Muscle

Three of my trainer's favorite methods of torture exercises are squats, lunges and step-ups. We do hundreds of them in every workout. Yes, hundreds. My trainer's No. 1 mission, as far as I can tell, is to kill my......

I'm gearing up to have the flu because I keep putting off getting a flu shot, only because rumors still abound that we will get them here at the Sun in spite of the new Purell dispensers. This is one......

"House, M.D.", season finale Fox, Monday, May 17, 8 p.m. Episode: "Help Me" The premise: A crane collapses onto a building in Trenton, N.J. Dr. Lisa Cuddy (Lisa Edelstein) and Dr. Gregory House ( Hugh Laurie) arrive with a team of doctors to help the...

Ask most exercisers what they would like to change most about the way they look, and dollars to doughnuts they'll say they want better abs. Men and women alike strive for that tight, toned set of abs that could be put on display at the Smithsonian...

Every weekend in San Diego is loaded with unique entertainment ideas, from pool parties to music festivals, museum soirees, and posh nightclubs. But, everyone knows that you always have more fun when you look good and feel good. To get you in the right...

You're at the takeout or Starbucks hankering for a tasty snack. That double chocolate brownie sure looks good (410 calories; 24 grams of fat), but you know you should chose the apple (52 calories, 0.4 grams of fat). Here's a suggestion: Make a fist...

The premise Twenty-seven-year-old Aron Ralston ( James Franco) is a mechanical engineer and thrill-seeker. He is in Utah's Blue John Canyon when he falls down a narrow canyon, and his arm is pinned by a large chalkstone boulder. He watches as his fingers...

"Oh, you mean the guy with the 70-year-old head and the 20-year-old body-builder body? That picture has got to be Photoshopped." Dr. Jeffry Life smiles when I tell him about the general reaction I get about the famous picture of him with his shirt off,...

The first doctor who examined Roy Oswalt and read his MRI didn’t give him any indication his recent back struggles were career ending. However, Oswalt is opting to have a second opinion from Dr. Drew Dossett, a spine surgeon in......

If you're like me and can draw stick figures pretty well … but that's as far as it goes, you might be interested in two nine-week classes starting Monday at Maitland Art Center. Here are details on the classes: Figure Basics: The Skeleton, The...

Everywhere Derrick Caracter goes, his weight follows him. It partly contributed to his abrupt transfer from Louisville. It partly contributed to his low-draft stock after his days at Texas El Paso. And it partly influenced how he structured his eventual...

We sashayed, squatted and sweated to find the city's exotic workouts, from dress-up disco to hipster dance classes to weight-lifting yoga. Now we need to find L.A.'s best massage. But first four spots to try: Slimmons Studio Famed weight-loss guru Richard...