News — Workouts

With spring in full swing and summer right around the corner, beach weather is nearly upon us. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has kept so many of us indoors for the past year, slowly but surely dissipates, making a safe trip to the beach not only appealing but imminent. If your fitness routine has taken a bit of a backseat with gyms closed and working out at home often difficult, you might be less-than-enthused about the state of your body. Shedding that “quarantine 15” will be hard work, but with the right mindset and exercises, you can rebuild your regimen in...

s With the right exercise variations, intensity, and (simple) equipment, you can do productive at-home chest workouts. If you want to build (or maintain) a powerful and proportionate pair of pecs, you want to use a variety of different at-home chest exercises to train each element of the chest muscles. Keep reading to learn the science of effective bodyweight, band, and dumbbell/kettlebell chest training and to get a free at-home chest training program. Many people who take their fitness seriously think at-home chest workouts are a waste of time.  By their lights, no amount of push-ups, band preses, or bodyweight...

Although bodyweight exercises alone can work, you’ll get better results if you can also use bands or dumbbells. Keep reading to learn the exact home workouts you should follow until you can get back in the gym (and make sure you read to the end to learn the advanced home workout strategies!). Well, here we are, quarantined because of this VIRAL BOOGALOO blitzing around the world like it’s 1941, ravaging the defenseless lungs of tens of thousands of men, women, and children. Gyms are shuttered, Charmin Ultra Soft is now worth its weight in gold ammo, and protein bars have...

The main pieces of equipment you’ll want are a power rack, barbell, weight plates, adjustable bench and dumbbells, collars, and floor tiles. Once you’ve bought those items, the next purchases to consider are a deadlift platform, dip station and belt, glute-ham raise, and some cardio equipment if you plan on doing that, too. (Keep reading to learn what brands I recommend!) So you’re thinking about building your own home gym, and probably for one or more of the following reasons: Saving hours of time every week (no driving to and from the gym!) Saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars...