Maggie Fazeli Fard

It’s possible to grow — as an athlete and a person — without trying to control the outcome.

Add variety to your lower-body workout routine with this wide-stance squat variation. Discover seven variations, including the advanced Steinborn squat, that will challenge your leg strength.

Our fitness editor reflects on her changing motivations to work out.

Connect with your core to protect your neck and lower back.

When an injury forced our fitness editor off her favorite cardio machine a decade ago, she learned to embrace all a gym can offer.

Fine-tune your form to realize the benefits of this upper-body strength exercise.

The gym can be confusing and intimidating to navigate. Our experts weigh in on venturing out of your comfort zone.

Fine-tune your Bulgarian split squats form to get a leg up on this powerhouse unilateral exercise.

Our fitness editor reflects on the two-move routine currently setting her heart — and glutes — on fire.

When in doubt: Don’t leer. Don’t comment. Apologize if you catch yourself being weird.

Activate your core with the ab wheel for deep transverse and oblique muscle engagement. Alternatively, try the more common suggested gym tools for effective ab-rolling benefits.

Why our fitness editor says mechanics, consistency, and intensity — in that order — are the keys to fitness progress.

Home in on the hip hinge to reap the glute- and hamstring-building rewards of the RDL.

A one-day, 27-mile through-hike teaches our fitness editor about what it means to push her body and mind beyond perceived limits.

Three drills to loosen up your ankles and their kinetic chain.

Traumatic stress can be debilitating and terrifying. Movement therapy — involving increasingly accessible, thoughtful approaches to exercise — offers new hope.

Fine-tune your form and sequencing to maximize the rewards of indoor rowing. Explore two creative workouts to enhance power and strength.

Power up your lower body with box-jump exercise moves.

Our fitness editor learns that movement is a balancing act — literally and figuratively.

Finesse your form to improve full-body mobility and strengthen your Olympic snatch.