Attack your abs from all angles with this at-home circuit workout.If you were a high school student in the late 1990s to early 2000s, you were likely witness to a short-lived (and ill-advised) fad: the midriff-bearing prom dress. Fast forward to now, and while a tight midsection is still all the rage (and good for...
Drop and give us four fresh ways to push the ground away.The push-up is arguably the simplest exercise for developing the upper body and core, and because it uses a portion of your own bodyweight, it is quintessentially a functional training movement. The standard push-up can be overplayed, however, but infinite variations can be achieved...
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Read the latest research about the benefits of an active lifestyle, improving lifting performance and morning versus evening exercise.It's Never Too LateHere’s one instance in which your past will not come back to haunt you: A new study published in the British Medical Journal found that the benefits reaped from living an active lifestyle today...
With all of the running, jumping, squatting and bending you do, it’s important to take care of your knees. Here's how to avoid damaging this crucial joint.Whether you’re reading this article sitting down, hovering over your kitchen island, or gliding on the elliptical trainer, your knees are hard at work. As with most parts of...
Bikini pro and Olympia and Arnold champion Ashley Kaltwasser shares her favorite tricks to achieve a head-turning midsection.Have you heard the phrase “abs are made in the kitchen”? I find this to be 100 percent accurate. Diet plays a major role in unveiling abdominal definition. But if you don’t develop solid muscle in this region...
Body fat: Everyone has it, and everyone wants less of it. But how can you make that happen and still be healthy and perform well? The answer may surprise you.If you’re like many active women, your range of body-fat levels likely hovers between 14 and 24 percent. So what is the difference between Jane and...
These tips can help you make the most of your HIIT workout.A low-carb diet can help you lose weight quickly, but one downfall is its ability to drain your body of metabolism-revving muscle. Luckily, new research reveals that there is something you can do to combat this side effect. A study published in the European Journal of...
A woman's intuition is rarely wrong — in training as well as in life! Discover how to tune in to your body and fine-tune your results.The quip that failing to plan is planning to fail most certainly holds true with training, and if you continually go to the gym without a clue as to what you’re working and...
Return to your ancestral roots with these six innate movement patterns to improve your functional — and physique — results.The term “functional training” has gotten a bad rap, probably because of an inordinate number of so-called influencers who perform every strength move while standing on one leg wrapped from head to toe in resistance bands while juggling SandBells and reciting the alphabet backward...