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Strength Training

pull up

How to Do the Pull-Up

Fine-tune your form to realize the benefits of this upper-body strength exercise.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
bulgarian split squat

How to Do the Bulgarian Split Squat

Fine-tune your Bulgarian split squats form to get a leg up on this powerhouse unilateral exercise.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
ab roll out

How to Do an Ab Rollout

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.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
a woman holds warrior 3

How to Build Your Balance

No offense to your wobble board—but the best way to improve your balance may be to keep at least one foot on solid ground.
By Gina DeMillo Wagner
Active AgingEquipment-Based Workouts
Romanian deadlift

How to Do the Romanian Deadlift

Home in on the hip hinge to reap the glute- and hamstring-building rewards of the RDL.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
copenhagen side plank

6 Unilateral Exercises

Embrace unilateral training for full-body benefits.
By Jennifer Blake
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
diaphgram breathing

3 Pelvic-Floor Exercises

Three moves to improve pelvic-floor strength and prevent dysfunction — for men and women.
By Jennifer Blake
At-Home WorkoutsBody-Weight Workouts
Person doing bicycle crunches on yoga mat

Training With a Twist: The Transverse-Plane Workout

Banish boredom, boost your athleticism, and prevent joint injury with these full-body transverse-plane exercises.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
man using rower

How to Use a Rowing Machine

Fine-tune your form and sequencing to maximize the rewards of indoor rowing. Explore two creative workouts to enhance power and strength.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
CardioEndurance
Man with a broken leg sitting on the sofa next to crutches.

What’s the Best Way to Build Muscle Mass After an Illness or Injury?

Here's how to rebuild lost muscle mass after being sick or experiencing an injury.
By Nicole Radziszewski
Fitness TipsRecovery
Overhead squat

How to Do the Overhead Squat

Finesse your form to improve full-body mobility and strengthen your Olympic snatch.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
snatch

How to Do the Kettlebell Snatch

Take control of this dynamic move to burn fat and build strength.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
Woman lifting barbell in gym

How to Power Clean

Olympic lifts are designed to give athletes more full-body strength and power. Two renowned Olympic coaches show us proper power-clean form.
By Andrew Heffernan
Fitness TipsPower
hollow body hold

How to Do the Hollow-Body Hold

Strengthen your core with this gymnastics and Pilates staple, and discover how to progress the move for an added challenge.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsPilates & Barre
a woman performs an anti-rotation with an anchored barbell

6 Unconventional Barbell Exercises

Six unconventional barbell moves to get you strong from head to toe.
By Lauren Bedosky
Equipment-Based WorkoutsStrength Training
calf raise

How to Do the Calf Raise

Tweak your technique to build lower-body strength and resilience, and see three variations of the move.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
renegade row

3 Ways to Strengthen Your Core

Not getting the results you want from traditional ab exercises? Try this multilayered approach to building a strong, functional core.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsFitness Tips
Strength Made Easy

The Easy-Strength Workout

You don’t have to sweat and strain to get strong. This two-month, field-tested strength-training program will show you another way.
By Andrew Heffernan
Equipment-Based WorkoutsStrength Training
up dog

How to Do Upward-Facing Dog

Improve your form to get all the benefits of this deep, front-body stretch.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
man performing a lunge

How to Do the Lunge

Fine-tune your form to strengthen your glutes, quads — and, yes, even your knees. Learn how to add variety to the move with five variations.
By Maggie Fazeli Fard
Fitness TipsStrength Training
bench press

The Workout: 8 Weeks to Strong

Follow this two-month program to strengthen and sculpt your entire body.
By Jennifer Blake
Equipment-Based WorkoutsLow Impact
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