Maggie Fazeli Fard

Minneapolis

Senior Fitness Editor at Experience Life

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A 7-Move Glute Workout for Healthy Aging

6 days ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Emily Ewen |Maggie Fazeli Fard

Walking, standing, climbing stairs, getting up from a chair, maintaining balance — our glutes are essential for many aspects of our everyday mobility. Yet this powerhouse muscle group is often overlooked when it comes to healthy aging, despite being crucial for staying active and independent well into our later years.
A 10-Minute Glute Workout to Build Strength and Power

1 week ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Jennifer Blake |Nicole Radziszewski |At-Home Workouts

There’s no shortage of incredible and life-changing reasons to strength train. Studies suggest muscular strength provides measurable protection against heart disease, cancer, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. Resistance training can stave off age-related muscle loss, balance hormones, enhance mobility, and boost cognitive function. The process of building strength can transform us physically, mentally, and emotionally. But sometimes a person just wants a good booty pump.
The Benefits of Jump Training and How to Get Started

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Andrew Heffernan |Lauren Bedosky |Maggie Fazeli Fard |Body-Weight Workouts

If you play basketball, volleyball, or pickleball, you’re all about jumping. It’s the skill that lets you pull down a rebound, block a spike, or smash a lob before it sails over your head. Serious athletes work for months to increase their vertical, knowing every centimeter they gain gives them an edge over their more earthbound opponents. The ability to propel your body weight off the ground — and land safely afterward — isn’t just an advantage in athletics.
How to Perform an Effective Dumbbell Pullover

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Lauren Bedosky |Nicole Radziszewski |Sarah Tuff

A basic bodybuilding move, the dumbbell pullover primarily strengthens the latissimi dorsi, the wing-shaped muscles of the back commonly known as the lats. It also works the pectoral muscles of the chest and activates the abdominals. This powerful accessory movement can improve posture, offset the effects of sitting for long periods, and complement compound movements that require back strength, like squats, deadlifts, and pull-ups.
Train Like a Hybrid Athlete

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Molly Kopischke |Kara Douglass Thom |Equipment-Based Workouts

Explore this workout:Overview of the Workouts ⋅ 28-Minute EMOM ⋅ Partner Workout ⋅ 50-Minute E2MOM It’s no secret that a well-balanced fitness routine includes resistance training and cardio. Often, these elements are parsed out and performed as separate workouts. Yet combining strength and endurance and tackling both at once with intention — an approach known as hybrid training — can be effective and efficient.
Move Your Body Through Grief

1 month ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Molly Kopischke

Season 10, Episode 11 | April 15, 2025We all experience grief. Whether it’s due to the loss of a loved one, a scary health diagnosis, a breakup, a change in life circumstance, or some other cause, it’s a feeling we often need to learn to live with. Maggie Fazeli Fard, RKC, MFT-1, Experience Life’s editorial director of fitness, explains how physical movement can be used as a tool to help transform your grief. Maggie Fazeli Fard, RKC, MFT-1, ALPHA, is Experience Life’s editorial director of fitness.
Can the Arrival of Spring Cause Seasonal Affective Disorder?

1 month ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Henry Emmons |Maggie Fazeli Fard |Jill Metzler Patton |Frank Lipman

During winter, our bodies want to hibernate. We sleep more, eat more comfort foods, and spend more time indoors. Come spring, when nature awakens, so do we. We might need less sleep and feel energized to give the house a good cleaning. Yet for some of us, the pendulum swings too far: Spring energy turns into agitation, moodiness, irritability, and insomnia. We might think of having seasonal affective disorder (SAD) solely as being tired, sluggish, and depressed during the winter.
Can Red-Light Therapy Help Fitness Performance and Recovery?

2 months ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Jessica Migala |Lauren Bedosky |Maggie Fazeli Fard

The quicker and better you recover from a workout, the quicker and better you can jump into your next one. The quiver of recovery tools these days includes foam rolling, cold plunges, percussive implements, wearable compression devices, and more. Add to this red-light therapy, which can help reduce inflammation, promote muscle recovery, and heal injuries. 1) What exactly is red light? This therapy is a type of photobiomodulation, or the use of light at specific wavelengths for health benefits.
How to Foam Roll Your Hip Flexors

2 months ago | wellandgood.com | Ciara Lucas |Jaime Osnato |Maggie Fazeli Fard |Danielle Cohen

If your hips feel tighter than a jar of pickles that just won’t open, it’s probably time to show your hip flexors some love. These little muscles in the front of your hips work overtime whether you’re walking, running, or (let’s be real) sitting for hours behind a desk. When these muscles get too tight, they have a tendency to pull on your pelvis, throwing your alignment off and making movement feel stiff and restricted, according to celebrity trainer and fitness coach Kollins Ezekh, CPT.
Perfect Your Plank With These Expert Cues

2 months ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Maggie Fazeli Fard

Dropping the hips. “One of the biggest setup mistakes I see is people dropping their hips toward the ground,” Gentilcore says. Not only does this strain the lower back, but it also makes it harder for your abs to fire. Shoulder blades collapsed. Letting your shoulder blades draw together is a sign that your upper body isn’t engaged in holding you up off the floor.