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Tough Workouts: Train Your Brain to Take the Pain

It’s no secret I have a different relationship with pain than the average person—I embrace it with my mantra, “Shut up, legs!” After years of training at an elite level, I’ve learned to see the benefits that come from suffering through a tough workout. Pain is not your enemy—quite the opposite, and if you stop resisting it, you will...

5 Tips for Not Freezing Your Butt Off On Winter Runs

Let’s be honest, running in the cold sucks—especially when you’re uncomfortable. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Running in the cold can actually be quite enjoyable. By following these five simple tips, your winter outings will be a little less brutal. Here’s how to overcome the cold and come out on the warm side. 1. Layer Your...

Ride Inside: A Cycling Plan to Get You Through the Winter

Winter makes road cycling risky, which means you will probably be spending a lot of time on your bike trainer, or a stationary bike, over the next couple of months. Cycling indoors can be very boring, but it helps to remember successful winter training always means more successful summer riding. The key to keeping things interesting inside:...

5 Things to Change Up to Keep Your Workouts Fresh

Switching up your fitness does two things: it keeps you from getting bored and it encourages your muscles to work in new ways. If the thought of working out makes you yawn, or if you’re no longer seeing the fitness results you want, it’s time for you to refresh your workouts by making a change or two. Try one of these ideas today! 1. Play with...

12 Simple Exercise Moves You Can Do On an Airplane

It can seem hard to reach your fitness goals when you’re traveling, and time your could be stepping instead gets spent with your seatback in an upright position. The thing to remember is that any and all movement matters in the quest for health, even on a plane. In fact, it’s especially important to keep moving in-flight, as it can help ease...

4 International Ideas to Get Moving

For my book The 5 Factor World Diet, I traveled the globe and observed some of the food and fitness habits of the world’s healthiest nations, and learned a great deal. As one of the most overweight countries in the world, the United States could learn a few things from places like Japan, Sweden, France, Italy, Spain, and Greece, where more...

Lacey Stone’s Simple Circuit Workout #4 for Gym Newbies

You did it! Congratulations you made it to Week 4—your final week! I hope you’ve enjoyed the past three weeks of working out together. Here we are at the end. I’m so excited for you. Now you see results, and I hope you’re energized to finish out the month with me strong! If you haven’t checked out the past three weeks of workouts, do...

Lacey Stone’s Exclusive Fitbit Charge HR Workout #4

You did it! Congratulations  you made it to Week 4, your final week! I hope you’ve enjoyed the past three weeks of workouts together. Here we are at the end. I’m so excited for you. You should now be seeing results, and I hope you’re energized to finish this month strong together! If you haven’t crushed the past three weeks of workouts...