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How to Test Your Muscular Endurance
The pushup is a fundamental move that can help test, assess, and improve your muscular endurance.
6 Exercises to Improve Your Posture
This 15-minute recovery workout, based on moves from the Egoscue Method, will have you standing tall and moving easy.
How to Test Your Mobility
The overhead squat is a fundamental move that can help test, assess, and improve your mobility.
How to Do a Kneeling Backbend
Known as Camel Pose in yoga, discover how to move safely into this front-body stretch for an invigorating experience.
How Flexibility Affects Fitness
Learn the common sources of stiffness as well as techniques to increase your flexibility — and the benefits you may reap from doing so.
Do You Need a Personal Trainer — Or a Fitness Professional?
Three traits to look for when choosing someone to help with your fitness efforts.
Fitness Testing 2.0
Test your fitness — and improve it — with these targeted, repeatable tasks.
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.
STRONG BODY, STRONG MIND: Moving With Ease
Our fitness editor talks about the fine line between working hard and working against yourself.
A Simplified Guide to Pre- and Post-Workout Nutrition
Wondering how to optimize your pre- and post-workout nutrition strategies? Hear from a Life Time dietitian about the most important things to consider.
Strength Training: Total Body vs. Split Workouts
Learn which training approach is right for you.
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.
5 Reasons Why Training in a Group Can Get You Better Results
No matter what your personal goals are.
6 Tips to Build Grip Strength
Here are six grip strengthening exercises to enhance your grip for improved joint health, athletic performance, and longevity.
5 Pilates Moves for a Strong Foundation
These five moves could be the key to more speed, endurance, and resilience on the bike, in the water, and on the road.
How to Do the Cat-Cow
This two-part flow warms and unwinds the body, stretches the core, and mobilizes the entire spine.
How to Improve Your Grip Strength
Train your grip strength for joint health, athletic performance — and your own longevity.
The Science Behind the Stretch
Why stretching goes beyond just muscles.
Bring on Summer: Week 3 Workouts
Continue your fitness efforts with week three of our three-week workout plan.
3 Types of Stretching
Building flexibility doesn’t have to be complicated.
Bring on Summer: Week 2 Workouts
Continue your fitness efforts with week two of our three-week workout plan.