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Functional Aging is the New Goal of Longevity

Functional aging is the new goal of longevity because what good is a long life if we’ve lost strength and mobility? For a long time, the fitness world was obsessed with how a body looked. We chased lower body fat percentages and bigger biceps. But as we move further into […]

Functional Aging is the New Goal of Longevity

Factor Meals

Factor meals are generally considered very good for convenience, flavor, and supporting health goals (like high-protein, keto, or weight management) due to their dietitian-approved, chef-crafted, heat-and-eat format using quality ingredients, but they can be pricey, and some meals may be high in sodium or have small portions for large appetites, […]

How Good Are Factor Meals?

Ways to Get Your Ten Thousand Steps In

These 14 ways to get in your ten thousand steps will get you even more steps in if you practice them every day. From walking the dog to taking extra steps, these tips work. Scroll down to read this post from K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S. Part of reaching your health […]

Ways to Get Your Ten Thousand Steps In

Winter Wellness Routine

It’s time to think about your winter wellness routine. The days are shorter, and when it’s freezing outside you may want to just stay indoors. Scroll down to read this post in the BODi Blog from Page Grossman. Don’t let winter weather (or holiday stress) get in the way of […]

Winter Wellness Routine

Stay Motivated All Winter Long

Here’s how to stay motivated all winter long to work out, eat healthy, and to avoid seasonal depression that makes it hard to get out of bed! Cold days are sometimes the enemy of success. It’s just easier to motivate yourself to work out, stick to a nutritious eating plan, […]

Stay Motivated All Winter Long – 9 Ways

The Benefits of Microdose Fitness

The benefits of microdose fitness include combating sedentary lifestyles, boosting energy and focus, reducing stress, and improving mood. There is also science that backs up the benefits of microdose fitness. Scroll down to see what as little as 10 minutes a day can do for you. The Power of Small: […]

The Benefits of Microdose Fitness

Simple Ways to Increase Your Flexibility

These 5 simple ways to increase your flexibility will make every aspect of your life better and more enjoyable. Flexibility is something that we lose as we age, but we don’t need to if we work on it now. Scroll down to read this post from Brit Yeager and get […]

Simple Ways to Increase Your Flexibility

Fast and Furious Medicine Ball Workout

Try this medicine ball workout and find out why medicine balls have been used for centuries for their adaptability and portability. Scroll down to read this post from Andrew Heffernan CSCS, GCFP, and get started increasing the intensity and results from body weight exercises. For versatility, portability, and simplicity, it’s hard […]

Fast and Furious Medicine Ball Workout

The Four Pillars of Health

The four pillars of health are good nutrition, strength training, cardiovascular exercise for endurance, and rest. Prioritize them and make them habits so that you can optimize your health and wellness. The Four Pillars of Health: A Blueprint for a Stronger, Longer Life Building a healthy life isn’t about chasing […]

The Four Pillars of Health

In 2026, the “fitness” conversation has undergone a radical shift. We’ve moved past the era of punishing “30-day shreds” and entered the age of Longevity. Today, it’s not just about how much you can lift or how fast you can run; it’s about how well you’ll move at age 80. […]

Sustainable Fitness, Wellness, and Longevity With Howtobefit.com

Maintaining Flexibility As We Age

Maintaining flexibility as we age is essential to optimize your healthspan. Flexibility allows you to be active and vibrant. Maintaining flexibility is often the “hidden” key to healthy aging. While strength and endurance keep us moving, flexibility ensures that movement remains fluid, pain-free, and safe. As we age, our connective […]

Maintaining Flexibility As We Age

The BODi New Year’s Shakeology sale saves you 25% on a one-month supply of Shakeology and you still get the 3-month BODi subscription included for free. To learn more, go to the BODi Shakeology sale page here. What is the Shakeology Difference? The Shakeology superfood nutrition difference and unwavering commitment […]

BODi New Year’s Shakeology Sale

The Glute Bridge Exercise for a Stronger Gluteal Muscles

The glute bridge exercise is definitely one of the easiest and best exercises to do for stronger and more effective gluteal muscles. It requires no equipment and can be done almost anywhere you feel like you need to work your glutes (like when you feel like you have been sitting […]

The Glute Bridge Exercise for Stronger Gluteal Muscles

10 Minute BODi Subscription Now Available

10 Minute BODi Microdose Fitness is now available. The 10 Minute BODi Subscription is just $10.00 a month and comes with a 10-day free trial and free bands. What is 10 Minute BODi Microdose Fitness? BODi’s targeted protocol works your whole body in short 10-minute sessions in a specific, proven […]

