When it comes to sculpting those abs of your dreams, it’s not as simple as doing endless crunches. Developing a six-pack requires more than just working the ‘pretty’ muscles that you can see. The deeper, transverse core muscles must be strengthened first to create a strong, solid base—without that, only doing crunches can actually make your belly stick out more.
Even a slight jog gives your muscles a workout, and many doctors recommend stretching those muscles both before and after exercise. Exercise can shorten a person’s muscles, decreasing mobility over time. Stretching keeps the muscles in the body flexible, so that the muscles and joints are at their fullest range of motion. Most doctors also recommend that you warm up
Even if you are new, you would have known about this extremely common exercise performed by bodybuilders and average trainers. However, the world ‘deadlift’ can seem extremely daunting. Why not stop and find a different approach. You’ll have heard of this extremely common exercise used by bodybuilders and average gym-goers alike. However, if you are a weight-lifting newbie, just the
This metabolism-revving mini-routine,makes it as easy as possible to finally fit in resistance work. Each day of our plan zeros in on a different zone to ensure you hit every inch at least twice a week. You'll get stronger and slimmer and increase your lean mass, which will help ward off diabetes and heart disease. You may see cardio and
Big biceps signal to the world that you’ve put in some serious sweat equity at the gym. The biceps are a small muscle, but to grow them takes time, knowledge, and intellectual programming. The good news for you is training the biceps is pretty simple — you curl, curl, and curl some more. To help you figure out which is best for you,
Calves seem to be the most overlooked body part in the lower body. Did you know it’s vital that your calves support you through every movement or you risk serious injury? You can't even rely on upper leg exercises like squats and deadlifts to completely develop diamond calves. Likewise, it does little good to train the rest of your body but leave
Your stability (a.k.a. swiss) ball is way more versatile than you may realise. Rather than only using it to sculpt your core, this ball can help tone your butt, thighs, and hamstrings, too. Here is a complete workout, that challenges each and every part of your lower body, in addition to your core. Why does it works? It spikes cal
The glutes, your body's largest and most powerful muscle group, deserve more of your attention. Why? Because desk life does them a major disservice. Sitting at a computer, on a couch, and in a car or subway seat all day leads to weak glutes and tight hip flexor, and that has a cascading effect on the body. It's past time
At the height of lockdown, when gyms were shut, many of us discovered the power of the resistance band. These humble strips of rubber don't get much play when you've got a full set of weights and machines to get stuck into, but it turns out they can actually provide a beneficial workout, from the comfort of your own home.
One of the most common biceps exercise is the bicep curl. We all know how boring this exercise can be. So we’ve reached out to give you the many variations of the bicep curl. Now that there’s no excuse for any biceps-training regimen to be limited to the same old barbell and dumbbell variations. There are countless ways to workout
