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7 Knee Strengthening Exercises for Bad Knees | If you're looking for the best low impact knee exercises to facilitate proper alignment, stability, and strength, this post is a great resource. Perfect for runners looking for recovery exercises they can do at home to prevent injury, as well as those who are already injured and/or for arthritis sufferers, you can pick and choose the best exercises from this list to create your very own knee workout routine!

Bad Knees? 7 Knee Strengthening Exercises to Try

9 Hula Hoop Workouts for Weight Loss | Perfect for beginners and beyond, these weighted hula hoop workouts and challenges are a fun way to add in some cardio to burn calories while also getting in a good core workout. Adding hula hoop exercises into your fitness regime also provides fat-burning benefits, and many of these workouts will also tighten and tone your body. This post discusses all of the benefits of hula hoop workouts, and you can stream the workout videos for free!

Get Fit At Home: 9 Hula Hoop Workouts for Weight Loss

40 Peloton Quotes to Motivate and Inspire You | Whether you own a Peloton bike or treadmill, or workout via the app, it's an all-in-one option for at home workouts. From indoor cycling and treadmill workouts, to strength training and core workouts, to yoga, pilates, barre, and stretching, there are tons of options, and we've compiled our favorite Peloton instructor quotes from Jess Sims, Cody Rigsby, Alex Toussaint, Robin Arzon, Ally Love, Kendall Toole, and more!

40 Peloton Quotes to Motivate and Inspire You Everyday!

7 Sexy Shoulder Workouts for Women | If you want to get tight, toned, and sculpted shoulders, these workouts are for you! Perfect for an at home workout or for the gym, we've included a mix of no equipment workouts, as well as dumbbell workouts for beginners and beyond. Add these shoulder exercises to your daily workout routine to increase your upper body strength, reduce your risk of injury, and to get tank top arms your friends will be jealous of!

Tighten & Tone: 7 Sexy Shoulder Workouts for Women

10 Tips to Prevent and Recover From Overtraining Syndrome | Overtraining can cause so many symptoms, from injuries, to mood disorders, to fatigue and insomnia, to hormonal imbalances and more. If you want to know how to avoid overtraining as well as the best recovery tips, this post is a great resource. We're sharing signs and symptoms to watch for, and tons of helpful advice to help you train smarter, not harder.

10 Tips to Help You Prevent and Recover From Overtraining Syndrome

Glow Up Challenge 101 | If you want to know how to transform your life, committing to a Glow Up Challenge is a great way to start. Whether you decide on a 30 day period or opt for something shorter or longer, there are tons of small changes you can make to your daily habits to improve your physical, mental, and emotional health, as well as the way you FEEL about yourself, both inside and out. You've probably heard all about Glow Ups on TikTok, and this post has 10 ideas to help you get started!

Glow Up Challenge: 10 Ways to Transform Yourself in 30 Days

7 Workouts for Women Over 50 | If you want to know how to lose weight over 50, this post is for you! We're sharing tips and workouts to help you lose weight after menopause. Perfect for beginners and beyond, this post includes a mix of workouts including full body weight training, resistance band exercises, cardio, HIIT, walking workouts, and even a sitting ab workout to target your core muscles. These workouts will help improve your metabolism, burn calories, and tighten and tone!

Middle Age and Fabulous! 7 Workouts for Women Over 50

7 Walking Workouts for Weight Loss | If you want to create a walking workout plan for weight loss, this post has lots of tips and workouts to choose from ranging from 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes...all the way to an hour! You can make these as easy or hard as you want. Whether you like to workout at the gym, at home, outside, or a combination of the 3, we'll help you get your steps and miles in each day!

7 Walking Workouts for Weight Loss for Beginners and Beyond

Bedtime Yoga for Beginners | If you find it difficult to get a good night's sleep thanks to stress, anxiety, and or general busy-ness, this post is a great resource. It shares the benefits of creating a bedtime yoga routine, includes a list of budget-friendly yoga essentials, as well as tips on the best easy poses and stretches to help you relax and unwind for a night of quality sleep. We've also included 3 quick yoga sequences you can try, ranging from 5 minutes to 7 minutes.

Bedtime Yoga 101: 7 Tips and Routines for a Better Sleep

6 Full-Body Resistance Training Workouts for Women | Whether you like to workout at home or at the gym, these fat-burning resistance workouts are a great way to build muscle, tighten and tone your body, improve flexibility and balance, and reduce visceral fat. And they are also great for weight loss! There are so many benefits of incorporating resistance training into your workout routine, and these workouts for women include exercises for beginners and beyond.

6 Full-Body At Home Resistance Training Workouts for Women

How to Treat IT Band Syndrome | If you want to know how to heal IT band syndrome, this post is a great resource! We're sharing everything you need to know - what is IT syndrome? what are the signs, symptoms, and causes? how can it be prevented? - as well as the best stretches and exercises to alleviate knee pain and hip pain while also loosening tight hips and hip flexors. While you obviously want to consult a professional for proper a physical therapy plan, this is a great starting point!

