Author: immortals

Return to your ancestral roots with these six innate movement patterns to improve your functional — and physique — results.The term “functional training” has gotten a bad rap, probably because of an inordinate number of so-called influencers who perform every strength move while standing on one leg wrapped from head to toe in resistance bands while juggling SandBells and reciting the alphabet backward...

Jazz up your leftover chicken! Pears and a maple syrup dressing add a touch of sweetness to this salad.The Big Chicken Salad recipeTakes: 20 minutesMakes: 1 servingIngredientsSalad3 cups mesclun greens (a mix of spinach, arugula, Swiss chard and dandelion)1/2 cup roasted chicken, cubed1 medium pear,1 slice whole-grain bread1 tsp olive or canola oilDressing1 tsp olive...

Cold season is upon us. Vitamin D levels are down. People are cloistered indoors. Kids are walking petri dishes. Drug stores are advertising free flu shots. It’s that time of year. I’m sure a few of you are even sniffling as you read this, or maybe trying to ignore the pain of swallowing with a...

Nestor Rizhniak / ShutterstockIn most beginner exercise textbooks, it’s common to prescribe multi-joint movements (i.e. squats, bench press, deadlifts, etc.) at the start of your workout, and follow with isolation-type exercises (e.g. biceps curls, leg curls, triceps extensions, etc.). In the 1960s, Arthur Jones suggested the opposite (an isolation exercise performed immediately before a compound exercise)...