Weighted vests are gaining popularity in personal fitness, with claims that they can improve fitness levels. But now, experts ...

The once-specialized gear has made its way from boot camps to mall-walking moms and grandmas in the suburbs.

If your weekly schedule looks like a jigsaw puzzle, squeezing in both cardio and strength training can be tough. Instead of ...

Few costs on Long Island are as hefty as the price of child care, with some parents paying as much as $24,000 a year to ensure their child is safe while they are at work. Parents on Long Island, ...

Are you rich? Or, at least getting richer as stock and real estate prices hit records? There's an easy way to gauge how you're doing financially. Calculate your net worth and then compare it to the ...

Still, there is some value in understanding where you stand financially compared to your peer group. If your net worth compares favorably to the average for 85-year-old Americans, there's a sense of ...

In the fitness class Jessie Syfko created for a nationwide gym chain, exercisers wear weighted vests that add a challenge to their workouts. “People start to realize how good it feels to work just a ...

Net worth is simply your assets (cash, savings, real estate) minus your liabilities (credit card debt, personal loans, mortgage). And as you build your wealth, you may be curious about how you compare ...