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Features - Fitness
How Much Cardio Should You Do?
How much cardio is enough cardio÷and how much is too much÷are tough questions every trainer fields on a daily basis. Why are these questi…

Spinning vs. stationary biking
I'd always thought I was in good shape÷for a gay man in middle age. I could check, with a clear conscience, "athletic" for body type when…

Deeper Sweat: Reconsider Bikram Yoga
With the yoga industry earning billions of dollars each year, how and why does Bikram Yoga, the patented series of 26 asanas performed in…

Gold's Gym Takes Your Membership Fees and Gives Them to Anti-Gay Politicians
Everyone has a favorite machine at the gym, whether it's the elliptical trainer, the pec deck, the ab machine, or the leg curl. For Rober…

Tackling the True Sources of Low Back Pain
A leg workout is about the last thing anyone with low back pain feels like doing in the gym. But correct leg work can help to correct eve…

What's Trending in Fitness: Three New Ways to Shake it Up


Whether youâre gearing up for some summer fun or training for your favorite winter sport south of the Equator, nowâs the ti…

Not Just A Pretty Face: How to Find Your Ideal Trainer
Spend much time in the fitness industry and you'll see plenty that's good÷and bad, including everything from the fad equipment claiming t…

Overcoming Overtraining
For the past few months you've had a love affair with the gym. You've been working out hard five times a week, and you like the results. …

The Five Forgotten Ones: How to Hit the Muscles Most Guys Neglect
Okay, admit it. If youâre like most guys, youâre guilty of editing your workouts to consistently include only those muscle group that we …

Three Simple Changes for Breaking Through Your Plateau
Most of us have set procedures and routines for the days, weeks and months that we have been training. And odds are, many of you havenât …