With Pilates-style fitness methods popping up all over, you may be wondering what all the fuss is about. Pilates was developed by German physical-fitness specialist Joseph Pilates in the 1920s. In its early years Pilates was used by World War I soldiers and dancers as a way to rehabilitate from injuries.

Booty, junk in the trunk, heinie, butt, glutes. The list of names for your backside goes on and on. There are so many names for the gluteus maximus because it's such a wonderful muscle (or muscle group, if you include the gluteus minimus, gluteus medius and other supporting muscles).

You don't need a gym to get a great workout. These 20 exercises recommended by fitness expert and celebrity trainer Amy Dixon will hit every single muscle in your body and slash fat -- without any equipment. So, what are you waiting for? All you need are these exercises and YOU!

They are foods of nostalgia, dreamt up in a marketing brainstorm, pushed onto an unsuspecting public, and loved briefly by the masses. Then, without warning, they were ripped from our adoring clutches.

How many calories you burn depends largely on your weight and level of exertion. Here's an estimate of what you can expect from a 45-minute walk.

Strengthening the psoas muscle, which crosses the hip joint from your lower spine to your inner thigh, requires performing resistance exercises through hip or spine flexion on a consistent basis.

When considering which cardiorespiratory fitness test is right for you, take into account each test's advantages and disadvantages, including accuracy, expense, ease of administration, equipment needed and skills needed to conduct the test.

Boxing gloves and MMA gloves are designed for the particulars of each sport. They differ in size, shape, weight and spaciousness.

Punch power is about more than just body weight. It has to do with a combination of mass, speed and technique.

It used to be thought that lactic acid was simply a waste product of anaerobic metabolism. However, lactic acid can be used -- and useful -- even during aerobic respiration.

Anaerobic exercise causes adaptations from the cardiovascular system to the endocrine system that improve health and performance.

Interval training, Fartlek runs, circuit training and game-specific drills help improve cardiovascular fitness for netball.