Jenessa Connor

Even if the last time you hit the track was circa ninth-grade gym class, this 12-week plan can help you find your stride.

Losing, trimming, shrinking, and cinching? Hard pass. Faster speed, a stronger core, and a clear, focused mind? Let the gains begin.

How one D.C. bookkeeper turned a marathon-inspired side hustle into his main gig.

Your vacation days are spent, daylight is at a premium, and happy hour on the patio requires a jacket. The summer is officially over. And if you’re feeling some seasonal gloom, you’re not alone.
“There’s definitely a different tenor,” Pete McCall, adjunct faculty in Exercise Science at Mesa College, explains. “People are just kind of like ‘OK, now we’re back into the grind. We don’t have the freewheeling carefree schedule of summer. We’ve got to get the kids to school on time.’” Besides the w...

You know that one guy at the office who eats an extra onion and garlic aioli burger every Friday. You don’t even need to have lunch with him to know what he ordered; you can smell his breath from across the conference room, and he still stinks like a line cook halfway through happy hour.
It’s not his fault. (Well, he could stand to eat a spinach salad once in a while.) Some foods and drinks just make you stink. According to Katie Hake, registered dietitian nutritionist at Indiana...

The jump rope is a tragically ignored workout tool. Embrace it, however, and you'll have a do-anywhere workout tool that scorches calories.
Despite offering speed and agility training, plus a cardiorespiratory workout on par with running, the humble jump rope has been historically relegated to elementary school gym classes and movie training montages. People overlooked its portability and versatility, or used the wrong type of rope and (literally) got tripped up. But, thanks to the popularity...

The slam ball is a versatile workout tool — and a great way to unleash some pent-up rage. What's not to love?
If you’re going to buy one piece of home exercise equipment, make it a slam ball. Like its cousin the traditional medicine ball, the slam ball can be used in place of free weights for resistance training. But its compact, rubber construction and combination air/sand innards make it more durable and less bouncy. That makes it a more versatile workout instrument— and a great way to let ...

Your vacation days are spent, daylight is at a premium, and happy hour on the patio requires a jacket. The summer is officially over. And if you’re feeling some seasonal gloom, you’re not alone.
“There’s definitely a different tenor,” Pete McCall, adjunct faculty in Exercise Science at Mesa College, explains. “People are just kind of like ‘OK, now we’re back into the grind. We don’t have the freewheeling carefree schedule of summer. We’ve got to get the kids to school on time.’” Besides the...

You know that one guy at the office who eats an extra onion and garlic aioli burger every Friday. You don’t even need to have lunch with him to know what he ordered; you can smell his breath from across the conference room, and he still stinks like a line cook halfway through happy hour.
It’s not his fault. (Well, he could stand to eat a spinach salad once in a while.) Some foods and drinks just make you stink. According to Katie Hake, registered dietitian nutritionist at Indiana University...

It’s not easy to make prehab sexy, but Crossover Symmetry has managed to convince us to be just as concerned with shoulder health as we are with strength and definition. Developed by a physical therapist and a baseball player over a decade ago, the system is used by professional and collegiate athletes to train injury-prone rotator cuffs and scapular stabilizers. And, maybe because a keyboard-induced hunchback is unattractive, or we’re all sick of hammering our “bad” shoulders with lacrosse b...

Ayurveda is practiced as a lifestyle, which means those eight or more hours you spend on the job count. While you may not control how the office fridge is stocked or whether your schedule allows for midday yoga, you can bring this handful of simple items to work.

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