Mastering the Jackknife Sit-Up Technique

If you’re sick of crunches and planks, we hear you. Add variety to your exercise routine and try the jackknife sit-up — but be ready for a challenge. Because there…


If you’re sick of crunches and planks, we hear you. Add variety to your exercise routine and try the jackknife sit-up — but be ready for a challenge. Because there…

To many fitness pros, building powerful, heaving chest muscles begins and ends with pressing movements: the bench press; the push-up; the incline bench press. But if you’ve benched till you’re bored and push-upped…

You probably know protein is an important part of the muscle-building process. But this macronutrient matters more than you may think. It also plays an essential role in recovery and even bone…

With the 2B Mindset nutrition program with Ilana Muhlstein, you’ll learn how to eat healthy without feeling deprived, without counting calories, and without cutting out whole food groups. It’s a win-win-win! A key…

There’s something irresistible about a loaf of banana bread straight out of the oven. But sometimes you get a hankering and you want to taste that banana nut-bready goodness RIGHT…

Combine a front squat with a push press and what do you get? Dumbbell thrusters. Also called dumbbell squat thrusters, this exercise works your entire body, giving you a metabolic boost in…

If you’re someone who loves to eat and cook, it’s probably never crossed your mind to even consider eating one meal a day. But if you can’t cook or loathe…

Avocado toast for breakfast, half an avocado sprinkled with salt for a snack, salad with avocado for lunch, and black beans and rice with guacamole for dinner sounds like a…

Looking to change up your chest-day routine? Try targeting other muscles in your torso too. “If you’re training your chest, your abs will usually be working, too,” says Julia Buckley, CPT,…

Salty, sweet, sour, bitter. And more recently, umami. These are the five flavors that make up all the delicious things in this tasty universe… right? Maybe not. Science is finally…