When you think about doing a healthy lifestyle overhaul — simultaneously cleaning up your diet, exercising more, and stressing less — it’s enough to send you running right back to bed. That’s why it’s always best to start with small, manageable changes that can easily
Plyometrics — or high-intensity exercises that stretch and then quickly shorten your muscles (think jump squats or plyo push-ups) — are already known for their quick calorie-blasting, body-toning results. The technique was initially designed to develop explosive speed and power in Olympic athletes, but the
Forget the thigh gap or even worrying about the size and shape of your legs. It’s strengthening your thighs that really matters. Strong inner thighs — or adductors — help improve core control (they do help make up the five muscles that attach to the
If you equate stability balls with core work only, you’re selling them (and your fitness results) short. Adding stability ball exercises to your workout is a great, simple way to increase the difficulty of your favorite moves.
Want to live every day like it’s #FlexFriday? Of course, you do! However, it can be frustrating to crank out endless bicep curls or tricep dips without seeing results. Believe it or not, getting the leaned, toned arms you’ve been longing for isn’t impossible —
When it comes to people’s top goals for improving body composition, a fat loss often takes the cake. However, we can’t talk about how to lower body fat percentage without touching on how to drop pounds in general.
When most of us think about exercising with lower back pain, we feel about workarounds. As in, “is that squat going to hurt? Moreover, what variations can I sub in to prevent a flare-up?”
