Most women, no matter how active they are, have stronger quads than hamstrings and glutes. Think about your typical lower-body workout—most movements have some involvement from the quads. If you know your lower half needs work, don't hesitate to work your legs twice per week. Concentrate on the weakest parts of your legs. You don't need to do any isolation
If you want to see great results in the gym, build more muscle and get ripped, the squat is non-negotiable. A heavy barbell squat hammers almost every muscle in your body while stimulating a lot of growth and a massive hormonal response—over time, including squats in your workout will help you gain more size and strength overall. Whether or not
Up-and-coming training programs often tend to steal the thunder of the exercises we have been doing since the rise of recreational exercise. While it is important to adjust your workouts regularly to keep your body and mind on their proverbial toes, sometimes, the simplest solution is what you really need. It seems like every new exercise modality is high-intensity interval
Doing the same gym routine puts you in serious danger of falling into a fitness rut. Not only are fitness ruts a drag to your workout motivation, they also keep you from getting all that you can from your workout. One common culprit of a fitness rut is overtraining because stress and a high volume of workouts can lead to
When it comes to working your body as effectively as possible, “more is more” — at least when it comes to the number of muscles recruited with each exercise you do. In the old-school body-building world, isolation is the means to an end. This type of training is perfect when it comes to carving the bulky biceps and mushroom-cap delts
Some days you get into the gym and feel completely overwhelmed. As if it wasn’t hard enough to walk through those double-doors in the first place, a crowded floor can turn that sweat session into a stress session. Good news: With just a bench—and some dumbbells—you can do a slew of total-body toning movements. Having just a few tools at
To help you find your new go-to, do-anywhere workout, we have put together a high-intensity interval training (HIIT) workout. It's about getting the work done in a short amount of time so that you can get to the day's activities. Short HIIT workouts like the one below can assist with increased overall athletic endurance, increase core strength, and help with
There's no need to stress about getting totally ripped up for your time on the sand—but if you want to get into the best shape possible to be able to enjoy your outdoor adventures to the fullest, you can put a few short weeks of work in at the gym and see results. With just a little pain now, you'll
If you’re tired of skipping the gym because you don’t have time, we feel you. But as long as you have a pair of dumbbells and 30 minutes, you can get your sweat on in your home, yard, or hotel room with this no-excuses routine. The point isn’t just to burn more calories in a short amount of time (which you
If you're like most women—and many men—you want a better butt. You're tired of sitting on pancakes. You want to defy gravity and deny the dreaded droop. In short, you want to build glorious glutes. Learning how to activate and recruit the glute muscles is an essential component to effective glute training. Glute workouts should address not only the glutes themselves,
