Healthy and Inspired Living
If you are fired up for the slopes and eager to ride this workout is designed to get you mountain ready. These four moves have been selected to help you build upper and lower body strength, balance and improve your posture. Although it may be the exhilaration of the ride that every boarder chases, it… [Read Full Story]
Ski season is upon us and you have finally decided that this is the season to try out this alpine sport. One of the most important steps you can take in preparing for this adventure will be finding the best gear to keep you warm. A day on the slopes without the proper gear can… [Read Full Story]
Ask The Expert is a health & fitness advice column. If you have a question for one of our Fitness Goop experts, please email info@fitnessgoop.com. This question was asked by Robyn from Calgary Alberta, Canada. Recently you published an article advocating muscle failure when strength training. I have begun following this method when I workout… [Read Full Story]
The ‘Material Girl’ has been ranked 10th on Forbes most recent Celebrity 100 List with $58 million in earnings. She has starred in numerous independent and Hollywood motion pictures and in 1997 she won the Golden Globe for her role in Evita. She also has published a line of children’s books. Recently she has launched… [Read Full Story]
If you have ever lifted a dumbbell or survived a boot-camp class you will be following two of the top fitness trends for the coming year. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has just released what fitness trends will be hot in 2011. While several of the activities past fitness trends – such as… [Read Full Story]
An editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has strongly opposed the federal government’s decision to cancel plans for tougher warning labels on cigarette packages and suggested it may lead to increases in smoking rates and smoking-related deaths. During a closed-door meeting in September with provincial and territorial health ministers, Health Canada suddenly announced that… [Read Full Story]
Portia de Rossi makes no secret of her happy relationship with Ellen DeGeneres but she has revealed on the Oprah Winfrey Show a much darker story about her past, confessing she once suffered from the eating disorder, Anorexia. The 37-year-old actress has a much healthier figure these days but there was time according to the… [Read Full Story]
In North America there is a massive market for products which promise to aid in weight loss. Some of these products include pills, lotions, creams, and perhaps most notably, supplements. Weight-loss aids, diet pills and supplements, they come with several names but the goal is the same, to boost your metabolism and help lose weight.… [Read Full Story]
A writer for the Los Angeles Times has dubbed Jillian Michaels a fraud and an actress playing the role of fitness trainer, in a recent editorial. The LA Times article by James S. Fell, a certified health expert, criticized the reality TV fitness trainer’s methods for getting the show’s contestants to lose weight, according to… [Read Full Story]
Supermodel Heidi Klum continues to build her empire by launching a hip and functional action-wear line with New Balance. Klum is best known for her work with Victoria’s Secret and as the face of several top fashion designers. Today, she hosts one of the hottest shows on television, Project Runway. This former supermodel turned mogul… [Read Full Story]
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