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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 power 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

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

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. Learn the four primary impacts of blood pressure on athletic performance and what you can do to take control. How High Blood Pressure Weighs Down Athletic […]

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 learn more about Performance Energize, click here. The Power Duo of Quercetin […]

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

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

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

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