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St. Patrick's Day Colcannon

These St. Patrick’s Day recipes (or any day for that matter) feature exceptionally healthy ingredients and for the most part are easily made. We’re all for putting on something green and celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, but this year, skip the green beer and fried foods. Instead, try these lighter versions […]

St. Patrick’s Day Recipes

Shamrock Smoothie

This Shamrock Smoothie is a delicious treat and if you are doing the 2B Mindset Plate It, it is an excellent breakfast! You can learn how to satisfy your cravings and keep the weight off for good with 2B Mindset by clicking here. This shamrock-colored smoothie is made with kiwi, […]

Shamrock Smoothie

Healthy Aging Fitness Started Guide

5 Simple Ways to Build Your Health Retirement Fund Starting Today Welcome—I’m Rich Dafter, founder of Howtobefit.com and a fitness coach since 1982. If you’re like many adults I coach, you probably already know you need to move more, eat better, and stay stronger as the years go by. The […]

Healthy Aging Fitness Guide

A Guide to Myofascial Release

This guide to myofascial release workouts explains the benefits of doing them and what specifically you can expect to get out of them. I am in P90X Generation Next Week 1, and the Day 7 workout is Myofascial Release, so I experienced the benefits firsthand. The Missing Link in Your […]

A Guide to Myofascial Release Workouts

Team Beachbody Coach Jessica Watters

Today is my birthday! I woke up at 5:00 a.m, did my P90X workout, had my oatmeal, and a whey protein smoothie. Then I had my Shakeology for lunch (after a healthy snack, of course). Woo hoo! Way to party like a rock star on your birthday, right? Trust me, […]

I Don’t Feel My Age…

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

Walking Versus Bicycling for Longevity

Comparing walking versus bicycling for longevity is an opportunity to explore the unique benefits of each type of cardio workout. Walking is a weight-bearing workout, and bicycling is a weight-supported workout, and that gives each one unique benefits. The Longevity Showdown Between Walking and Bicycling In the quest for a […]

Walking Versus Bicycling for Longevity

These essential foods for longevity will increase your healthspan, which is so much more important than your lifespan. Healthspan is the length of time a person lives in good health, free from chronic diseases and significant disabilities associated with aging. Eat for the Long Haul: Essential Foods for a Vibrant […]

The Essential Foods for Longevity

Healthy Evening Snack Ideas

Healthy evening snacks are something that we need to plan for in advance of the late-night cravings that are bound to happen. They have been happening to me, and I am not happy about the five pounds that I have put on this year. Scroll down to find some good […]

Healthy Evening Snacks

Mastering Nutrition, Movement, and Mindset

When you master the essentials of nutrition, movement, and mindset, you take a huge step forward in increasing your longevity and healthspan. Scroll down to find out why nutrition, movement, and mindset are not silos—they are deeply interconnected The Longevity Trifecta: Mastering Nutrition, Movement, and Mindset Living a long life […]

Mastering Nutrition, Movement, and Mindset

The Importance of Smart Fitness Trackers

The importance of smart fitness wearables cannot be overestimated. Whether you are tracking heart health, sleep, or motivation, these devices will keep you on track or take you to the next level. Scroll down to learn more and to see the top picks in 2026. The Digital Pulse: Why Smart […]

The Importance of Smart Fitness Wearables

The Benefits of Rucking

The benefits of rucking start the minute you step out the door, as you begin to take in the sensory inputs of being outdoors. This post corresponds with the release of Michael Easter’s new book, “Walk with Weight“. Scroll down to learn more about rucking and walking with weight. Rucking: […]

The Benefits of Rucking

The Power of Advanced Active Recovery

The power of advanced active recovery lies in recovering smarter. The tools and technology involved enhance the healing process. By consciously prioritizing and strategically implementing advanced active recovery techniques, you’re not just recovering – you’re building resilience, enhancing performance, and extending the longevity of your fitness journey. Unlock Your Full […]

The Power of Advanced Active Recovery

Benefits of Treadmills and Walking Pads

The benefits of treadmills and walking pads for health, fitness, and longevity are numerous, starting with the power of consistent movement. Scroll down to learn more ways that you can be walking towards a fitter future. The Unsung Hero of Health: Why Your Treadmill (or Walking Pad) is a Longevity […]

The Benefits of Treadmills and Walking Pads

Top Product Categories for 2026

These top product categories for 2026 will help you achieve your health and fitness goals and deliver sustained results. 1. Compact Cardio & Walking Pads The shift toward hybrid work has made under-desk cardio a top seller. These foldable models are great for apartment dwellers and office workers. WalkingPad R1 […]

Top Product Categories for 2026

Active Recovery Training

Active Recovery Training (ART) is the recovery and longevity engine behind P90X Generation Next with Waz Ashayer. Instead of relying on complete rest, ART uses movement-based recovery, mobility work, and tissue restoration to help you recover faster, reduce soreness, and stay consistent. What makes the P90X Factor so effective is the way […]

Active Recovery Training (ART)

Chronic Stress and Longevity

Chronic stress is like the thief of longevity and it will silently deplete your Health Retirement Fund quicker than most things. Scroll down to find out what stress does to your body and what you can do to create a longevity shield. The Silent Thief of Longevity: How Chronic Stress […]

