Are you familiar with micro greens? The tiny edible greens that are grown from seeds and look like miniature veggies? Although small, these greens pack a nutritious punch and can be used in a variety of ways. Our friend Pam over at South Shore Organics shares a delicious recipe that you can make for breakfast, lunch, or dinner! Do you have a favorite recipe? Share it with us!

31 days into the new year and I have barely made a dent on my 2017 resolutions. Do you find yourself in the same predicament? Are you ready to get healthy this year, but have no idea where to start? I will assume you are shaking your head yes to these questions and continue on... So where do we start? If it was a piece of cake (no pun intended) to change our eating and exercise habits everyone would do it. Below are some quick and easy tips to get you started on your healthy journey in 2017!

Working out is often seen as a free pass to eat whatever we want. And why not? A one hour ride can burn up to 600 calories. However, even though indulging that sugar or salt craving might not affect your waistline, it could derail your fitness goals.

If it wasn’t for the music, it’s unlikely I’d ever go to spin. Seriously. I can’t imagine doing sprints to the sound of huffing and puffing. Nor would I ever entertain doing a heavy seven-minute climb without a rocking song to push me through it. Heck, let’s be honest, every time an instructor’s iPod cuts out, I’m literally ten seconds away from getting off my bike and heading home.

Valentine’s Day creates a lot of pressure to show the love. Of course, if you’re a fan of Nicholas Sparks novels, Lifetime movies and Hallmark commercials then you already know that romance is easy. There’s a simple formula: Flowers + chocolate + card = Love For the more adventurous, there are variables that can be added to spice things up....

Each year is the same. On New Year’s Eve, bloated from the holidays and buzzed on cheap champagne, we make grand resolutions. This is the year we’re running the Boston Marathon. By Spring we’ll drop 30 pounds and have ripped abs. This summer we’ll go from struggling to keep up with the pack on muffin rides to dominating the race circuit.

Lately you’ve been listless and lacking your usual energy. Your workouts have been off, your endurance is flagging, and your muscles are sapped the next day. You may chalk it up to the cold weather, but temperature might not be the true culprit. It could be dehydration. What?? It’s ten degrees outside and it’s all you can do to keep warm! But the evidence is there: the cracked lips and dry sinuses, the chapped skin and brittle hair.

Without a doubt, the holidays are prime cookie season. Whatever your favorites—gingerbread, sugar cookies, thumbprints filled with jam—plates of them show up in the breakroom, you receive tins of them as gifts, and they cover the table at holiday parties. They’re delicious. But they’re also usually loaded with refined sugar, larded with butter and brimming with empty calories.

Maybe it’s the season. The days are shorter and night comes earlier; the temperatures are colder and a warm blanket sounds like the perfect way to spend an evening. Or maybe it’s the holidays. There are gifts to buy and decorations to hang; there are parties to attend and family to visit. Whatever the reasons, we’ve hit that time of year when there are a hundred reasons not to workout. Which is fine, except that every time you skip a workout in favor of curling up on the couch, you feel pretty awful and swear you’ll make up for it tomorrow. Until tomorrow comes and another convenient excuse presents itself (A wine tasting! A cheese sampling! A “Dawson’s Creek” marathon on TBS!). Here are three tips to help you keep that date with your bike.

‘Tis the season for baggy sweaters and elastic pants, comfort food and comfy clothes, Aunt Jane and antacids. But Cycle Life is determined to keep you feeling good and looking even better. We’ll be open Thanksgiving morning to get you burning calories long before the Turkey hits the table.