklyn Nets. In 2023, she even hosted her own dance […]
If you’re looking for a simple but super effective way to fire up your lower body, the monster walk is your new BFF. The exercise involves walking forward and backward, in a mini-squat, with a resistance band around your legs. It gets its name because, let’s be real, you end up waddling around like a […]
I’ve dedicated much of my career to studying the factors that help people live longer, healthier lives—I’m a medical doctor specializing in longevity science, an advisor for RoseBar Longevity Clinic in Spain, and a registered yoga teacher focused on how movement can be medicine. While researching my next book on longevity, I became fascinated by […]
Muscle disintegration, organ failure, blood poisoning?! These horrifying symptoms aren’t the results of a sci-fi disaster scenario, they’re what happens when a person gets rhabdomyolysis, also known as “rhabdo.” Every few months and years, news pops up of athletes in the emergency room getting treated for rhabdo. In the past week alone, rhabdo has been […]