There’s a lot you can track for your health these days; calories, steps, macros; even sleep. Should your heart rate be one of them? How hard your heart is beating can be a good indicator of your fitness, both inside and outside the gym. Using a heart rate monitor and heart rate training for workouts
READ MOREStepping on the scale at the gym, in your home or at the doctor’s office tells you an important piece of information about your health: your weight. But that number alone has some limits. Two people of the same weight could be in two very different stages of health, after all. We are not just
READ MOREThere are lots of ways to get in extra steps each day. You can park your car further away from work, take the stairs instead of the elevator, or fit in a quick walk at lunchtime. Here on the MIT campus, there are even more options: you can run the Charles River, walk the underground
READ MORELincoln Ford, a Vet-tech at MIT-DCM, is a regular of the Alumni-Wang facility these days. While not brand new to working out by any means, he hasn’t been at it for too long either. “I have been working out about two to three years now, sometimes on and off, but for a year and some
READ MOREOne Mom’s Narrative about the Evolution of Her Healthy Lifestyle Once upon a time, before Kids entered the picture, I could be found in the gym. A lot. I taught group fitness classes, ran with friends, worked out with friends – working out was a social thing for me, and it kept me busy. Very
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