Here Oms the Sun: Yoga in the Park I always manage to be a little embarrassing. Spreading my blanket out on the damp grass of Strawberry Park in Fairfax last Thursday evening, I attracted the attention of the petite woman next to me in the Sweetgreen t-shirt, standing on a Read More

Go Play Outside Part 1 of 3 The weather’s nice, I’m feeling great. I’ve got my sunshine and my groove on, so welcome to Part One of a three-part series on why kids don’t need gyms, and how we can use their mentality towards movement and play to help us get Read More

Vitamin D and the Return of Spring Like many of us, the winter gets me down, man. Be it the cold weather or lack of sunshine, whether you call it Seasonal Affective Disorder or just the winter blues, sunshine cheers us up. But it’s more than just the thought of beach Read More

Pole Dance and Fitness in the D.C. Area The immortal question: Are DC women paying to watch a fit, scantily dressed woman swing herself around a pole to the sounds of Mötley Crüe? Paying to learn, maybe. Since the mid-2000s, pole dance has become one of the fastest growing Read More

Energy Drinks Bad for Heart, BP: Study Americans’ consumption of fizzy soft drinks, on the decline since 2005, fell last year to its lowest level since 1996 according to Beverage Digest, an industry newsletter that publishes a similar report every March. But consumption of Read More

Birth Control Most Controversial Provision Three years after Congress approved President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, contraceptive care remains its most controversial provision, drawing not only more comments than any other regulatory proposal on any subject Read More