Her Active Life

The following article is written by Nancy Clark, MS, RD CSSD (Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics).

For cutting edge sports nutrition information, the annual meeting of the American…

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The following article is written by Lisa Marie Mercer, a freelance writer, fitness studio owner and book author.

I spent nine years teaching fitness in Boston. When I first…

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Americans’ capacity for self-improvement is always evolving. With a history of fitness trends from the wacky and technical to the dull and robotic, new concepts are continually introduced. Through a fine-tuned, high-profile…

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The following article is written by Lisa Marie Mercer, a freelance writer, fitness studio owner and book author.

Ah, summer! At last we get to peel off the layers and…

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Once an athlete, always an athlete. You never lose it. Your entire life, you have certain values ingrained in you that make you who you are. Teamwork, goal-setting, discipline, competitiveness, leadership, fair play… we all know how it works.

So when…

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The following article is written by Lynn Bode, a certified personal trainer specializing in Internet-based fitness programs.

Spring is here. Flowers are blooming, jackets are being put away and chances are that you’re beginning to panic about putting on a swimsuit…

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The general rule of thumb is that an infant can be loaded onto your bike (or trailing behind it) when she or he is strong enough to hold up his or her head with a helmet on it. According to the

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We already know that exercise helps to prevent heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, obesity and certain cancers, and may extend life span. Now a report from Italy shows that exercise may also help…

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Perhaps, like me, you remember hanging from the pull-up bar in third grade for the flex-arm hang until you positively quivered and shook just to beat out your best friend.  Well, now is your chance to do it all again!

On…

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Everyone knows you can’t buy running shoes for looks.  You can’t get the blue ones instead of the green when the green ones work for you. It’s the same for bikes. You have to buy the right kind of bike for how…

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Her Active Life is back with another creative and juicy mix. This is Volume 5 and it gets pretty racy. But is that what energizes you? Leave us a comment and let us know!

I love running to the fierce…

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In this ongoing vegan column, senior staff writer, Katie Drummond, looks at the raw food diet, since many people think it is similar to veganism. Although, just how similar and how practical is something that Katie debates for herself and our HAL readers.…

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Always drink before, during, and after exercise. If you are exercising for less then an hour, plain water should be enough to keep you properly hydrated. Avoid any beverage that has caffeine, since these will only dehydrate you more. For activities over an…

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With this first post, Her Active Life welcomes Martinique Haller as our new staff writer. In this article, she talks with joy about the reasons to become a bike rider even if your city doesn’t exactly make it easy on you. In…

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Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital studied the changes that occur in the heart of athletes who perform different types of exercise.  The report provides the first information about how vigorous training changes heart structure and function.  “Most of what we know about cardiac…

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