While you can get a heart-pumping workout using only bodyweight exercises, adding in weights gives your muscles an extra challenge. If you feel like you’ve mastered moves like basic squats…

Compound exercises recruit multiple muscle groups and two or more joints at once. That is opposed to isolation exercises, which target one muscle group (like bicep curls). Because they help…

By shortening your rest intervals, you’re automatically increasing the intensity of your workout and keeping your heart rate elevated throughout your weightlifting or interval training session. This cardio challenge trains…

If you’ve steered clear of the weight room in the past, now is the time to get familiar with strength training. Having strong muscles can help prevent injury and help…

Foam rolling is an excellent way to improve your range of motion, so you can get more out of every squat, lunge, and push-up. Foam rolling helps relieve tightness by…

Dynamic stretches are a core component of all warm-ups. With dynamic stretching, you’ll be moving through different stretches, rather than holding the stretch in place. This gradually raises your body…