Want muscles like Cameron Diaz, Jessica Alba, or Jessica Biel? You may want to try CrossFit. The workout has many devoted fans, not just incredibly fit celebrities, who love it not only for its scalability – workouts are tailored to your current ability, and the difficulty increases as you get better – but also for…
TRX stands for total body resistance exercise, but that doesn’t mean a thing unless you’ve tried it for yourself. The instabilty and suspension aspect of this type of exercise makes it different from anything you’ve ever tried. And once you try these moves, you’ll never want to strength train without it. You can pick one…
This challenge starts with a full-body strength-training workout that will keep you moving for about 40 minutes. Best of all, you don’t need any equipment for this workout, so no excuses! Learn the details of the moves, print the workout, then get your sweat on! Directions: Warm up with five minutes of light cardio, then…
You can tone your abs without ever doing do a crunch again. And the good news gets even better. Standing ab exercises tone your middle while working your entire body, increasing your caloric burn. Try these seven full-body exercises; since they’re functional moves, they will make you stronger for activities outside the gym, too. Number…
Ten moves. 10 reps each. Sounds simple enough, but man, your arms will be toast after completing 100 reps without a rest. Modify this workout to fit your ability level by using two- to 10-pound dumbbells. Use the same size dumbbell for all 10 exercises (I used eight-pounders), or switch between lighter and heavier weights…
Age ain’t nothing but a number, and 78-year-old Shirley Webb is living proof. Seeing Shirley deadlift 225 pounds in the video above, it’s hard to believe that she couldn’t even climb stairs or get herself off the ground without aid before joining a gym. The elderly badass began her fitness journey two years ago at…
We love strength-training moves with a cardio component. What’s not to love about building muscle while torching calories? Watch and learn two moves you can add to your workouts to keep your heart rate up while strength training.
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There’s no denying the incredible strength and stamina it requires to endure obstacle course races like Tough Mudder and the Spartan Race. It’s impressive enough to complete them, let alone competing against adults as a 9-year-old. Milla Bizzotto was the youngest competitor to participate in a 24-hour obstacle race that was designed by US Navy…
Strong legs are in! Not just because they look hot in shorts and leggings, but because they help you feel more badass on a long run, while pushing up a hill in your SoulCycle class, or when doing thrusters during your CrossFit WOD. This squat and lunge workout has a jumping element, known as plyometrics,…
Plank is one of the most effective total-body moves, so here’s a new challenge for you to conquer – a five-minute plank. Since holding a straight-up plank wouldn’t be any fun (and could end up causing an injury), this challenge mixes up five basic variations to not only tone your abs and arms, but to…
