Powerful Single-Leg Movements Take this popular exercise to the next level if you want big legs, great glutes, and healthy knees. Here’s what to do. Lunge Exercises: Non-Negotiable If you want to get stronger overall, increase leg size, and improve your big lifts, the lunge is non-negotiable. It ought to be, at least. But hundreds
(Natural News) Following a healthy diet is crucial for maintaining your overall wellness, but healthy food isn’t always accessible for some people. To address this issue, some experts suggest that diet can be prescribed in the same way as medication, “as a prescriptive intervention, [subsidized] by government, readily available and with plenty of support and information, to help prevent
Credit: I T A L O / Shutterstock Bodyweight-only training is a good start, but to build a next-level core, use these weighted workouts. Ab training is not only about aesthetics and making your abs look better. Yes, these workouts will check both of those boxes, but these specialized training plans can also help you
The squat is considered the king of all exercises. Here’s how to get the most out of it. “Down the road, in a gym far away, a young man was heard to say, ‘No matter what I do, my legs won’t grow!’ He tried leg extensions, leg curls, leg presses, too. Trying to cheat, these
Credit: MDV Edwards / Shutterstock Whether you train for strength, for looks, or for function, you should be training your biceps. Specifically, you should be doing the incline dumbbell curl. True, the incline dumbbell curl is an old-school bodybuilding exercise that builds thick, eye-catching arms. It also promotes positional tolerance and tendon capacity — two key traits for
Concentrating Really Does Make a Difference THE MIND-MUSCLE CONNECTION: NOT SO BORING AFTER ALL Coaches and trainers are always droning on about how it’s important to concentrate on the muscle being worked. You know, the „mind-muscle connection.“ Supposedly, concentrating on the muscle improves the electrical activity of that muscle, and more activation means more progress.
Credit: platinumArt / Shutterstock Re-think your sets, reps, and rest periods. Use the clock to keep your training streamlined, efficient, and intense. If there’s one way most lifters can improve their training plan, it’s not about fixing their time spent training. It’s about fixing their time spent not training. Rest between sets is an extremely
Find out how to take care of your most complex series of joints to improve your lifting and overall shoulder health. The shoulder joints are a complex, in both senses. They’re a physically complicated group of joints that, when healthy and acting together, make up the most marvellous, flexible, and sublime piece of natural architecture.
A North Shore chiropractor averaged more than 29 pushups per minute to break the 12-hour world record GLOUCESTER — I was making small talk at the chiropractor one day, as you would when you’re dealing with the awkwardness of someone trying to deep-tissue massage the oldness out of your gluteus, when Dr. Joe DeMarco casually
Credit: Paul Biryukov / Shutterstock Improve joint health, build more muscle, and support strength gains. Balance your workouts with these missing exercises. When most people talk about building an impressive physique, they often envision capped delts the size of bowling balls, a massive chest, and chiseled abs. But what about the muscles you don’t see from the front? Having an impressive
