Workouts

Still crunching to strengthen your core? Time to get your core off the floor. Try Vertical Core Training, which recruits more muscles for a more effective workout.

Functional training teaches your body to move more effectively in specific sports — and everyday activities. Read on to learn more.

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.

These days, nearly everyone at the gym seems to have embarked on a “core-training” regimen of some kind. But what exactly does that mean? (Hint: It’s not about abdominal crunches.)

Circuit training can rev up your metabolism and extend your endurance. Find out how.

Only have a half-hour to get your resistance workout done? These five moves will do the trick.

Cardio workouts are not a one-size-fits-all proposition. Here’s how to make your program work better for you.

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.

The Tabata Protocol isn't easy, but it can dramatically increase your aerobic and anaerobic capacity in just minutes a month.

Weak glutes can wreak havoc on your back, hips and knees, so building a strong bottom should be a top fitness priority.

The scapulae, or shoulder blades, can cause a whole lot of shoulder pain. Are imbalanced blades bothering you?

It doesn't take pumping iron or fancy weight machines to get a strong body. Fitness bands let you do a wide array of safe, effective exercises that make building strength simple.

With the help of a few plyometric training tools, you can teach your neuromuscular system to unleash impressive speed and strength –the two ingredients behind the explosive power treasured by athletes.

Think you know everything about sit-ups, squats and pushups? Well, Russian strength trainer Pavel Tsatsouline thinks you might know just enough to be dangerous.

No time? No problem. You can still squeeze in a worthwhile cardio or weightlifting workout on even your busiest days.