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Strength Training

a man performs a pull up

How to Mix Up the Pull-Up

Personalize your strength routine with these variations on one of your favorite moves.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
a woman performs a barbell back squat

How to Mix Up the Barbell Back Squat

Personalize your strength routine with these variations on one of your favorite lower-body moves.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
a woman performs a bench press

How to Mix Up the Bench Press

Personalize your strength routine with these variations on one of your favorite lifts.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
a woman performs an overhead press with a barbell

How to Mix Up the Overhead Press

Personalize your strength routine with these variations on one of your favorite upper-body lifts.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
a man performs a barbell deadlift

How to Mix Up the Barbell Deadlift

Personalize your strength routine with these variations on one of your favorite lower-body lifts.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
feet on a yoga mat with a kettlebell sitting next to it

How to Mix Up Your Strength Routine

There's no need to muscle through the same old weight workouts. Personalize your strength routine with these variations on your favorite lifts.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
a man holds the various positions of stepping left, stepping right ab exercise

The Standing Ab Workout

Tired of crunches? These six dynamic moves can build a strong, functional core.
By Andrew Heffernan
At-Home WorkoutsEquipment-Based Workouts
a man holds forearm side plank

How to Do Side Plank

Boost your lateral stability, core strength, and overall balance by personalizing this body-weight training staple. Take it to the next level with two challenging variations.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
Ebenezer Samuel

Talks — S3, EP10 / The Science of Strength

Fundamental muscle and strength is something we all need. Ebenezer Samuel, CSCS, fitness director of Men’s Health, joins us to delve into the science of strength, including what it does for our physical health and other aspects of our well-being. He shares how to make strength training more accessible and create a quality workout plan, regardless of our fitness level or experience with this type of training.

With Ebenezer Samuel, CSCS, fitness director of Men’s Health
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a woman using a row machine

5 Machines You’re Not Using But Ought to Be

Don’t walk by these machines the next time you’re at the health club — hop on.
By Danny King
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a woman hold the hollow hold

5 Pilates Moves for a Strong Foundation

These five moves could be the key to more speed, endurance, and resilience on the bike, in the water, and on the road.
By Andrew Heffernan
At-Home WorkoutsBody-Weight Workouts
close up of leg running up stairs

How to Stretch and Strengthen Your Calves

Here are four moves to stretch and strengthen your lower legs to avoid pain, stiffness, and cramping.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsFlexibility & Mobility
A row of kettlebells with an Alpha logo on them at a fitness facility.

5 Signs You Need to Add More Weight to Your Workout

A trainer’s advice for when it's best to increase the load of your strength-training sessions so you can continue to see results.
By Danny King
Fitness TipsStrength Training
turkish get up

3 Moves to Improve Your Turkish Get-Up

Improve your Turkish get-up technique — while boosting strength, endurance, and fluidity — with these three moves.
By Jen Sinkler
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a woman performs the single leg deadlift

How to Do the Single-Leg Deadlift

Nail this one-sided strength move to improve balance and cross-body awareness. Also, try its cousin, the Bulgarian Deadlift, for a well-rounded workout.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a man performs a forearm plank

How to Engage Your Core and Glutes

Show your glutes and core some love with these activation strategies.
By Andrew Heffernan
At-Home WorkoutsBody-Weight Workouts
A woman looking at the Life Time digital app on her phone.

How to Personalize Your Strength Routine

Adaptability is key when it comes to strength training. Learn how modifications and variations can help elevate your workouts.
By Lauren Bedosky
At-Home WorkoutsEquipment-Based Workouts
how to do the gorilla row

How to Do the Gorilla Row

Build your back strength with this kettlebell-row variation.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
A woman holding resistance bands.

The Resistance-Band Workout

Resistance bands are ideal for everyone, from beginners to elite athletes — and so is this lightning-fast, do-anywhere, fitness-band workout.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsLow Impact
a man sits in a squat position holding a medicine ball

How to Do the Wall Ball Toss

Develop core stability and cross-body coordination.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
CardioEndurance
David Freeman and Lindsay Ogden doing a move from the Turkey Tabata Workout.

Turkey Day Tabata

Drop down and get your turkey on with a Turkey Tabata workout. Challenge yourself with six rounds of 20 seconds of exercise followed by 10 seconds of rest.
By David Freeman, CPT, and Lindsay Ogden, CPT
At-Home WorkoutsEquipment-Based Workouts
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