Is there such a thing as switching it up too much in the gym? Researchers decided to explore just that in an interesting ...

The leg press is likely one of the most popular classic training machines. However, it’s often observed that only the same exercise is performed on it. But the leg press machine can do much more!

Muscle confusion is a training principle based on the idea of exercise variation. When people talk about muscle confusion, they are referring to the belief that changing your workout keeps your ...

Despite having a decades-long background in powerlifting and bodybuilding, the bench press is not at the top of my upper-body exercise list. My long-armed ectomorphic body type means that I’ve always ...

Boost athletic performance. “Many sports involve unilateral movements, making these exercises essential for sport-specific ...

1 Oregon Health & Science University, School of Nursing and Knight Cancer Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA 2 School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British ...

Correspondence to Associate Professor Daniel L Belavy, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC 3125, Australia; belavy ...

Mallory Creveling is a health and fitness writer and ACE-certified personal trainer. Her work appears across several national publications, including SELF, Prevention, Runners World, and Men's Journal ...

Happiness is an electrifying and elusive state. Philosophers, theologians, psychologists, and even economists have long sought to define it. And since the 1990s, a whole branch of psychology—positive ...

My personal training clients always groan in despair when I program burpees, so sometimes I’m nice and let them do plank walkouts instead. Like a burpee, it’s a challenging and effective full-body ...