Cardio, schmardio. For the ultimate body and mind workout, some harried adults are pirouetting back in time — and signing themselves up for ballet class. Whether it’s curious first-timers looking to ...

Barre ballet classes are a firm favourite in the fitness scene for their ability to combine the grace and elegance of classical dance and Pilates with the rigour of strength training. As an ...

OLD CITY (WPVI) -- A new exercise studio for women promises a workout that will strengthen and lengthen - all while burning serious calories. The studio, located on North 2nd Street in Philadelphia's ...

WASHINGTON - Let's face it, a solid resistance exercise routine can be tedious, but effective. When it comes to cardio exercise, you have more freedom. You need to raise your heart rate, get your ...

Never before have humans lived such a disembodied existence. Many of us spend our days hunched over the computer, ignoring our body until our limbs go numb. As of 2011, only about 20 percent of ...

Movement is woven into the fabric of our daily lives -- whether that means walking down the street, getting dressed or ...

You might hear the word 'ballet' and recoil, reminded of childhood classes and bright pink tutus. Or, you might think it sounds like the perfect exercise. Whatever your views on ballet, if you want to ...

Ballet boot camp. The mere phrase conjures up visions of some weird cross between "Private Benjamin" and "The Nutcracker." Keep your leotards on, guys and gals -- it doesn't mean you'll be doing KP in ...

Share on Pinterest Dancing can be an easy, effective way to lose weight, according to recent studies. Image credit: Shannon Aston/Stocksy. Dancing offers a valid way to exercise, and, as it is so much ...

Tracy Somani and her classmates exercise toe extensions in a Philadelphia Ballet class for adults who have never danced ballet before. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South ...

The annual Turning Pointe Gala is the biggest fundraiser of the year for Ballet Arkansas, and the 2025 edition looks to be pretty in pink. With a theme of La Vie en Rose ("life in pink"), the event, ...