You’ve probably put a lot of work into strengthening your upper body to make lifting, pushing, and pulling heavy loads a cinch, but what about your grip strength? Adding forearm exercises to your workout can help strengthen these often-overlooked muscles. When…
If you’re looking to get a shapely booty, you’ll find the exercises in the PiYo Buns workouts will get you to your goal. But there are more — dare we say better —benefits to having strong glutes than just looking…
Curious about creatine loading? Let’s start at the beginning. Among the thousands of potions, pills, and powders in the world of sports nutrition, creatine monohydrate is among the most studied, most tested, and most effective. Regular use can help enhance…
There are so many different protein powders available on the market, it can be hard to choose one. Many powders are whey-based, which is an animal protein, but then there are soy and pea powders, which are plant-based. If you’re…
Want to sculpt that sought-after “bubble butt”? Good news: You can get stronger, shapelier glutes with an at-home butt workout. The benefits of a booty workout are more than aesthetic, explains Cody Braun, CSCS and NASM performance enhancement specialist. The…
Italian restaurants have a welcoming atmosphere and a menu full of comfort foods — what’s not to love? But the food at Italian restaurants is often “loaded with fat and calories,” says Andrea N. Giancoli, M.P.H., R.D. So does that…
If you do all of your squats with both feet on the ground, you might be missing out. Trainers and exercise scientists have long touted the importance of unilateral exercises, or “one sided” movements that work limbs independently. And the pistol…
If you’re new to the body positivity movement, you might find shifting your mindset and ending negative self-talk to be challenging at first. To help remind you that you are amazing right now, bookmark these uplifting body positivity quotes to…
Age brings with it a lot of good things. Experience. Wisdom. The ability to understand Seinfeld references that predate the need to Google them. If you’re moving past the age at which you routinely get carded at bars, however, you…
Any trainer who knows his craft will tell you that buying equipment for a specific program doesn’t make sense. Not only is it a waste of money, but it also becomes a waste of space when you’re done. That’s what…