Maggie Fazeli Fard

Minneapolis

Senior Fitness Editor at Experience Life

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How Long-Distance Runner Kara Goucher Reclaimed Her Power

3 days ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Jill Metzler Patton |Maggie Fazeli Fard |Emily Smith |Jon Spayde

From the outside, it seemed that American long-distance runner Kara Goucher was on top of the world. After medaling at the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, securing her place on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, and finishing top three at the New York City Marathon, Goucher was at her career peak. She was part of the Oregon Project, an elite, Nike-sponsored professional training team coached by running legend Alberto Salazar.
Improve Your Back Strength and Mobility With the Jefferson Curl

1 week ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Andrew Heffernan |Matt Fitzgerald

The Jefferson curl is a move that builds back-muscle mobility, strength, and resilience. It’s a great entry point for exploring the advantages of training with a deliberately rounded back (for more on round-back training, see “The Case for Rounding Your Back While Lifting.”)Anyone who’s picked up a weight has probably been warned to keep their back straight.
A 50-Min E2MOM Workout for Hybrid Athletes

1 week ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Sarah Tuff |Nicole Radziszewski |Equipment-Based Workouts

InstructionsThis E2MOM variation calls for starting a new movement every two minutes instead of every minute. At the top of every two minutes, complete the prescribed movement for the total number of reps. Use any time remaining in each two-minute block to recover and move to the next station. Complete five total rounds. ⊕ Complete five total rounds.
A Partner Workout for Hybrid Athletes

2 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Andrew Heffernan |Molly Kopischke |Jen Sinkler

Divide the reps and distances between partners to enable constant movement for the duration of the workout. When one is working, the other rests. (For instance, you might switch off every 20 lunges, every five burpees, every 10 thrusters, or every 250 meters of a run.) Note how long it takes to complete the workout. Complete the 0.62-mile run on a track or treadmill. Complete the 0.62-mile run on a track or treadmill.
What Is Water Cremation?

3 weeks ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Alyssa Ford |Heidi Wachter

Water cremation — also known as aquamation or alkaline hydrolysis — is an alternative to flame, or fire, cremation. Like flame cremation, water cremation is a process that reduces human remains to bone fragments. But instead of flame, it uses water and an alkali solution of potassium hydroxide that, when heated, dissolves the body, leaving behind bone fragments and a sterile liquid.
Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Burial and Cremation Options

1 month ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Courtney Helgoe |Heidi Wachter

Death is a forgone conclusion of life — it is one thing we all have in common. What remains to be decided, and where we each have the opportunity for personalization, is everything that comes after the last breath. Once there were two conventional funerary methods: embalming followed by a casket burial and fire cremation. Now, a growing number of options for greener disposition — the final arrangements for a body after death — are available across the United States.
4 Exercises for a Stronger Side Butt

1 month ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Lauren Bedosky |Maggie Fazeli Fard |Kaelyn Riley |Emily Ewen

When it comes to butt muscles, the large, powerful gluteus maximus tends to sit in the spotlight. But two other glute muscles play an equally important role in daily movement, athletic performance, and muscle development for aesthetic purposes: the gluteus medius and gluteus minimus. Located on the side or outside of the hip, the glutes med and min are collectively known as the side butt.
A 28-Minute EMOM Workout for Hybrid Athletes

1 month ago | experiencelife.lifetime.life | Maggie Fazeli Fard |Andrew Heffernan |Nicole Radziszewski |Equipment-Based Workouts

InstructionsThis is an every-minute-on-the-minute (EMOM) workout, meaning you change movements at the top of each minute. Perform each exercise continuously for 60 seconds before moving on to the next. Continue rotating through the four moves for 28 minutes, aiming to maintain a steady pace throughout. Complete the run on a track or treadmill, aiming to maintain a steady pace for the duration of each 60-second effort.
A 7-Move Glute Workout for Healthy Aging

1 month 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 month 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.