10 Minute BODi Microdose Fitness

BODi Holidays Sale

The BODi New Year’s Sale ends soon. Get the world’s most proven fitness platform for $99.00 for the first year and get free gifts, too! The Annual Plan is $99 billed today for the first year, then it renews at $179 every 12 months. The BODi Holidays Sale includes FREE […]

BODi New Year’s Sale Ends Soon

These exercises to build stronger glutes aren’t just for aesthetics. The glutes are essential in all athletic and everyday activities. To learn more about why the glutes are essential and how to make them stronger and more effective for quality of life, scroll down. Glute Gains: Sculpting a Stronger Posterior […]

How to Build Stronger Glutes

Why Rest Days Are Non-Negotiable

The reason why rest days are non-negotiable is that when you exercise intensely, you’re essentially breaking down your muscle fibers. During sleep and on rest days, your body will repair those muscle fiber tears. It’s hard to take a full rest day, but scroll down and find out how to […]

Why Rest Days Are Non-Negotiable

Give Thanks for the Possibilities of a New Year

Give thanks for the possibilities of a new year as we enter 2026. It is an opportunity that we get every year for a new beginning. Whether you make resolutions or not, each day is new and one day farther away from the past year. That is the case for […]

Give Thanks for the Possibilities of a New Year

Healthy New Year's Resolutions

Healthy New Year’s resolutions for yourself should be SMART goals — specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-oriented. “When you set vague goals like ‘lose weight’ or ‘get in shape’ or ‘build muscle,’ the goal may feel overwhelming,” says Lauren Gross, PsyD, a licensed psychologist in Charlotte, North Carolina. Scroll down […]

Healthy New Year’s Resolutions

16 Tips to Stick With Your New Year’s Resolutions

These 16 tips to stick with your New Year’s resolutions will help you keep the plans that you are making now past the first few weeks of January. It is easy to make a resolution, but the hard part is keeping it. Scroll down to read the tips from Lili […]

16 Tips to Stick With Your New Year’s Resolutions

Resolution Mistakes

Resolution mistakes that can sabotage your New Year’s goals include making your goals too broad, not holding yourself accountable, and making too many resolutions to name just a few. To see more, scroll down to read this post from Paige Smith and Sabrina Tillman. It’s totally normal to want to reboot your […]

Resolution Mistakes That Can Sabotage Your New Year’s Goals

Give Thanks for 2025

Give Thanks for 2025? If your response is no way, I can totally relate. This year has been the most challenging of my life. But I am still giving thanks for all of the blessings that I received and refuse to dwell on all of the challenges, heartbreaks, and stress […]

Give Thanks for 2025?

Working Out During the Holidays Can Backfire

Working out during the busy holiday season can be challenging. For many of us, it is a colder time of year that limits outdoor activity. For some great ideas on how to find the time and motivation, read this post from the BODi Blog by Kate Bayless. Even if you […]

Working Out During the Busy Holiday Season

Stressing About Food During the Holidays Can Backfire

Stressing about holiday food can backfire. Worrying about your food choices can lead to anxiety which could eventually lead to chronic stress. For some good advice about how to approach food at this time of year, read this post from the BODi Blog by  Dominique Michelle Astorino. We’re charging full […]

Stressing About Holiday Food Can Backfire

These holiday fitness tips are simple and easy to follow. They will keep you on track during this time of year that can be so stressful. Scroll down to read this article from wellness writer Lauren Bedosky. If the “most wonderful time of the year” has you stressed out about all those […]

Holiday Fitness Tips to Keep You on Track

Cooking Mistakes That May Cause Weight Gain

Cooking mistakes that may cause weight gain will sabotage your efforts to achieve your ideal and healthy weight. Learn what they are in this post in the BODi Blog by Jessica Migala. There are a lot of good reasons why cooking at home is ideal, but the most important reason is […]

Cooking Mistakes That May Cause Weight Gain

An accountability partner can help you get in shape by providing motivation and inspiration to stay committed to your goals. Learn how in this post from the BODi Blog by Kara Wahlgren Chances are you already know what you need to do to get in shape: Eat right, sweat often, drink enough water, […]

An Accountability Partner Can Help You Get In Shape

5 Ways to Boost Your Willpower

Here are 5 ways to boost your willpower that are time-tested and effective, and keep you on track to achieving your goals. Get some great advice in this article from Kara Wahlgren and start building your willpower today. I admit it: I’m the first person to curse my weak willpower […]

