Maggie Fazeli Fard

Minneapolis

Senior Fitness Editor at Experience Life

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Your Guide to Eco-Friendly Burial and Cremation Options

1 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

4 weeks 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.
The Benefits of Jump Training and How to Get Started

1 month 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

1 month 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

1 month 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?

2 months 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.