Even out your pushes and pulls with this fat-burning, muscle-building, full-body workout. When you train, it’s tempting to do only your favourite strength exercises. But favouring only a few isolated, similar movements and neglecting opposing and complementary ones can create muscular imbalances. Push exercises work the muscles you use to move weight away from your body, specifically the pectorals, triceps,
Not only are morning workouts easier to stick to, but working out early—more specifically, before you’ve had breakfast—may help the body burn fat more efficiently. Since your body’s still in snooze mode at that hour, particularly if it’s not acclimated to doing something right away, you may need to adjust. But that doesn’t mean you have to give up on
It's a difficult muscle to build. So much so, that men are now starting to go under the knife to have chest implants. There's a whole treasure trove full of workouts and exercises to be uncovered to blast the chest that can sculpt your pecs and push your upper body training days to the next level. But first, try our
Working out isn't enough on its own to make weight loss happen. If you want to lose weight—adopting healthy eating habits has got to be step one. To get technical, you need to create a calorie deficit, which means using more calories in a day than you consume—and the consumption part plays a much bigger role in that than burning calories
The definitive hourglass physique — strong shoulders, tiny waist, shapely hips and glutes — a look you, too, can develop using this programme. Whether you want to add curves or streamline your own, this offers the perfect balance of strength, flexibility and cardio. The goal is to build a functionally strong, symmetrical, feminine body while creating curves. This workout is
When life means you're busy, it's tempting to jump right into your workout to maximise the time you've got. But when you skip a warm-up, you're setting your body up to be less efficient—and potentially end up with an injury. Exercising without a warm-up is a huge no-no. When you are performing strength-training exercises, your muscles shorten and lengthen, and
While the practice of yoga has everything to do with breathing and is less about the asanas (the sanskrit name for “poses” or “postures”), a lot of people mistake yoga for an easy form of exercise. Even if you only came for the Savasana, which you definitely shouldn’t leave before, turning off the mind and being present with the body
I’m here to tell you that your inflexibility actually makes it easier to feel the stretch – which is what we are going for in yoga class! The fact that you’re not very flexible means you’re feeling the stretch much more quickly! It’s important to understand that in yoga, unlike many other athletic endeavours, the goal is not to do
If you want to bench big, you need to bench more—and better. Commit to this bench specialisation programme made for bodybuilders, and watch that old 1RM go for good! I always start with the same question: "Do you even bench?" The training programmes generally resemble a random grab bag of every press or triceps extension type movement imaginable, with very
High-intensity interval training has become extremely popular. Because it means you are not confined to the gym with its equipment, HIIT workouts are making their way into the homes and fitness routines of people of all athletic levels. Not asking for much of your time, high-intensity exercises are a good way to lose weight, strengthen your body and improve your
