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How to Test Your Endurance
Sometimes the best way to track your progress toward your fitness goals is to pick a test and make it a regular part of your regimen. Which benchmark assessment you choose depends on what you want to measure.
Escape From Inertia: Strategies to Overcome Resistance to Start Exercising
Most of us struggle at some point to overcome a stubborn resistance to exercising. Here are some tips for getting — and keeping — your body in motion, even when you don’t feel like it.
How to Exercise When You Have Chronic Pain
If you suffer from chronic pain, working out may be the last thing you feel like doing. But exercise can make you feel better – now, and over the long term.
The 5-Move Strength Workout
Only have a half-hour to get your resistance workout done? These five moves will do the trick.
How to Improve Your Cardio Routine for Maximum Results
Cardio workouts are not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Here’s how to make your program work better for you.
How to Prevent Muscle Cramps and Side Stitches
Cramps and side stitches can derail any workout. Here’s how to treat and prevent these painful contractions.
How to Gain Muscle Mass
Do you have trouble putting on muscle mass? Learn the right way to gain the healthy weight you want.
Welcome to the Fitness Revolution
No more mundane workouts. The time has come for a new fitness approach that’s as fun and interesting as you are.
The Rest-Pause Workout
Adding a short pause at the end of a tough set can help you overcome plateaus in your resistance-training routine.
10 Triathlon Mistakes to Avoid
You can learn a lot from mistakes – but they don’t have to be your own! Here’s how you can sidestep common pitfalls of first-time triathletes.
What Is Muscle Activation Technique (MAT)?
Bothered by muscle tightness, soreness and strain? A hands-on, biomechanics-based treatment called MAT can soothe discomfort, improve alignment and ward off injury.
7 Common Questions About Stretching
For years we’ve been told to stretch before activity, after activity, and anytime in between. But what is stretching really good for, and when is it really worth our time and effort?
4 Exercises to Help Get to Your First Pull-Up
The source of many a humiliating grade-school gym memory, the pull-up is actually a great whole-body workout. Here’s how to get your chin over the bar – with confidence.
Mind Your Manners!: Gym Etiquette
You know the type — the people who talk during yoga class or don’t wipe down their sweaty equipment. But are some of your behaviors considered a no-no to others? Maybe it’s time to review the basics of health-club etiquette.
5 Pull-Up Hand Grip Variations
There are plenty of ways to grip the bar — here are just a handful of options.
The Tabata Cardio and Strength Workouts
The Tabata Protocol isn’t easy, but it can dramatically increase your aerobic and anaerobic capacity in just minutes a month.
A Beginner’s Guide to the Health Club
Feeling adrift in a sea of fitness equipment? Not sure how to best spend your time at the club? Learn the basic components of a balanced workout program, and you’ll put confusion behind you for good.
Master Your Game With Sports Vision Training
Improving your visual skills — and acuity — can give you an edge in virtually any sport. Here’s how to start seeing more.
How to Relieve Shoulder Blade Pain
The scapulae, or shoulder blades, can cause a whole lot of shoulder pain. Are imbalanced blades bothering you?
How to Increase Muscular Stamina and Cardiovascular Stamina
There’s more to building stamina than increasing your time on the treadmill. Find out how your endurance affects your overall health.
How to Exercise With Knee and Hip Pain
Pain in your hips or knee joints may cause you to shy away from exercise, but there are ways to work around (or through) the condition – without sacrificing your fitness.