Chris Ryan Fitness

I often get asked how I stay motivated to keep up my fitness. The truth? Like so many people out there, I am just a busy dad and husband trying to provide a great life for my family. I have to look beyond simply hitting a certain PR on a lift or trying to get “summer …

Leading a healthy, all-around active lifestyle can have a profound impact on your career as well, you know. Fitness is not just about looking good, or lifting enviable amounts of weight, or even being healthy – but all of these benefits, when combined, create the perfect foundation from which you can ascend toward long-term professional …

I am real proud of my latest article contribution with Jenn Sinrich for Reader’s Digest, “The Best Workout For Every Age.” Not because it tries to pigeonhole a certain workout for any specific decade of your life, but rather how the effects of living a healthy, active life completed with a balance of strength, conditioning …

Aerobic exercise and strength training can help decrease your waist size and reduce visceral fat. Of the many types of fat, the one that is genuinely problematic is called intra-abdominal, or visceral fat, and it is found in our liver, stomach, and intestines. Visceral fat creates proteins called cytokines and cytokines produce low levels of …