A strong, toned back does more than allowing you to look your best. It's key to perfect posture and preventing back pain—a problem that affects more than 80 percent at some point in their lives. These exercises target your entire backside and your core to help and build a posterior that turns heads. Most people head into a workout focusing
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
Resistance bands are a workout essential and a cheap piece of fit kit for if you want to seriously strengthen your lower body on a budget. So, why is building a strong lower body so important? It's home to some of your largest muscles—your hamstrings, adductors and quadriceps, to name a few—which stabilise your entire body in day-to-day activities. Moves
When you want to train your butt, squats are an obvious choice. They're simple to do, require no equipment (unless you choose to add weights for an extra challenge), and most importantly, they work. But just like any other workout, doing the same thing the same way over and over doesn't let you keep challenging your body. Plus, regular squats
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
We've got an excellent 20 minute butt workout, made special just for you. How to build a stronger, fitter butt? "My answer is always the same. Keep it simple!" Keeping it simple means selecting exercises that you can do with form. We have designed a butt-burning routine that includes only simple moves! Maximising your butt-strengthening potential is to really focus
Strength training is a great way to stay in shape and even recommended by most health care professionals as the perfect weight loss method, but newcomers and experienced trainers alike should practice safety when working out. Common mistakes made by gym-goers that often lead to strains or significant injuries include: all-or-nothing approach, unbalanced strength-training programs, bad form, not progressing, not
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
Here we have the 4-week leg programme! This is because a much as you like the look of muscle mass at the top, you have to train legs! This isn't just for proportion, but for posture and equal strength. Real leg training isn't fun, but, the benefits are endless! To help, here's a 4-week leg specialisation program that will get
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
