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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

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 in the BODi Library

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. Remember: If you lack the mobility to execute an exercise through a complete range of motion, modify it until you build that mobility. The Short Answer: “Bad knees” […]

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

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 90-day program that solves the gaps that undermine success. 25 unique workouts so you can follow the approach that matches your […]

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

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 HOWTOBEFIT. 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

BODi At-Home Workouts

Are you still doubting at-home workouts? BODi workouts eliminate boredom, offer expert guidance and motivation, and provide structured programs. I have been doing Beachbody/BODi at-home workouts since March 2007, and I can attest to how effective they are. Scroll down to learn why working out at home is right for […]

Still Doubting At-Home Workouts?

The Bodi App

The BODi “Best Tested Workout App” recognition is well-deserved, with over 280,000 app store reviews and a 4.9 star rating. From beginner to advanced, the wide range of 140+ expert-led, step-by-step fitness and nutrition programs makes it easy to stay consistent, get results, and feel your best, inside and out! […]

BODi “Best Tested Workout App”

You can easily do BODi workouts at the gym on your phone or other device by streaming them in the BODi Library. You can also download workouts prior to going if you feel that WiFi might be an issue. You always have your phone with you, so if you love […]

Do BODi Workouts at the Gym

4 Weeks for Every Body

4 Weeks for Every Body was created as a companion program to The 4 Week Gut Protocol and has workouts built around exertion, not impact, to minimize the stress on your joints while giving you a great workout in under 30 minutes, including warm-up and cooldown. For even better results, […]

4 Weeks for Every Body

Get Stronger with Kelsey Heenan

Get Stronger with Kelsey Heenan is five new workouts from the creator of 4 Weeks of Focus and the Openfit program, Get Strong. I have done all three of Kelsey Heenan’s programs, and they are excellent. Scroll down to learn how this program can fit into your workout program. Kelsey […]

Get Stronger With Kelsey Heenan

GLP-1 Fitness Formula

GLP-1 Fitness Formula exercises can help maintain muscle and build your metabolism during GLP-1 weight management. Join expert trainer Michelle Dozois for strength, cardio, and mobility workouts that help boost your GLP-1 results in just 20 minutes a day. They’re simple, effective, and heart-healthy.   Why GLP-1 Fitness Formula Works […]

GLP-1 Fitness Formula

The way that Anthony improved his blood pressure and cholesterol, and avoided diabetes, was by making exercise like a doctor’s appointment that he couldn’t miss. His results are just what the doctor ordered! On the latest episode of The BODi Experience Podcast, Anthony Love, a grandfather and Marine Corps veteran who […]

How Anthony Improved Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, and Avoided Diabetes

Join the Love Your BODi 10-Workout Challenge

The Love Your BODi 10-Workout Challenge runs from now until November 16th. Do 10 BODi workouts between October 15th and November 16th and support Save A Warrior. Show Up for Yourself. Show Up for Others. We all know how tough it can be to show up for ourselves—especially when life […]

Love Your BODi 10-Workout Challenge

Best Ab Exercises That Aren't Crunches

The best ab exercises that aren’t crunches are the ones that zone in on more than just the six-pack abs muscles or rectus abdominis. K. Aleisha Fetters, C.S.C.S. has a great article with the 10 best ab exercises that aren’t crunches. Scroll down to check it out. Let’s get real: When […]

Best Ab Exercises That Aren’t Crunches

Why You Gain Weight As You Age

Why you gain weight as you age is a question that a lot of people want the answer to. The answer comes from what Mother Nature throws our way. Scroll down to read this article from Nicole McDermott that will give you more in-depth answers to the question.     […]

Why You Gain Weight As You Age

Tracking Calories Burned by Heart Rate

Tracking calories burned by heart rate is easy with the BODi onscreen heart rate and tracking with a Polar heart rate transmitter. Jenessa O’Connor takes an in-depth look at heart rate and training in her post in the BODi Blog below. mmm Thanks to the wide selection of available fitness trackers and […]

Tracking Calories Burned by Heart Rate

How to Do a Forearm Plank

Knowing how to do a forearm plank is important so that you get the most out of doing them. Planks are very effective for building your core, and forearm planks are just as good because they target many muscle groups at once. Scroll down to find out how to do […]

How to Do a Forearm Plank

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