Pop quiz: What lower body exercise works and tones your buns, strengthens your core, helps you run faster and jump higher, and has lots of variations to keep things interesting? If "squats" were the first thing to come to mind, you’re not wrong. All of those benefits can be associated with the stand-up-sit-down style exercise. However, the answer we were actually referring … [Read more...]
Best Lower Body Exercises for Bad Knees
While it’s not always recommended to workout when you’re injured, there are times when old injuries or just the build of your body pose a problem to your fitness plan. You’re not injured per se, but if doing specific exercises causes pain, the result is both no fun and possibly unsafe. A good example are the knees. If you’ve got aches or discomfort where your legs bend, you may … [Read more...]
Spring Ahead with a Hop, Skip, and Jump Workout
The clocks have jumped ahead and the spring season has almost sprung. With the Easter bunny next to hop on in, it’s pretty hard to dismiss some obvious symbolism that could inspire your next workout. Ready to take your fitness to new heights? Fun fat loss is just a hop, skip, and jump away...literally. Spring into Plyometrics Exercises involving jumping, bounding, hopping, … [Read more...]
Get a Killer Core with Equipment-Free Pilates Exercises
There are all kinds of ways to get rock hard abs--or even just a slimmer, trimmer midsection: crunches, planks, ab wheel rollouts, and the list goes on. But maybe the best of the tummy tightening approaches is one that also promotes overall body strength, posture, and flexibility, too. It’s Pilates. Completely equipment-free Pilates exercises--no “Cadillac” or “reformer” … [Read more...]
5 Super Effective TRX Back Exercises
Sweater weather be damned; there’s no better time to build your back than now, and no better low-equipment way to do so than with TRX back exercises. Sure, falling temps may warrant warmer clothing, thus causing any back work you do to be covered up for no one but you, your significant other, and possibly your leering pet to appreciate. But remember that a great … [Read more...]