Lauren Bedosky

Discover how exercise can improve mental health and naturally stave off depression and anxiety.

Discover how exercise can naturally relieve stress, improve mental health, and enhance overall well-being.

Discover how exercise can build confidence over time.

Exercise is a powerful tool for improving mental health: It can reduce stress, relieve depression and anxiety, and be a salve for loneliness. Learn more.

Learn how amino acids can support your body during a workout.

The first step is identifying which nutrients you may be lacking.

What you need to know about electrolytes, amino acids, and greens powders.

This isometric full-body hold is a highly effective strength and stability builder, targeting the deep-core muscles of the abdomen as well as the shoulders, glutes, and back. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.

These moves — differentiated by whether both feet remain static (split squat) or one foot steps forward and backward (lunge) — strengthen the glutes, quads, and calves; build hip, knee, and ankle stability; and help improve overall balance. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform them correctly.

This classic move builds chest and shoulder strength while also improving stability in the small, intrinsic muscles around the shoulder joint. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

Building strength through the middle and upper back, lats, and shoulders, this row also enhances mobility through the scapulae and improves stability in the thoracic spine and deep abdominals. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

This exercise works muscles around multiple joints in the lower body, building strength and muscle in your quads, glutes, and hamstrings. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

This compound movement strengthens the hamstrings, glutes, back, and core. It also trains the hip-hinge pattern, which has functional carryover to other exercises and daily activities. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

Reaching for or lifting objects overhead is commonplace, making this shoulder strengthener a truly functional exercise. Here’s how to avoid common errors in the setup.

This dynamic move builds full-body strength and explosive power, working the posterior chain as well as the upper body, namely your lats, forearms, and hands. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.

This fitness staple is a full-body exercise that builds core stability as well as back, arm, and chest power. Here’s how to nail the setup and perform it correctly.

Expert guidance for nailing the setup of common strength moves — so you can make the most of your lifting efforts.

Trips and falls are inevitable. Here are some simple exercises you can practice to help prepare you mentally and physically when falling sideways.

Trips and falls are inevitable. Here are some simple exercises you can practice to help prepare you mentally and physically when falling forward.