Fitness & Wellness Blog

By Lyss Stern, exhale member, Author and Founder of Divamoms.com I did a double take. It was March 2016, and I was watching an interview I had just done on a news show. I’m an author, mother of three and the creator of Divamoms.com, a New York City-based media and events company for moms, and I talk to the media often. But this time I had to look twice, because I really didn’t recognize myself. My dad had passed away two years before, and since then, I had been self-comforting with food. To me, mourning meant eating. The excuse I gave myself was that I was too busy as a

By Fred DeVito It’s a new year, and now more than ever, you’re ready to conquer your fitness goals. At the beginning of a new year, we’re usually pretty good at keeping up with our goals. Then, life interrupts – we make it to an occasional class, we fret over our loss of control, then we beat ourselves up over the entire ordeal.  This dynamic is called self-induced stress, and is a common pitfall that leads to low morale and poor self-esteem. How quickly we can go from being on top of our fitness routine to falling completely off the wagon! Here are a few ways to put a halt

Round Back is a classic barre exercise: it has roots with Lotte Berk, the founder of the barre technique back in the 1960’s. It’s also a functional exercise position for gymnastic and springboard diver athletes. A staple in core conditioning exercises in every barre class, Round Back is the second exercise position in your core conditioning trifecta: Flat Back, then Round Back, followed by the Curl. Flat Back and Round Back are two of the most misunderstood barre exercises – and they’re also some of the most effective. Both exercises complement each other to brace and stabilize the core, but with Round Back, there is an added challenge: spinal flexibility. As

By: Bergen Wheeler, HIIT 30 creator + exhale’s National Director of Core Fusion Talent Development Only have 30 minutes? Great! I promise you that in half the amount of time this class will pack all the punch of your 60-minute class. Here’s what to expect from our newest class, HIIT 30: Pace yourself. Does the sound of a HIIT class intimidate you? Unlike our typical HIIT classes that move from station-to-station, our new HIIT 30 class is done entirely on your mat — and at your own pace. You won’t be worrying about what anyone else in the class is doing while the sweat drips off your face! When you listen

Push-ups will help strengthen and tone the entire upper body, and also works your stabilizing muscles in your core. It is best to think of this exercise as a moving plank. HOW TO DO IT: Place your hands (with your fingers spread open and facing mostly forward) off the mat a bit wider than your shoulders on the floor.Shift your weight to the front of your thighs with your bent knees slightly wider than your hips and your feet uncrossed and toward your glutes.Assume a horizontal body position with your ears over your shoulders, your chin in, your tailbone dropped, your shoulders over your hips and your fingers spread open.Lower

The new year is fast approaching — yet most of us don’t start thinking about 2019 goals until after Christmas dinner. Our advice? Start now. Sit down and prepare a list of important lifestyle changes you want to make in 2019. Then make a plan to achieve them. Here are the tips and tools we’re using, so you can do the same.Reflect and grow. Before you can set goals for a new year, a little journaling and reflection on the current year goes a long way. Set aside time to reflect on the areas of your life — from relationships, to health, to career, to finances — and notice areas you’re

It’s here: our January calendar! It's a new year but some things stay the same, like our commitment to making wellbeing a part of our day-to-day routine. From self-care tips to planning your workout, here’s what we have planned this month. No matter how much (or how little!) time you have, there are plenty of ways to get that done-and-done feeling and make time for wellbeing – every day. Find out what exhale’s experts are up to this month!

Life is inevitable, but stress is not. The way that we react to difficult situations becomes the moment where we can choose whether or not to allow stress to surface. To help you strengthen your resistance to stressful thoughts and feelings, we’ve developed a defense plan that works like a charm.   Move it Whether you’re sweating it out or stretching it out, physical movement is a great way to channel whatever energy you’d normally put towards stress, into something productive and healthy. Release your tension and try some Power Yoga for a dynamic and positive sweat session or Chill Yoga to wind down and mentally disconnect. Stressed for time? HIIT 30 is a half hour of non-stop

Always wanted to become a morning-workout person, but never knew where to start? These go-to tips from exhale experts, teachers, and team members might actually turn you into a morning person. Read on — then book your next morning class here! Holly Keskey, teacher at exhale Chicagohttps://www.instagram.com/p/BgRosttHULV/embed/captioned/?cr=1&v=8&wp=723&rd=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.exhalespa.wpengine.com&rp=%2Fblog%2F2018%2F04%2F20%2Fhow-actually-wake-early#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A4384%2C%22ls%22%3A3644.6000003814697%2C%22le%22%3A3754.4000000953674%7D Set 5 alarms! Sounds insane but it keeps you from hitting the snooze and going right back to sleep. By alarm number 5, you’re annoyed by the noise and awake. Drink a full glass of cold water before your coffee. Make it a date. If you have a friend join and you flake at 6AM… there are repercussions for that! The longer you do it,

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