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8 Moves to Boost Back Resiliency
Relieve your sore spine with these accessible exercises.
Strong-Body Basics: Mastering Squats, Presses, and Deadlifts for Total-Body Strength
Learn how to correctly perform the Big Three — plus their variations — with this comprehensive guide.
The Workout: Prehab Your Body
Injury-proof yourself with these prehabilitation mobility moves.
Fitness Fix: Improve Your Hip Mobility
Exercises to improve hip mobility.
What Can I Do to Get in Shape for Basketball?
Expert answers on how to prepare your body for your next pick-up basketball game.
Expert Answers: Figuring Out How Much Weight to Lift
Helpful guidelines for matching weight poundage with your goals.
How to Exercise After a Heart Attack
A few tips to help you safely get your blood pumping again after a cardiac event.
On Faith and Fitness
Glutes and godliness. Biceps and the Bible. On first view, fitness and faith may seem a strange match. But for many people, spiritual motivations bring deeper meaning to their health and fitness pursuits, and prove to be a positive, pivotal factor in supporting them.
50 Tips for Taking Fitness Outside
Enjoy all the perks — and avoid the pitfalls — of exercising outdoors this summer.
Build Your Own Workout Plan
Want to make maximum fitness progress in minimum time? You need a periodized workout program. An expert trainer gives you step-by-step counsel on creating your own super-effective exercise routine.
No More Fitness Excuses
Don’t hit the snooze button on your fitness goals. Here are 17 of the most common obstacles to exercising — and expert advice on how to overcome them.
Ready-for-Anything Fitness
Why you need Functional Training and how to do it.
The Tri-Planar Workout
These 3D functional tri-planar moves will give you a workout that’s fully rounded.
Expert Answers: Does Compression Gear Work?
And, if so, when should I use it?
8 Moves to Fix Computer Slouch
Tired of hunched shoulders, a sore back, and tight hips? These six moves are a great cure for the common computer slouch.
Expert Answers: Minimalist Running Shoes, Intermittent Fasting, and Yoga
Our fitness experts tackle your questions on replacing minimalist running shoes, intermittent fasting for fat loss, and yoga and hypermobility.
How to Improve Your Wheel Pose
Expert answers on how to build up to this advanced yoga pose.
Expert Answers: On Caffeine and Exercise and Overexercising
Our fitness experts tackle your questions on caffeine and athletic performance, and rhabdomyolysis.
Why Strength Training Is Essential
Strength training isn’t just for building muscle anymore: It’s an all-in-one functional-fitness strategy.