How to Treat IT Band Syndrome: 8 Stretches and Exercises That Work

How to Hide Chubby Cheeks | If you want to know how to get rid of chubby cheeks, this post has tons of brilliant tips to help! From figuring out the right haircut and hairstyle to elongate your face, to makeup tips and a simple tutorial to teach you how to contour your face like a pro, to exercise ideas and a list of foods to eat and avoid to minimize face bloat, we'll teach you how to lose face fat from the comfort of your own home so you can look and feel your best!

How to Hide Chubby Cheeks: 11 Beauty Hacks to Help

8 Bedtime Workout Routines For Weight Loss and Sleep | Can't find time to exercise during the day? Want a quick and easy routine you can do before bed to help you tighten and tone your body without compromising your sleep? Perfect for beginners and beyond, these evening workout routines are the perfect pre-bed at home exercises to help you meet your weight loss goals when you're pressed for time. If you want a flat stomach, toned legs, and strong core, take the challenge!

8 Bedtime Workout Routines For Weight Loss and Better Sleep

6 Rowing Machine Workouts for Weight Loss | Whether you're a beginner or an old time pro, these rowing workouts are low impact, allowing you to get a full-body workout without risk of injury or wear and tear on your muscles and joints. You can do these at the gym or at home as a standalone workout, or you can add them before and after a run, bike ride, strength training, or CrossFit sesh for a little extra HIIT and cardio!

Low Impact Cardio: 6 Rowing Machine Workouts for Weight Loss

11 Cold Weather Running Tips and Hacks for Beginners | If you're new to winter running and want to know what to wear, how to choose the right gear, which running accessories you need, and tips to stay warm and dry so you don't get a chill, this post is for you! Dressing for the cold weather is key, and we'll teach you everything you need to know, from layering your outfit, to choosing the right socks and shoes, to staying dry and altering your route and training schedule, and more!

11 Cold Weather Running Tips and Hacks for Beginners

How to Reduce Body Fat | If you want to reduce your body fat percentage fast, this post is for you! We're sharing the best food, diet, and exercise tips and tricks for women to help decrease your body fat naturally. This post includes a body fat percentage chart for women and for men to help you gauge how much you need to lose, and you'll learn which foods to avoid, the best foods and snacks to help you feel full, and fat burning workouts to help you tighten and tone your body!

How to Reduce Body Fat: 9 Tips and Exercises that Help

30-Day Fitness Challenges to Try This Year | Whether you're looking for 30-day full body workout challenges for beginners, or something more specific, like a 30-day arms challenge, 30-day abs challenge, or a 30-day squat challenge for women, this post has tons of ideas to inspire you! While many of us take on weight loss challenges at the beginning of the year, there's no time like the present, and you can start any of these 30-day challenge ideas right here, right now!

33 of The Best 30-Day Fitness Challenges to Try This Year

7 Plank Workouts for a Killer Core | Whether you have 5 minutes or 20 minutes to spare, we've curated the best plank workouts for women and for men to help tighten and tone your core and abdominal muscles. There are so many benefits of incorporating planks in your weekly workout schedule, and while they make look easy, they give you a full body workout and are a great way to sculpt your abs and obliques! Perfect for beginners and beyond, lose belly fat fast with these home exercises!

7 Plank Workouts for Beginners to Strengthen Your Core

10 Oblique Workouts for Women | Say goodbye to your love handles with this collection of oblique workouts you can do at home or at the gym! We've included a range of workouts for every fitness level, and you don't need weights as we've also included no equipment body weight workouts that pack a punch! Hate doing abdominal exercises like crunches? You're in luck! Some of these moves are done standing, and they will give you a flat belly and ab definition your friends will be jealous of.

Bye Bye Love Handles: 10 Oblique Workouts for Women

20 Lower Body Workouts for Women | If you're trying to get into a strength training routine and want to know how to tighten and tone your glutes and legs at home with weights or without weights, we're sharing the best exercises to help! Whether you have a set of dumbbells, kettlebells, resistance bands, or a TRX suspension trainer - or no equipment whatsoever - we've curated the best home workouts to help you burn fat and build muscle.

Legs and Glutes: 20 Lower Body Workouts for Women

20 Full Body Stair Workouts for Weight Loss | If you're trying to lose weight and build muscle and stamina, climbing a set of stairs is a great way to get a full body workout! Whether you're using outdoor stairs, or have a staircase at home, we've curated 20 staircase workouts you can do anytime, anywhere! Choose between HIIT workouts for cardio, leg or glute workouts to target problem areas, or a full body workout to torch fat and calories. Better yet, combine 2 or more into your own routine!

Get Fit At Home: 20 Full Body Stair Workouts for Weight Loss