Chronic Stress and Longevity

Metabolic Overload Training

Metabolic Overload Training (MOT) is the fat-burning and muscle-building engine behind P90X Generation Next with Waz Ashayer. It combines strength training with high-intensity interval work to maximize calorie burn, boost metabolism, and accelerate lean muscle development in less time. Scroll down to continue reading this article by Samantha Toh that explains how. The P90X […]

Metabolic Overload Training (MOT)

The Power of Being Heart Strong

The power of being heart strong is that the effort you put in today to be fit and healthy is an incredible gift to your future self. No matter what your age is, what you do today can be a gift to the person that you want to be in […]

The Power of Being Heart Strong

P90X3 CVX for Functional Fitness

P90X3 CVX was designed by Tony Horton to be a functional fitness powerhouse with non-stop movement, with weight, moving in multiple directions. P90X3 combines resistance with intervals to give you a full-body burn and powers up your core. This program is part of the BODi Library. If you don’t have […]

P90X3 CVX – Functional Fitness Powerhouse

Benefits of the Cat-Cow Pose

The benefits of the cat-cow pose include its ability to restore movement to the “rusty” parts of your back. It is such an easy and beneficial yoga stretch, and AI created a great way to remember it in the image below. The Cat-Cow pose (or Marjaryasana-Bitilasana) is arguably the gold […]

Benefits of the Cat-Cow Pose

These six simple yoga moves for everyday flexibility will reduce pain, improve your posture, enhance your mobility, reduce injury, and lower your stress. Unlocking Your Body: Simple Yoga Moves for Everyday Flexibility In our fast-paced lives, it’s easy to overlook something as fundamental as flexibility. We sit at desks, rush […]

Simple Yoga Moves for Everyday Flexibility

Muscle and Body Weight

Muscle mass and body weight are important because the natural loss of muscle mass with aging, known as sarcopenia, begins as early as our 30s. Not when you are older and less active. It starts in the middle of our lives and accelerates as we get older. Why Muscle and […]

Muscle and Body Weight

What is Functional Fitness?

Functional fitness is doing every day activities, like getting up off the floor, picking up something safely or lifting something overhead. You want to make sure that as the years go by, you don’t just add life to your years, but capability to your life. Scroll down to find out […]

What is Functional Fitness

Longevity Strategies for Peak Performance

These longevity strategies for peak performance include the four “blue-chip” strategies for lifelong capability. Peak performance at 40 is impressive, but peak performance at 80 is legendary. Scroll down to find out what you can do so that you can have it. Investing for the Centenarian Decathlon: Longevity Strategies for […]

Longevity Strategies for Peak Performance

Precision Nutrition for Longevity

Unlock the science of precision nutrition for longevity with high-protein strategies, anti-inflammatory fats, and essential minerals to slow aging and boost performance. In 2026, we’ve moved past the era of restrictive dieting and “superfoods” toward a more sustainable approach: Precision Nutrition. Building your Health Retirement Fund depends on giving your […]

Precision Nutrition for Longevity

Blood Pressure and Athletic Performance

High blood pressure has a serious impact on athletic performance it causes the walls of your arteries to become stiff and narrow over time. Scroll down to read the four primary impacts of blood pressure on athletic performance and what you can do to take control.   How High Blood […]

Blood Pressure and Athletic Performance

Quercetin and Beta-Alanine for Endurance

The ingredients quercetin and beta-alanine are highly effective for endurance training and are both found in BODi Performance Energize. Scroll down to learn how the power duo of quercetin and beta-alanine can unleash your inner endurance beast. To save 15% on Energize, click here and use Code RICHD2BODI. The Power […]

Quercetin and Beta-Alanine for Endurance

Father Time

One of the benefits of walking or running two miles a day is that it can significantly slow your biological aging process. Slowing the march of Father Time is something that all of us start thinking about sooner or later. Here’s some good advice to help with that. How Just […]

Benefits of Walking or Running 2 Miles a Day

Michelle Obama

These celebrity women who define strong is sexy come from various walks and paths to celebrity, including movies, sports, and public life. Scroll down to see who is wearing the benefits of exercise and a healthy diet on their sleeves (or rather, on their biceps), and inspiring people to aim […]

Celebrity Women Who Define Strong Is Sexy

Health Retirement Fund Checklist

Your Health Retirement Fund Checklist is like a functional aging physical 401(k) that you make deposits into. Every squat, every healthy meal, and every hour of deep sleep is a deposit. The earlier you start, the more “interest” you accrue in the form of energy and independence later in life. The […]

Your Health Retirement Fund Checklist

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

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

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

Rich Dafter, Founder and CEO of Howtobefit.com and Team Beachbody Top Coach

Nineteen years ago today, I clicked on a link that I had been given.  I was told that it would be a way to promote Beachbody that would replace the affiliate banner marketing campaign that I had been using.  That turned out to be very good advice and has been […]

Coach Rich Dafter’s 19th Anniversary

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

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

About Coach Rich Dafter

Coach Rich Dafter Coach Rich Dafter has been helping people improve their fitness and health for over 43 years.. This is his story

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