Contrary to popular belief, having shapely glutes isn’t all about appearance or vanity. Having a strong rear-end not only helps improve posture and athletic performance, and reduce knee and back pain, it can significantly enhance injury prevention as well. Here’s what you need to know about strengthening this essential group, along with eight super-effective exercises…
Last night, a hot bird saved my life. Armando Rafael for The New York Times. Food Stylist: Cyd Raftus McDowell. Published Feb. 18, 2025Updated Feb. 18, 2025 If you’re reading this, it may already be too late: The day’s done, you’re zapped. Why not put a bird on it — that is, a char-kissed, ready-to-eat…
From media interviews with popular health and fitness magazines to the classes I teach and clients I train, over the years I have routinely been the following question: “What is the best exercise I should be doing?” Whether this question is asked in context to a particular goal or a specific body part, my answer…
Tom Fitzmorris, the prolific and persnickety New Orleans restaurant critic who spent three hours a day, five days a week discussing food on his radio show and wrote what by his estimation was America’s longest-running weekly restaurant review column by a single author, died on Feb. 12 in New Orleans. He was 74. His wife,…
ACE Advocacy and Outreach Walking is an easy way to start building activity into your life and to make that activity stick. It doesn’t require any special skills, facilities or expensive equipment and most people can walk or roll including those who use assistive devices, such as walkers or wheelchairs. Though walking has always…
Growing up in Jérémie, Haiti, Elsy Dinvil often spent Sunday mornings watching her mother prepare meatballs: first at the market, picking the most marbled fillets she could find, then at home, pulling out a manual grinder to prepare the meat. It was an education in cooking with care. Ms. Dinvil’s mother died in 2018, two…
It seems like every time I go to the gym, I see people doing rotator cuff exercises incorrectly. Given the importance of this quartet of stabilizers and decelerators, it is essential that they receive adequate and appropriate training to ensure effective and efficient movement. This is true of your everyday clients as well as your…
It’s much easier than you think. Samin Nosrat, the “Salt Fat Acid Heat” author, shows you how. Learn to make fresh pasta dough, and you can dress it up in countless ways.Karsten Moran for The New York Times Published Feb. 20, 2025Updated Feb. 20, 2025 [This article was originally published on April 9, 2017.] Making…
Yoga is great for improving flexibility, but it also builds a strong and calm mind. For these reasons, it’s no surprise that athletes are increasingly turning to yoga to round out their training. In fact, many professional athletes, including NBA stars LeBron James and Kevin Love and Seattle Seahawks Quarterback Russell Wilson, have publicly discussed…
Pancakes, hotcakes, flapjacks…whatever you call them, these tasty thin, flat cakes of cooked batter may be delicious for breakfast, but can ruin all your hard work in the gym. White flour, sugar, and a lack of protein make most pancake recipes less than ideal for your post-workout meal. But you don’t have to designate them…