GETFIT Blog

If you're thinking about making fitness the focus of your New Year's resolutions this year, here are a few ways to make sure you end up finishing the year stronger and fitter than you rang it in.

Try efficient, challenging and short interval workouts to stay fit this holiday season, which are highly effective at burning fat, building muscle and bringing home health benefits for your metabolism and energy levels.

Physical benefits of a consistent stretching routine include improved performance, reduced injury and muscle soreness and a better transition to post-workout activities. Stretching also offers psychological benefits, allowing you to prepare for the workout ahead or bask in the improved psychological well-being that comes from completing a good workout. Read on for tips on improving your flexibility routine.

Self-Myofascial Release is a simple technique that can help you reset your body to undo the cumulative effects of minor (and major) injuries, poor posture and repetitive movements over the years. This technique can improve your performance and your enjoyment of physical activity.

Lose weight, improve your health, prevent illness, boost confidence, relieve stress and decrease depression. The benefits of running can't be beat, but making the leap from walking to running can be intimidating. Where do you begin? How do you know if you’re “doing it right”? How do you handle obstacles in your training? There are a lot of questions that could prevent you from starting a running program altogether. Here are a few tips to help you transition to running this fall.

At home with a new baby and eager to get back into your regularly scheduled workouts? Even hardcore fitness zealot, Jillian Micheals, admits to taking a pass on her workouts for a few weeks following the birth and adoption of her children. Here are a few common dream scenarios for getting back to pre-baby fitness, the realities of them…and some unexpected ways of coping.