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Strength Training

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How Exercise Can Help Build Physical — and Mental — Resilience

Learn how exercise can help build a body and mind that can roll with life’s punches — and come back stronger after stress.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
Susan Jackson

Get Progressive: A Barbell Workout for Full-Body Strength

Build muscle mass and work your entire body with this intermediate to advanced barbell workout that uses progressive overload to challenge your body every time you complete it.
By Emily Ewen
Equipment-Based WorkoutsStrength Training
A man using a dual cable machine for arm exercises.

Coach Nick’s Biceps and Triceps Routine

Try this sample workout from the 6-Week Shred program to challenge and build strength in your arms.
By Nicholas Sandoval
Equipment-Based WorkoutsStrength Training
a woman perform the frog bridge

The 8-Week Glute-and-Hamstring Workout

Supercharge your strength, power, and overall resilience with this eight-week glute-and-hamstring program.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
Coach Nick assisting a 30x30 woman with a workout.

Quick Core Workout

Try this sample workout from Life Time’s 30x30 digital training program.
By Nicholas Sandoval
At-Home WorkoutsEquipment-Based Workouts
barbell good morning

How to Do the Barbell Good Morning

Improve your form on this hip-hinge exercise to strengthen your legs, core, and back.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
a man performs the pistol squat

How to Do the Single-Leg Pistol Squat

Learn how to personalize the challenging unilateral “pistol” move to build lower-body strength, mobility, and balance.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
colorful small bands

The Mini-Band Workout

Learn how to use mini bands for a challenging and portable full-body strength workout.
By Lauren Bedosky
At-Home WorkoutsEquipment-Based Workouts
a woman shows the various positions of the upright row

Build Shoulder Strength With the Upright Row

Perform this popular move with dumbbells to build your rear delts without hurting your shoulders.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a woman holding dumbbells overhead

The Tempo-Based Workout

Get more out of your weightlifting efforts and break through plateaus with tempo training.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips

How to Mix Up the Biceps Curl

Personalize your strength routine with these variations on one of your favorite arm lifts.
By Sarah Tuff
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
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
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