Fitness News

Her long hair hanging to cover her face, Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg appears silently on-stage, looking like a hybrid of a white-tuxedoed Vegas act and a ghost from The Grudge .

Cherry Cheng, a mom of two, says her daily exercise has rubbed off on her kids, including her 5-year-old daughter, Dora, who likes to do yoga and dance with her mom.

A transgender woman in Northern California is suing the company behind the popular Crossfit workouts, saying it refuses to let her compete in the female division of its annual fitness competitions.

Fifteen years ago, a handful of poorly constructed, clearly biased studies purported to show that prayer was a legitimate medical tool.

What is it all about? In case you hadn't worked it out, voga is a cross between yoga and voguing - the 1980s New York drag scene dance craze, which was introduced to the mainstream by Madonna.

A pub will reopen as a "loved" community venue - months after a dramatic raid evicting squatters who had set up home in the abandoned building.

Here's a run down of some of the latest exercise fads, fitness regimes and gyms that are beginning to catch on in New York City and across the country.

Jackson YMCA members have access to a new fitness center that plans to add nutrition classes and ballroom dancing instruction to its class schedule.

"I know I need to stretch to feel better but who has the self-discipline to do it at home alone? I would just not sustain a whole hour of exercise but this is fun and social and the relaxation at the end, oh, I love that," said Regena Warner, who has been coming to the program for two years.

"It's a very worthy local cause and one I knew could make a real and tangible difference in a little boy's life.

Read to your baby, sing and play games. But don't waste money on programs that claim to teach infants to read, a new study suggests.

The Newark Police Department invites residents to participate in two fundraisers to benefit the family of fallen BART Police Sergeant Tommy Smith.

That compound found in commercially baked bread - yep, the one that's in yoga mats, too - is in the news again.

Coastal Point a R. Chris Clark: Tikiri Shapiro, owner and instructor of Lighthouse Dance &?Yoga, demonstrates a grand jetA© in her new studio space in Williamsville.

The black rubber mat - embossed with a crocodile print and wrapped up in a black lambskin leather strap - is perhaps the most opulent item in the designer's new Objects collection.

Would you ever think that Courtney Love would be the inspiration for restructuring an entire office culture - which included building a yoga studio in our new office? Well, she was, and this is what happened.

An innovative fitness class for parents and children held at the Carrefour Health Club in Douglas raised A 320 for The Children's Centre.

Silver City Rodeo will be among the five musical delights performing tonight at Tellus360 for Fig Magazine's launch.

From the Supremes to the Jackson Five, nothing gets me moving like the infectious music of Motown.

A chemical that is used in yoga mats and tennis shoes also is among those used in some bread.