Dawn Munro

Forty is not the beginning of the end of your fitness journey. For most women, it is actually the first time they start training with real intention, because for the first time, the stakes feel real. The energy dips, the body composition shifts, and sleep is not quite as deep as it used to be. These are not signs that your best years are behind you. They are signals. Your body is telling you that what worked at 25 needs an upgrade, and that upgrade is not about working harder. It is about...

You don't need hours at the gym. You don't need a fancy plan. You just need 20–30 minutes, a lot of effort, and 30 days. High-Intensity Interval Training, or HIIT, is one of the best ways to change your body quickly. There are short bursts of hard work followed by short breaks. There you have it. It sounds easy, but it's really hard to do and works really well. But what really happens inside your body over 30 days of HIIT ? What changes, when do you feel it, and why does it work so well?...

In the past two decades, the fitness business has changed a lot. Modern bootcamps make the training more intense and keep track of how participants are doing. These standardized approaches deal with frequent problems including how to make sure everyone can do the exercises, how to keep people motivated, how to track progress objectively, and how to make sure the exercises are effective. This article discusses AMRAP, EMOM, RFT, WOD, and TABATA bootcamp workout structures. Exercise science and...