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How Gratitude Can Make You a Better Athlete 09/28/2016 08:00pm • We tend to wait until momentous occasions -- say, Thanksgiving or a birthday -- to look outward and acknowledge all that we've got and all that we should be thankful for. In other words, to cultivate an "attitude of gratitude." This feeling, however, is often short-lived. Twelve days after our birt 10-year-old Va. golf prodigy shines on international stage 09/28/2016 03:12am • DULLES, Va. — Results in youth sports can be misleading. Little League home run leaders aren’t necessarily destined for superstardom in the big leagues. The fastest, strongest athletes in grade school are often simply those who have grown up a little quicker than their classmates, enjoying a ph Prepare Your Credit Cards for Holiday Shopping 09/27/2016 08:00pm • It doesn't seem like it can be that time of year already but -- believe it or not -- consumers around the globe will soon be breaking out their credit cards and getting started on holiday shopping lists. There are many reasons to favor your credit cards over cash when it comes to holiday shopping. U. Md. police investigate after naked man interrupts student's workout 09/26/2016 07:23pm • WASHINGTON — University of Maryland police are investigating reports of a naked man on campus who interrupted a female student's early-morning exercise routine and attempted to work out alongside her. The student, who was working out in the plaza area of the east side of Tawes Hall called polic 9 apps that save you money on almost everything 09/22/2016 08:00pm • You already know that a smartphone can do so much. You can use it to take calls and pictures. It's a tool for staying in touch with old friends and making new ones. You can even record all of your thoughts in whatever format you prefer from a 140-character tweet to a 140,000-word novel. What many pe Careers Take Flight at the Air Force Academy 09/22/2016 08:00pm • As soon as he knew he'd be attending the U.S. Air Force Academy, Christopher Steele began rigorous workouts to ease acclimatization to life at 7,000 feet. Still, he found the transition challenging. So too was the pounding on the door at 0400 to roust him for basic training. At the U.S. Air Force Ac Little-known reasons for eating (good) carbs 09/21/2016 08:00pm • In order to perform your best as a runner, you need to eat the right kinds of carbohydrates at the right times. That's because carbohydrates are the major precursor of muscle glycogen, one of the major sources of "fuel" for running. However, this does not tell the whole glycogen story. Glycogen's ro Do's and Don'ts of Investing in Private Companies 09/19/2016 08:00pm • "High risk, high reward" is a phrase commonly used to describe the world of private investing, where the money bypasses Wall Street for Main Street, Silicon Valley or any locale where promising ventures bubble up. This is a landscape glowing with potential, yet littered with heartbreak, so it helps 10 Ways to Shift Your Mindset for Better Weight Loss 09/18/2016 08:00pm • Every diet and weight-loss strategy has its pros and cons, but for any one to really work, you've got to get your mind right. "Shifting your mindset about how to lose weight is the biggest factor in losing weight," says NYC-based therapist Kathryn Smerling. "We can't shift our weight from the outsid Finding Fitness Through Faith 09/18/2016 08:00pm • If the body is a temple, Steve Reynolds was a "temple-trasher." The senior pastor of Capital Baptist Church in Annandale, Virginia, inhaled a tub of ice cream nightly, didn't exercise for decades and swallowed eight medications for diabetes and other diseases related to his weight daily. At 340 pou How to be the new kid in fitness class 09/16/2016 09:00am • First-day jitters As a professional dancer-turned-personal trainer, Brynn Putnam lives and breathes fitness. Still, she's not always comfortable attending classes in new cities while traveling. "I find it very challenging to show up at a gym and put myself through a workout -- and that's what I The ultimate guide to 10 different types of yoga 09/15/2016 08:45am • When I first started yoga, I wanted a fast-paced, physical and sweaty flow class. After a few months, I tried other styles, but they were hit or miss. In one class I ended up in, for example, the teacher talked about philosophy and led us in chants for nearly half the time. I was confused, bored and Avoid the fall fitness hole: Keep your summer workouts going 09/12/2016 06:04pm • Fairfax Hackley, personal trainer More than martial arts: Local karate schools teach values after school 09/12/2016 01:48am • WASHINGTON — As class at Enshin Karate’s Fairfax, Virginia, location wraps up on a sunny Saturday, children pad around the dojo, testing out their practiced moves and reciting the now-familiar words: We will always be courteous and show respect to others; We will strive to be our best and purs In Need of Brain Breakthroughs 09/11/2016 08:00pm • Several years ago, when Kim Spletter began experiencing stiff muscles and difficulty walking, she chalked it up to her exercise regimen. Yet even after she'd scaled her workouts back, the symptoms continued to worsen. Soon Spletter, who lives in Frederick, Maryland, was experiencing tremors in her