Cycling in the City!

Nothing makes me happier than trading in the elliptical and stationary bike for my real bicycle. However, every year I need a refresher on how to best take advantage of my workouts in the great outdoors. Cycling is a great way to stay in shape because it is low-impact, high-fun, and requires a high level [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Park Bench Fitness

Like everyone in Manhattan, I can hardly contain my delight when the sun finally comes out, even if it’s only 30 degrees.I find myself wanting to take advantage of the nice weather and go for a run outside. While this option is always tempting, I find that my muscles never benefit as much as they [...]

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Elevator Stretching and other 5 Minute Fitness Tricks

I feel better on days that I exercise—spend an hour in the gym, go for a jog in Riverside Park, indulge in a yoga flow class—than on days that I don’t. This is no surprise. I bet you share in my sentiment. And we all know why we respond well to a little physical labor: [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Sustainable Exercise

Earth Day is approaching quickly — April 22 — and publications are gearing up for their “green issues.”  There are lists of eco-friendly gifts, home improvements, and fashion choices.  One of the trendy catch phrases, “sustainable eating,” is being re-fashioned as thrifty rather than just a goal for the wealthy.  Sustainability, however, doesn’t just have [...]

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Your Daily Apple: A Different NYC Experience

As a student in NYC, it’s important that every once in a while we step back,  relax and enjoy what the city has to offer. Sure, it’s hard to do during midterms, or during the lull after midterms, or during the craziness right before finals, but as spring starts approaching and the weather starts warming, [...]

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Your Daily Apple: What’s Your Real Age?

As a college student, I find I frequently treat myself with less kindness than I should. I stay up late, wake up too early, and occasionally find myself with a late night slice of pizza in hand on the steps of Low in the dead of winter. This made me wonder – even though I am [...]

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Your Daily Apple: NYRR Run As One 4-Miler

I’ve noticed more runners ramping up their training now that warm weather (slowly, temperamentally) approaches. For those interested in participating in a fun, low-mileage race in April–either to stay motivated or to compete–I recommend the Thomas Labrecque “Run As One” 4-miler in Central Park (make sure to register early, as New York Road Runners has [...]

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Your Daily Apple: Pool Party

There is no better way to prepare for swim-suit season than by donning a swim-suit and swimming. Sound crazy? According to an article on cnn.com, swimming is a great sport for the following reasons. 1) Swimming involves using almost all your muscles 2) It improves lung function. -tones arms, shoulders, and legs -reduces mental stress [...]

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Working Strong

Avigail wrote a great post yesterday about the importance of training your core not for appearance’s sake but because it is the source of your power.  In that spirit, here are some exercises that work multiple muscles in and around your core.  Trust me — these exercises will not give you a washboard six pack [...]

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The Whack Six Pack

In celebration of winter’s end–which judging by the recent weather may be closer than I’d previously assumed–I’d like to dedicate this article deconstructing the infamous abdomen. With Spring Break less than a week away, I’ve noticed more gym patrons down on the mats, trying to get their midsections in shape for their poolside vacations. Fitness [...]

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