Strengthening your core is one of the best things you can do for your overall fitness—and there are Pilates exercises to add to your workout routine that can help you get there. Your core includes ...

Sometimes, the best thing you can do for your workout routine is, surprisingly, be less… routine. Hear us out: Variety is the spice of life, but also the key to keeping your muscles guessing when it ...

This simple push-up variation builds muscle, protects your joints, and improves posture—making it one of the smartest ...

The dumbbell squat to press, also known as a thruster, is a compound exercise that starts in a front squat position and ends in an overhead press. This full body movement can be done using dumbbells, ...

The plank is one of the first exercises we learn when we start strength training. In fact, many people have even practiced it in high school, in those typical challenges where the goal was to see who ...

The plank drag is a plank variation that adds some weight and movement to the exercise, which I find makes it more engaging and effective.

Everyone likes to be comfortable but it’s a serious problem when that complacency slips into training. One surefire way to see diminishing returns with your workouts, or fall into a rut, is to do the ...

The idea that “larger bodies can do everything small bodies can” sounds good(ish) on paper, but that mentality ignores the reality that different body shapes move differently. Form cues are an ...

Exercise variation is one component of fitness program planning that is often avoided. Routines are a good thing for exercise adherence but can create a "rut," where progression is blunted. This week, ...

In Part 1 of this article we discussed some common mistakes that climbers make when weight training (for instance favoring the perceived difficulty of unstable exercises like the TRX over more stabile ...

Morning exercises for waist bulge after 45: a CSCS shares 4 moves and a set-rep plan to feel tighter fast.