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Most runners wouldn't describe themselves as limber or loose—especially after logging a five-, 10-, or 20-miler. But practicing yoga after your workouts can remedy that. By increasing blood and oxygen flow to muscles, tendons, and ligaments, yoga boosts flexibility, reduces soreness, and speeds recovery. This series of six poses targets runners' tightest and weakest spots, improving range of motion and strength to keep muscles and joints healthy.

Think of exercise as medicine without the pill: It not only helps lower blood sugar, but it also improves heart health, strengthens bones, reduces stress, and trims inches off your waist. Plus, people with type 2 diabetes who are taking meds can often reduce their doses once they start a fitness routine. So what’s the best workout? A combo of walking and weights, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

If you think doing crunches, crunches, and more crunches is the best way to build your abs, prepare to be enlightened. Every exercise in this routine, based on the science in our book, The New Rules of Lifting for Abs, strengthens your core—yet you won't find a single crunch. Or side bend. Or situp. What you will discover is the most effective way to train your abs from every single angle while burning off the fat that hides them. There's nothing complicated. In fact, revealing your abs has never been simpler.

Place a pair of kettlebells on the floor, slightly beyond shoulder width. Grasp each kettlebell handle and assume a pushup position. Your body should form a straight line from your ankles to your head. Lower your body until your upper arms are parallel to the floor, and then push back up.

 

 

Run Faster, Boost Endurance, and Beat Boredom

Follow along with the Fitbie Half-Marathon Training Series as Olympian and Runner's World contributor Jeff Galloway helps three women prepare to make it to the finish of the Disney Princess Half Marathon. Meet our coach and our runners here. Then listen in as Galloway offers his expert advice on everything you need to know to make it to the finish.

You don’t need a gym membership to melt that unwanted flab and look fit. In fact, you don't even need equipment. Use this super-simple body-weight workout from The Women's Health Big Book of Exercises to burn fat, tone every muscle, and improve your fitness. How do it: Perform this workout as a circuit, completing the prescribed number of repetitions of each exercise without resting. Once you’ve done one set of each exercise, rest for 2 minutes, then repeat the entire circuit one to two more times.

Want a fat-burning workout that fits your life? Then check out this routine that uses moves from The Women’s Health Big Book of Exercises. You can do it almost anywhere, and you can do it fast—yet you’ll be amazed at how quickly it gets your heart-pumping. All you need is just one pair of light dumbbells—5 or 10 pounders!—to target every part of your body while burning tons of calories. So you’ll never have to leave your house or even use a treadmill.

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