Hiring a personal trainer might be your best option to reach optimal fitness results.

It may also make more sense if you have a hectic schedule and need some extra motivation to get to the gym.

However, if you're not used to working out and feel like you're being pushed to the point of passing out, or if you have an injury, when should you skip your personal training sessions?

Is there ever a time you should look for a different personal trainer if you feel yours isn't keeping your best interests in mind?

Fitness experts, Grace Desimone and Neal Pire, share the safety precautions you should follow while under the care of a personal trainer.

If you've recently joined a gym, you might have some questions about how safe it is.

Not just safety in terms of how stable the equipment is or the overcrowding of a fitness class, but also feeling safe in the company of the people surrounding you.

The gym is usually a place where people like to go to relieve stress, tension, and escape from the hectic day.

That becomes a bit more difficult if you feel uncomfortable about using certain equipment or if someone is side-eying you from across the weight room.

Fitness experts, Grace Desimone and Neal Pire, discuss how you can stay safe at your gym.

Even though staying hydrated is important throughout the year, it's even more crucial during the summer months.

Should be easy enough, right? Just consume enough water throughout the day.

If you're outside all day, or exercising in the summer heat, does that mean you need to drink even more water? Or, are sports drinks like Gatorade a better option, since they replace the electrolytes you've lost through sweating?

What truly is the best way to stay hydrated?

Lewis Maharam, MD, shares the best way you can stay hydrated throughout the hot summer months, whether you're working or exercising outdoors.

Running or exercising outside can be a great way to avoid workout burnout while boosting your overall health. However, when it's humid, hot and the sun is beating down on your skin, it can pose some serious risks.

Not only do you face potential sunburn, but also a risk of heat exhaustion or heat stroke, as well as dehydration.

How can you stay hydrated all throughout your race day?

Lewis Maharam, MD, joins Melanie Cole, MS, to discuss proper hydration for your summer races.

When you're trying to lose weight, or if you're trying to feel better about your health, trying to change your diet can be difficult.

Not only are you used to eating a certain way, but you may have strong cravings for sugars, fats, and carbs that you never experienced before.

However, healthier eating may be easier than you thought.

A new report analyzed 112 studies that collected information about healthy eating behaviors and found that most healthy eaters did so because a restaurant, grocery store, school cafeteria, or spouse made foods like fruits and vegetables visible and easy to reach (convenient), enticingly displayed (attractive), and to appear like an obvious choice (normal).

John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, shares this recent study on the three secrets to healthy eating.

When you think of stress, you may think of all the negative consequences that come with it and the damage it can have on your health.

However, reacting positively to stressful situations may play a key role in long-term health.

In fact, some believe you need a little stress in order to live.

How can you learn to react positively when in stressful situations?

John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, discusses how a little stress might not be so bad, and how you can learn to change your attitude toward stressful situations.

Do you ever find yourself thinking there's so many exercise options that you don't know which one to do, so you just stick to the same workout and end up dreading it?

A big reason that you might find it difficult to sustain a physically active life is because you might be too ambitious and try to do too much in the beginning.

Like brushing your teeth every day, the real key to sustaining self-care and a physically active life is being consistent.

Why is consistency better than quantity when it comes to working out?

Consistency is the core stabilizer of sustainability.

So, focusing on strengthening the core by learning how to be active throughout the unexpected ups and downs of life can help you stay motivated and free from workout dread.

Michelle Segar, PhD, joins host Melanie Cole, MS, to discuss this new viewpoint on working out.

Making a commitment to get (and stay healthy) can feel like a job.

You may have to force yourself to go to the gym, because you know it's beneficial to your health that you do.

But, instead of dreading your time on the machines, you might be able to find a way to make exercise fun so you will actually want to go.

How can you make exercise fun?

Listen in as Michelle Segar, PhD, shares how you can make exercise fun and still get the weight loss results you want.

Staying active may be a huge priority in your life.

Even if you've made routine trips to your gym and attended numerous fitness classes, you may start to wonder if you could be doing something more.

Fitness ruts are common, and they can make your fitness goals that much harder to reach.

You may also have questions about fitness classes versus a personal trainer, machines versus free weights versus your own body weight.

Listen in as Neal Pire and Grace Desimone join host Melanie Cole, MS, to shed light on the exercise questions you may have.

If your doctor has told you that you should start exercising, and you've never really exercised before, it's understandable if you don't know where to start.

Depending on your age and fitness level, you may not be able to jump into a fast-paced exercise routine right away.

If fitness is something new in your vocabulary, there are certainly questions to consider.

What should you be looking for in a gym?

What type of exercises should you be doing?

And, how do you spur that motivation to get started?

Neal Pire and Grace Desimone join host Melanie Cole, MS, to discuss how best to get started on an exercise plan, as well as other considerations to keep in mind.