When I think back to my childhood, I'm amazed at how simple life seemed to be. In my community, many people worked in farming or in factories nearby. They clocked their 40 hours per week, and enjoyed ...

Adding medicine balls to a training program opens myriad exercise options that cannot be easily performed with any other source of resistance. When leveraged correctly, medicine balls add elements of ...

There are so many exercises you can use a stability ball for, especially when it comes to targeting your core. Why? Because this fitness tool, otherwise known as an exercise or Swiss ball, challenges ...

As Queen’s “We Will Rock You” played, residents of Touchmark on South Hill kept the beat in a drumming pattern. The seven members aren’t in a rock band, but rather an exercise class. A new fitness ...

Muscle strains are an unfortunate inevitability for active people. Sooner or later, everyone will deal with a muscle strain ...

Medicine balls are small, weighted exercise equipment great for strengthening your abs and core. Though you can use just one weight, using multiple sizes can make the workouts more versatile. It's ...

Any Pilates fans out there will know what a difference a Pilates ball makes. Take my word for it: as someone who has done Pilates almost every week for the past 18 months, classes that include the use ...