ACE Fitness^® & Healthy Lifestyle Blog

It’s the beginning of a New Year—are you still on track with your resolutions? If you’re starting to waver, it may be a good time to create some big-picture thinking. Dr. Michael Mantell explains why only the fully accurate, big picture will give you the tools to properly check-in on your goals, assure that what you are doing supports your plan for the coming year for your fitness, and help you feel good about the time and energy you are expending.

Looking for some new exercises to add to your routine? Check out these five time-efficient exercises that will strengthen the whole body, burn calories and add new challenge to your workout.

Leggings are a great way to show off strong, beautiful legs—of all shapes and sizes. While spot reduction is clearly a myth, it is possible to add muscle and shape with specific, targeted strength-training exercises. These five tried-and-true moves can be combined for one great lower-body workout, or added to your existing strength-training routine.

Turns out, not all the experts are right, at least when it comes to establishing rules for exercise. While some rules are important to help keep exercisers safe, others are misguided and could actually keep you from reaching your goals. Here are six common workout rules that, although you’ve probably heard them a million times, you should probably start ignoring them.

When time is tight (and when isn’t it?), it can be easy to justify skipping the cool-down at the end of your workout. Although it can be easy to jump from the treadmill straight into the shower, or from the squat rack to the car, here are five very important reasons to think carefully before you pull the plug on your workout.