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BREAK IT DOWN: The Sumo Squat
By Maggie Fazeli FardMix up your squat routine and build powerful legs and hips with this wide-stance variation.
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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Ghosts of My Past
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor reflects on her changing motivations to work out.
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BREAK IT DOWN: How to Do the Crunch
By Maggie Fazeli FardConnect with your core to protect your neck and lower back.
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Stepping Off My Treadmill
By Maggie Fazeli FardWhen an injury forced our fitness editor off her favorite cardio machine a decade ago, she learned to embrace all a gym can offer.
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BREAK IT DOWN: The Pull-Up
By Maggie Fazeli FardFine-tune your form to realize the benefits of this upper-body strength exercise.
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Your Guide to Navigating the Fitness Floor
By Maggie Fazeli FardThe gym can be confusing and intimidating to navigate. Our experts weigh in on venturing out of your comfort zone.
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BREAK IT DOWN: How to Do the Bulgarian Split Squat
By Maggie Fazeli FardFine-tune your form to get a leg up on this powerhouse unilateral exercise.
- Workouts -
Exercises for Lower-Back Pain
By Maggie Fazeli FardLower-back pain might get you down, but it doesn’t have to take you out. This program can keep you moving to come back stronger than ever.
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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: My Favorite Workout
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor reflects on the two-move routine currently setting her heart — and glutes — on fire.
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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: The Very Basics of Gym Etiquette
By Maggie Fazeli FardWhen in doubt: Don’t leer. Don’t comment. Apologize if you catch yourself being weird.
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BREAK IT DOWN: The Ab Rollout
By Maggie Fazeli FardSet your plank in motion to engage the deep transverse and oblique abdominal muscles.
- General Health -
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Earn Your Beast Mode
By Maggie Fazeli FardWhy our fitness editor says mechanics, consistency, and intensity — in that order — are the keys to fitness progress.
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BREAK IT DOWN: The Romanian Deadlift
By Maggie Fazeli FardHome in on the hip hinge to reap the glute- and hamstring-building rewards of the RDL.
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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Never Say Never
By Maggie Fazeli FardA one-day, 27-mile through-hike teaches our fitness editor about what it means to push her body and mind beyond perceived limits.
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3 Ankle-Mobility Exercises
By Maggie Fazeli FardThree drills to loosen up your ankles and their kinetic chain.
- Stress Relief -
How Movement Therapy Can Heal Traumatic Stress
By Maggie Fazeli FardTraumatic stress can be debilitating and terrifying. Movement therapy — involving increasingly accessible, thoughtful approaches to exercise — offers new hope.
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BREAK IT DOWN: The Row
By Maggie Fazeli FardFine-tune your form and sequencing to reap the rewards of the indoor rower.
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BREAK IT DOWN: The Box Jump
By Maggie Fazeli FardPower up your lower body with box-jump exercise moves.
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STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Move Naturally
By Maggie Fazeli FardOur fitness editor learns that movement is a balancing act — literally and figuratively.
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BREAK IT DOWN: The Overhead Squat
By Maggie Fazeli FardFinesse your form to improve full-body mobility and strengthen your Olympic snatch.
- Recovery -
5 Tips to Recover Better
By Maggie Fazeli FardYou can’t build your fitness without recovery.