Fitness pros explain how to read your body’s cues, prevent overtraining, and maintain long-term progress.

Low-impact, easy workouts can offer relief for sore muscles. By Talya Minsberg Rest is an important piece of any exercise routine, and on some days all your body needs is a long lounge on the couch.

As someone who has treated working out as part of my daily routine for the past 12 years, I've come to find out that recovery is just as important as the workout itself. No matter the workout you do, ...

Your body needs rest to recover from intense workouts. Rest and active recovery are tools we can use to achieve optimal recovery. A rest day doesn’t involve any exercise at all. The best way to think ...

Yoga Whether it's hot or not, yoga is one of the best activities to do on your active recovery days because it combines flexibility training with low-intensity, total-body strength training, allowing ...

Rest Day vs. Active Recovery: Should you really put your feet up on a rest day, or is light activity like walking or yoga allowed to aid recovery? FITBOOK consulted long-distance runner Tabea Themann ...

There’s a new workout trend on the block – and it’s much more attainable than some of the other trends we’ve seen involving numbers in recent years (75 Hard, we’re looking at you). Reader, meet the ...

About six months ago, Sarah* went to a friend's house for a dinner party. The next thing she knew, she was waking up, bleary-eyed in her own apartment. "I was home, and the bike I went to dinner with ...

Are you sabotaging your progress with poor recovery? A certified trainer reveals the biggest mistakes and how to fix them Nasha is a Managing Editor for CNET, overseeing our sleep and wellness ...