These thigh exercises strengthen your hamstrings, glutes, and calves and even hit your core too. The inner thighs are often under worked, but strengthening them is important for stabilising your hips, knees, lower back, and core. It's important to remember that spot training doesn't always work and to make sure you're following a full-body exercise program that incorporates both cardiovascular
Training with kettlebells is a really effective way to build power and burn serious calories at the gym. Kettlebell workouts are some of the most efficient, effective ways to sculpt a strong physique. Instead of isolating muscle groups like you do when lifting dumbbells, you work all your major muscle groups at once with a kettlebell. That's because the weight
Find yourself a squat rack and get ready to pile some solid work into your lower half. This workout will strengthen your quads, hamstrings, glutes, abs and mental strength. Because your aim is to smash through each of the 5 rounds of 20 reps, you can only rest for the prescribed 60 seconds after each round. Put your body weight
The barbell deadlift is a compound exercise used to develop overall strength and size in the posterior chain. It is a competition lift in the sport of power lifting, but is also considered a classic benchmark of overall strength. When performed with the hands outside the knees, it is often called a "conventional" deadlift. When the feet are wide and
Does waiting in line to train gym leave you feeling under-trained? There is a way to beat peak time gym frustration by trying our high intensity plate workout. Swap out dumbbells and machines for 1 simple plate! This circuit has eight exercises – performed back to back without resting between exercises. One set would require you to complete all eight exercises in a
We all generally spend a disproportionate amount of time in the gym targeting our bums, thighs and quads in an effort to get slim and slender legs. However, the major muscles of the lower legs, our calf muscles, are the ones that tend to get the most exposure, especially during summer when we wear skirts, shorts or three quarter pants
Step away from the weights room (for a bit at least). There are plenty of benefits to be had from switching things up every once in a while and sandbags are an easy way to do just that. Sometimes a visit to the gym can be the last thing you want to do after a long day at work. That’s besides the
There are many benefits to stretching before your workout: it prepares your body for the workout to come and increases joint flexibility. Regular stretching alone cannot prevent injuries, make you run faster, or correct poor posture. But it prepares your body for your workout and helps relax tired muscles afterwards! Are you not really sure what stretching exercises to include in
If you are naturally blessed with a big booty, your focus should be on shape and definition. Include more body-weight training that focuses on [sculpting] the smaller muscles of the hips and pelvis to tighten and lift around the major muscles. Bridges and stability work are great. Sitting all day while working and driving turns off the muscles of your
Holidays, the time for poolside margaritas, not treadmill slogs in the gyms. But sneaking in exercise while you're away is crucial to staying on your game. Skip it and it'll be that much harder to get back on track. Umbrella drinks don't exactly burn themselves off. A routine that puts every muscle through its paces, no equipment required. This workout
