How much weight should you lift? Here’s the short answer: You should always lift the maximum amount of weight that will allow you to complete all of your reps in all of your sets of a given exercise while maintaining proper…
If you want to sculpt a pair of awe-inspiring, strut-worthy legs, look to your quad muscles, a.k.a. quadriceps femoris, a.k.a. “quads.” This meaty group of leg muscles makes up the entire front of your thighs and, aesthetics aside, help power…
Want better posture, more strength in pressing movements, more mobile shoulders, and a more impressive-looking upper body — from all angles? There’s a single move that can get you there that you’re almost certainly not doing: the cable rear delt…
When determining how many steps are in a mile, there are a few factors to consider, including how tall you are and what kinds of steps you’re taking. Are they walking steps? Jogging strides? Sprinting bounds? As a very general…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a sugar junkie. I probably got this trait from my dad, who can make half a pan of brownies disappear in a day. I can devour a pack of sour candies…
Veteran lifters avoid hammering their quads, hamstrings, or pecs every day, because if all you do is break your muscles down, they’ll never have time to recover. The same goes for doing a daily ab workout. Our abs help form…
You’ve heard the term bandied around at the gym, in yoga classes, or maybe even from your personal trainer: “engage your core.” But what does it really mean? Understanding how to engage your core helps not just with workouts but…
If you think you have to subsist on dry, undressed salads in order to eat healthy, think again. All you need is a recipe for a 21 Day Fix dressing — luckily for you, we’ve got nine of them! These…
When it comes to healthy snacking, fruit is hard to beat — it’s loaded with vitamins, minerals, and filling fiber. But if you’re trying to lose weight and/or build muscle, you may also be looking for ways to eat more protein. So which…
The decline press is sort of like the redheaded stepchild of the bench press family. While the flat bench press — one of three tests of fortitude in the sport of powerlifting — is the overachieving oldest child, and the incline press — a…