Wellness How-Tos
Latest Wellness How-Tos
This is how long it takes for a new mattress to soften, plus what to do if it doesn't
By Frances Daniels published
Your brand new mattress too firm? Here's how long it takes to soften and how you can break it in quicker.
Traveling to Paris for the Olympics? Here’s how to tell if your hotel mattress has bed bugs
By Ruth Jones last updated
From hot irons to your smartphone flashlight, 7 ways to quickly spot bed bugs in your hotel mattress.
This one bodyweight exercise can strengthen your obliques, abs and hips — and boost flexibility
By Sam Hopes published
The hanging L-sit is a bodyweight exercise found in calisthenics that builds full-body strength and lower-body flexibility and develops hip flexor and core endurance. Here's how to do it.
3 10-minute ab workouts to sculpt a strong core and strengthen your hips
By Sarah Jacobsson Purewal last updated
Work your core three ways with these equipment-free 10-minute ab workouts to build a stronger core.
The Cat Cow stretch boosts upper body flexibility and strengthens your back and spine — here's how to do it
By Sam Hopes published
The cat-cow stretch is a yoga pose used by many to build upper body flexibility, increase spine mobility and strengthen your back. Here's how to do it, and the benefits.
Plank exercise: This is how long you should hold a plank for
By Jane McGuire last updated
How long do you need to hold a plank exercise to see results? It's not as long as you think.
Forget push-ups — the scapula push-up is the best bodyweight exercise to strengthen your barbell bench press
By Sam Hopes last updated
The scapula push-up is a bodyweight exercise that develops shoulder strength, mobility, stability, and injury-prevention. A personal trainer explains how.
I’m a personal trainer — this one-minute lower body stretch builds flexibility and improves sciatica
By Sam Hopes last updated
The reclined pigeon pose variation targets and stretches the hip flexors, gluteal muscles and groin. A personal trainer explains how to do it, the benefits and ways to modify it.
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