Link Time! Improve Your Running Form, Eating Beets, and More


Beets aren't the trendiest super food out there today, but they are among the most nutritious. Here are five tasty ways to get more beets in your diet. -- That's Fit Canada

Are you working your way through the Couch-to-5K program? Learn how to run with better form, which will increase your efficiency and reduce the risk of injury, with these running drills. -- Divine Caroline

Here's a healthy baking tip: Substitute butter with creamy avocado. LilSugar will show you how.

Spending your summer hitting the links? Improve your eating habits and you just might improve your game. Here are three nutrition tips that could help you get a hole in one. -- Daily Spark

Exercise studies on athletes tend to focus exclusively on men. But researchers are learning that they get different results when women are included in the study. Takeaway: Female athletes need to pay attention not to just a study's results, but the gender of its participants. -- NYT| Phys Ed

Along those same lines: After 40 years, a new study suggests that women should have a lower peak heart rate -- used to measure cardiovascular fitness -- than men. The old peak for women was 170, now experts say it should be lowered to 162. -- Julie's Health Club

Tired of oatmeal? Here are some low-calorie, high protein alternatives that not only give you energy for the long day ahead, but taste great, too. -- The Great Fitness Experiment