The Old-School Exercises That Still Deliver It feels like everyone is chasing the next flashy fitness trend, but many social ...

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, ...

Discover how a 30-day push/pull/legs workout split reshaped my body, boosted strength, and cut fat. Follow my journey for ...

Back pain can make you nervous about tying your shoes, let alone working out. However, while resting a painful back may help for a time, often getting back in the gym and moving makes it feel better.

New research suggests that exercise may not just make us feel younger—it could actually slow or even reverse the body’s molecular clock. By looking at DNA markers of aging, scientists found that ...

The uEXPLORER total-body PET scanner at UC Davis will be used in a new project to look at the underlying causes of long COVID symptoms. (UC Davis photo) Using total-body PET imaging to get a better ...

Trying to fit into the narrow beauty ideal of thin, toned, and youthful continues to be the reality for many women. We enroll in exercise classes or join the gym to lose weight and tone up, but even ...

Most of us think of exercise as a way to build strength, improve endurance, or drop a few pounds. But new research from the Molecular Transducers of Physical Activity Consortium aka MoTrPAC (try ...

Your glutes are the muscles that make up your buttocks area. Keeping these muscles strong helps stabilize your hips, knees, and lower back. Exercises that target your glutes, such as lunges, squats, ...

Underpinning many aspects of day-to-day life, such as your ability to move well and stay injury free, flexibility is an important component of overall fitness. It's defined as your capacity to move a ...

Bodyweight exercises are the most convenient workout hack in fitness. If you're anything like us, there's always an excuse for dodging the gym. You woke up late, work's getting busy, you deserve a ...

Nick Blackmer is a librarian, fact-checker, and researcher with more than 20 years of experience in consumer-facing health and wellness content. Sit-ups are one of the most basic forms of core ...