If you find you are more often tired than not, you probably need a bedtime routine. Maybe you meant to start one but felt you didn’t have the time or it was too restrictive. However, creating a simple routine will help you sleep better and also benefit your overall health. “Failure to break bad sleep […]
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Outrunning Addiction: How a Challenge From Brian’s Sister Helped Him Kick Cigarettes


At 38 years old, Brian Bender was smoking a half-pack of cigarettes a day, as he had been doing for 22 years. While Bender was a runner in his younger years, his life had recently veered toward a more sedentary pattern, and he hadn’t run a single mile in more than a decade. Then, on […]
Trainers Favorite … Exercises


There are hundreds, possibly thousands, of exercises to do at the gym, it’s hard to know where to start. We asked members of Under Armour’s training team to clue us in to their favorites. My personal pick is the TRX lunge. Stand facing away from the anchor point, with the TRX at mid-calf height, and […]
The 5 Most Underrated Exercises You Should Be Doing


There’s no shortage of exercises you can do to target any muscle you want to work. Just turn to Google and you’ll find lists of the best moves for abs and videos of more lunge variations than you knew existed and don’t forget all the Instagram stars posting challenges for you to try. It’s not […]
Skip These 5 Foods If You’re Working Out Soon


We’ve all been there: You’re just gearing up to crush a workout, and then it strikes. “It” being the stomach cramping, the bathroom urgency, the wave of fatigue. If you’re exercising outside or in the middle of a fitness class, this gastrointestinal distress can be even more discouraging. Although a sudden virus might be at […]