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Squats are the perfect do-anywhere exercise that can easily sculpt your thighs and glutes. Fitness expert Barb Gormley has a couple pointers on how to do squats properly and why you should!

When your goal is to literally climb a mountain, training suddenly seems easier. Here’s how a walking vacation can inspire you to peak performance

The triathlon, my first ever, is in less than a week. Realistically, there isn't much left for me to do, in terms of training. Either I can swim 1500 metres, cycle 40 kilometres, and run 10 more, or I can't. One more week of training will make next to no difference. And yet I'm utterly consumed by this project. I can't seem to turn off the push toward the finish line. I was afraid of this.

It can’t have been a very fun weekend at Tracy Morgan’s house. The comedian and 30 Rock star is being taken to task for a series of extreme jokes he made about gays and lesbians during a recent standup show in Nashville. Overnight he’s gone from a goofball comedian to a representative of the perils of hate speech—it’s not an enviable transformation.

I say this with reluctance because I don't want to sound too much like a Cathy comic strip, but bathing suit season can be difficult. All of the careful staging and camouflaging you can do with clothes — a belt here, a slip there, a high-waisted hot short never — is undone the second you strip down to a bikini. The love handles, meaty thighs, stretch marks and cellulite are all on display for the world to see. If you have any body insecurities, this is the pretty much the worst nightmare. After all, during sex, you can always dim the lights — not a possibility while you're ankle-deep in lapping waves or splayed out on a dock.

It's great to have something refreshingly minty on a hot day, but did you know that this herb also has medicinal properties? Find out how it can help your digestion, and what else mint does for your health.

A new study published in the June 8 online issue of the Neurology tells me something I already knew, but from a different angle. Older people who don’t exercise are at a greater risk for “silent strokes” that create small brain lesions over time and lead to impaired memory, increased risk of falls, and even dementia. If you engage in moderate exercise, however, you can reduce your risk of these silent strokes by about 40 percent.

Pippa Middleton's backside has spawned an appreciation society — what can you do to improve your own rear view?

Chatelaine's food editor, Claire Tansey, has tips on how to test the doneness of your meat, suggests the one meal you should master this summer and advises on the importance of dessert

It has been a head-shaking couple of weeks around my house. Full-time job aside, my extra-curricular tasks have piled up recently: let’s start with the renovation that’s currently going on at my home. I work at home, so that means I had to get comfortable with a parade of contractors going in and out all day long and balance my workload with shopping for vanities, shower fixtures and towel bars. Add in a five-day visit from my very lovely mother-in-law — again, not taxing by any means. But certainly I want to put on the best show possible, right? That generally means a clean house and home-cooked meals, my friends.

Canadian women are underestimating the seriousness of stroke, and they're also unaware of the risk factors for it, according to a recent survey from the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Only 47 percent of women know that heart disease and stroke are the number one cause of death — and just 16 percent of women of Chinese and South Asian origin did.

A little bronze can go a long way on pale, sun-shy limbs.