If you're at all involved in the health and fitness world and follow the news then you're probably confused on an almost daily basis -- I know I am! It seems like everything contradicts everything else, and when it comes to figuring out how much ...

As much as we fitness writers want to make exercise out to be awesome (!) and fun (!) and other exclamation-point inducing adjectives, that's not always the honest truth. For many people, exercise is nothing but a pain in the rear. Even if you know ...

When it comes to exercise, a lot of people have good intentions. But sometimes those intentions get pushed behind other commitments. Sound familiar? I know I'm guilty of procrastinating on exercise from time to time. On an Oprah.com survey, exercise ...

Have you heard of palm reading? Who knows if that's real or not... but researchers seem to be finding a lot of telling information from a surprising source: The length of fingers. First, Jacki told us how the length of your ring finger can affect ...

If you went a little wild with the pumpkin pie yesterday, don't worry about it. All of the efforts you've made to eat healthfully and exercise won't be undone with one food-frenzied holiday. Just get right back on the bandwagon and do a little ...

Are you a regular exerciser? If so, that is great -- because nothing feels quite like burning off those calories along with the natural high many of us receive from a well-balanced workout. But, are you receiving as much from that workout as you can? ...

Hate to exercise? It happens to the best of us! Just because it's something everybody should be doing doesn't mean it's something everybody likes doing. But hating exercise makes it pretty tough to live a healthy lifestyle, so if you or someone you ...

Pilates exercises are part of a fitness method started by Joseph Pilates in the early 1900s. This popular workout trend teaches awareness of breathing while focusing on the alignment of the spine. Pilates target back and abdominal -- or "core" ...