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Sure, you can schlep to the gym and hop on the elliptical for 45 minutes. Or you can lace up your sneaks and head outside for a long run to turn up your heart rate and calorie burn. But when the temperatures drop or you just don’t have time to leave your house, you can still squeeze in a solid cardio workout at home. All you need is a little room to move—and the ability to push yourself, just enough so your heart starts pumping and the sweat starts flowing. How can you do that? Two words: plyometric exercises.“[These] exercises are perfect for a cardio workout at home, as they save space (all the movements can be done in one place) and time because it requires max effort—and thus, less overall time spent—while also offering strength, power, and cardio benefits,”  Judine Saint Gerard , NASM-CPT, head coach at Tone House in New York City, tells Health . “With these added benefits of strength and power, it may be even better than just trotting away on the elliptical.” RELATED:...

No one wants to feel guilty while celebrating the holidays with their friends and loved ones. The key is integrating the habits you’ve already developed into your holiday lifestyle. “You don’t have to give up baking or bingeing holiday movies if those are your family’s festive traditions,” says Beachbody Super Trainer Jericho McMatthews , co-creator of the Morning Meltdown 100 fitness program. The holidays are the perfect time to invite your friends and loved ones to help cook a healthy meal or do a fun physical activity together. But her most important tip is to be compassionate toward yourself during this time of year. “If you fall a little off track, it’s OK. Enjoy yourself and just move on,” says Jericho. Watch Jericho’s video for more on how to “sleigh” your goals this holiday season! from Nutrition – The Beachbody Blog https://ift.tt/2vZN1nx

When you’re looking for a fitness tool that totally ups the ante on your strength workouts, particularly those that target your butt, look no further than a resistance band. Those looped mini bands work wonders for firing up your glutes and working your backside from all angles—a smart strategy for those who sit most of the day, who want to run faster, or for anyone aiming to feel stronger all over. “One of my favorite body parts to train is my glutes—I used to be quite imbalanced, where I was really strong in my quads and my glutes were quite weak,” Emily Skye, Australian trainer and founder of Emily Skye FIT , tells Health.  She credits a strong butt for helping to ease her back pain. Skye loves the bands for getting blood flow to the backside, the main goal when you want to warm-up for, say, a heavy lifting routine featuring squats or deadlifts. But she also turns to them for a glute-strengthening workout all on their own. RELATED: 15 Transformations That'll Inspire You t...

If you've got a pair of hips, there's a really  good chance they've felt "tight" once or twice (or uh, maybe even right this second). And you're not alone: “I hear people complain about tightness in their hips during every single [personal training] session,” says Lauren Kanski , NASM-CPT, personal trainer and coach at Performix House in New York City. “Multiple times, every single day, it’s the most common area people ask for help on besides their lower back.” The reason? We all tend to spend a majority of the day sitting down—in the car, at your desk, on the couch—and staying off your feet plays a major role in this type of tightness. That's because that seated posture means your hips hold a flexed (or shortened) position all day, which can make moving afterward—even just standing up—feel tough. Stretching out your hip muscles, as well as moving regularly throughout the day, can help ease stiff hips and ward off pain and injury. But even if you don’t ...