5 Ways to Boost Your Willpower

How to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

Many people trying to avoid holiday weight gain end up doing exactly what they shouldn’t: being overly restrictive during the most festive time of year. While their intentions to prevent weight gain (and perhaps shed a few pounds in the meantime) are good, being overly restrictive with food can backfire, especially during […]

11 Tips to Avoid Holiday Weight Gain

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Dig In with Shaun T is now available. Insanity meets Dig Deeper in the new training program from BODi by Beachbody. Go to Dig In to start now if you have a BODi subscription. If you need a BODi subscription, view plans here. Dig In is the Workout That Redefines […]

Dig In With Shaun T is Now Available

How to Work Out With Bad Knees

Work out with bad knees with this advice from Steve Edwards and Trevor Thieme, focusing on working the knees without doing impact exercises. The Short Answer: “Bad knees” is a broad term, but in general, the more you can work your knees without jarring them, the stronger they will become and […]

How To Work Out With Bad Knees

Eight Ways to Prevent Muscle Soreness

These eight ways to prevent muscle soreness, from Kara Wahlgren, include stretching, foam rolling, and eating for recovery. Sore muscles keep us from getting the most out of our next workouts so it is important to know what causes them and how to recover quickly. Aching after a brutal workout? […]

Eight Ways to Prevent Muscle Soreness

Daughter Grace & Dad - Piedra Lisa Trail

Teaming up is a dream come true for a parent. I am now teaming up with my daughter and truly making this a family business. I have referred to Howtobefit.com as being family-owned and operated since 1995, when I launched the website. Now I finally have a daughter old enough […]

Teaming Up is a Dream Come True

6 Benefits of Cross-Training

The list of benefits of cross-training is lengthy, from preventing injury and balancing muscles to gaining strength and reducing boredom. Let’s learn more from Andrea Pesce in her post on the BODi Blog. If your results have hit a brick wall even though you’ve been following your fitness routine faithfully, […]

Benefits of Cross-Training

Shaun T's Plan to Help You Get INSANE Results

Shaun T’s plan to help you get insane results requires you to “dig in” with his new program, Dig In, which blends Dig Deeper and Insanity. Scroll down to learn more about Dig In and to listen to the podcast. On the latest episode of The BODi Experience Podcast, BODi CEO […]

Shaun T’s Plan to Help You Get INSANE Results

My Diet and Training Supplements

The diet and nutrition supplements that I use include Shakeology, BODi Collagen Peptides, and Nutricost Creatine. I started drinking Shakeology in March 2009, and it has been a staple of my diet ever since. More recently, I started taking collagen and creatine as I learned more about them. This weekend […]

My Diet and Nutrition Supplements

The Power of 4 is Tony Horton’s newest program in the BODi Fitness Library. It is available to stream with your BODi subscription. The Power of 4 is a A 90-day program that solves the gaps which undermine success. 25 unique workouts so you can follow the approach that matches […]

The Power of 4 From Tony Horton

Exercise You Need to Burn Off Thanksgiving Foods

The exercise that you need to burn off Thanksgiving foods shouldn’t deter you from enjoying the meal. Just think twice about some choices. Scroll down to read Janet Lee’s article on how to burn calories from Thanksgiving foods – from butter to pumpkin spice latte! It’s the most dietarily-fraught time […]

Exercise You Need to Burn Off Thanksgiving Foods

How Do BODi Subscriptions Compare

The way that BODi subscriptions compare is that the Annual Subscription and Monthly Subscription both provide access to 140+ BODi programs. The BODi Trainer Subscriptions on the other hand, only provide access to the trainer’s programs and workouts. Scroll down to see the cost comparisons to all three. The BODi […]

How Do BODi Subscriptions Compare?

The Autumn and Shaun T Subscriptions

The Autumn and Shaun T subscriptions are now available on BODi and are the complete collections of their fitness programs. For just $9.99 a month, you can get all of Autumn Calabrese’s fitness content, or for just $9.99 a month, you can get all of Shaun T’s fitness content. The […]

The Autumn and Shaun T Subscriptions

Beachbody Performance Energize

Beachbody Performance Energize provides the safe and effective ingredients that I need to accomplish my workout goals for the day. You can get Energize for 15% off with Code RICHDBODI. For years, I used P90X Energy and Endurance and loved it.  But as sports performance science improved, so did Beachbody […]

Beachbody Performance Energize – Save 15%

Core Exercises for Beginners

Core exercises for beginners can help you not only reach your fitness goals, but also help you prevent injury in and out of the gym. If you’re new to exercising, you might be wondering where to begin. That place is with your core since it’s at the center of everything you […]

Core Exercises for Beginners

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