If you were initiated into the world of fitness under the tutelage of a high school P.E. teacher or a personal trainer at a massive commercial gym franchise, the leg extension may be the first resistance ... Continue Reading
How To Use the Barbell High Row to Broaden Your Upper Back
Rowing is a strength training exercise for the back that is often etched into lifters’ minds in three forms: You can pull an object perpendicular toward your chest, you can pull something directly downward ... Continue Reading
How To Use The Chest Press Machine For Plateau-Busting Pec Gains
The chest press machine is a frequent object of weight room snobbery. Weightlifting purists who eschew the use of machines under all circumstances have been known to dismiss the chest press machine as a ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Bicycle Crunch for Conditioning and Carved Abs
Bicycle crunches are a fantastic way to engage your core muscles and sculpt those longed-for six-pack abs. Or at least that is what people instantly think of — but there is so much more to them. This ... Continue Reading
Should You Deadlift Barefoot? Here’s What the Experts Say
On its face, there is so much that’s plainly wrong about the idea of deadlifting barefoot. There is an inherent (and logical) presumption that your shoes are designed specifically to protect your ... Continue Reading
The 6 Best Hamstring Stretches to Add to Your Routine
If you’ve ever gotten out of bed the morning after heavy deadlifts unable to straighten your legs, you’ve experienced sore and tight hamstrings. Your hamstrings are a large muscle group on the back of your ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Drag Curl to Build Your Arms
Biceps exercises come in many different shapes and sizes. The main objective is to build the biggest pipes possible, but you don’t necessarily have to marry yourself to a single variation forever. The drag ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Smith Machine Deadlift for Strength, Skill, and Muscle
The Smith machine deadlift is one of the best-kept secrets in weight training. Although it may look and feel different than your normal deadlift, building strength, skill, and muscle are right at your ... Continue Reading
Do the Seated Chest Flye for Stable and Consistent Pec Gains
If you asked someone what their favorite chest-crafting exercise is, they’ll probably be inclined to point you to any number of pushing or pressing exercises that necessitate the use of either a barbell, a ... Continue Reading
How to Do Mountain Climbers to Power Up Your Entire Body
On the hunt for a dynamic core exercise that will elevate your plank to the next level? Mountain climbers. Searching for one of the best bodyweight cardio exercises to add to your equipment-free ... Continue Reading
Challenge Your Core With the Reverse Plank
The garden-variety plank is one of those exercises that many people begin or end their workouts with. It’s simple, reliable, and accessible: Even people who don’t engage in regular planking still ... Continue Reading
The Best Bench Press Workouts for Your Experience Level
There are certain exercises that live in your program for what seems like forever. Some progress easily or have a lot of variations that help delivering gains. Others feel like they slow to a crawl but you ... Continue Reading
Switch Up Your Chest Workouts With the Reverse-Grip Bench Press
If there’s one undeniable truism about lifting weights that has been drilled deep into the minds of most people who have spent even five minutes in a gym, it’s that bench pressing is performed with an ... Continue Reading
The Best Dumbbell Ab Workout for Every Experience Level
Many people are in search of great ab workouts for one reason or anything. While some people want to do an ab workout because they are looking for sculpted abs, others want to increase their core strength ... Continue Reading
Best Rear Delt Exercises: How-Tos and Expert Tips
If you’re in the market for bigger and stronger shoulders, you’ve got to do more than pressing. Building your rear delts — aka your posterior deltoids — gives your shoulders a well-rounded, 360-degree pop, ... Continue Reading
The Best Treadmill Workouts, Regardless of Your Experience Level
Whatever gym you enter, you’re likely to encounter at least a couple of treadmills. There’s a reason why the treadmill is such a dominant piece of cardiovascular training equipment. Athletes who are ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Reverse-Grip Lat Pulldown for Stronger Back and Biceps
If your gym has a place to perform lat pulldowns, you know it’s one of the most frequently occupied spots of all. You reach up, sit down, and pull. What could be more user-friendly? And who doesn’t want to ... Continue Reading
The Best Full-Body Kettlebell Workout, Scaled for Every Experience Level
For your next workout, if you’re looking for a way to target every major muscle group in a time crunch, look no further than the versatility of the kettlebell. With the kettlebell, your next full-body ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Curtsy Lunge for Better Hip Mobility and Glute Strength
Single-leg press, lunges, and split squats, oh my! Your lower body sessions already seem littered with the most dreaded and the best leg exercises that emphasize one leg at a time. However, leg day ... Continue Reading
Do the Bent-Over Cable Row to Beef Up Your Back
Cable exercises are, rightly so, all the rage for training your back. You aren’t bound by the downward force of gravity, which means you can get creative with your exercise selection. Constant tension from ... Continue Reading
How to Do the Perfect Front-Foot-Elevated Split Squat
Trying to strengthen your lower body, particularly your quads? The often dreaded (but never duplicated) front-foot-elevated split squat will do just that (and more). Not only will it light up your quads ... Continue Reading
The Nine Best Wrist Curl Variations to Supercharge Your Grip
In virtually every exercise you perform, your wrists are in play, assisting with the stabilization of either the weight or your body, and helping to hold things together. Your wrists are paradoxical; elite ... Continue Reading
Master the Dumbbell Stiff-Leg Deadlift for Stronger, More Flexible Hamstrings
No matter what kind of strength athlete you are, the deadlift has more than likely entered your repertoire at one point or another. Love it or hate it, there’s nothing like hefting a heavy barbell off the ... Continue Reading
Blow Up Your Back With the Neutral-Grip Pulldown
Chances are, you’re one of the countless gym goers who frequents a weight room each week with a goal of broadening your back. While the traditional lat pulldown with a pronated grip (palms facing away from ... Continue Reading