Leg day is pretty much synonymous with post-workout sore muscles, including the inability to move or use stairs without looking a bit stiff like Frankenstein. So it goes without saying that strength-based lower body exercises work your lower limbs--not to mention your core and stabilizer muscles--with great effect. Despite the pain, we love leg day as building … [Read more...]
No Equipment, No Problem – Easy Exercise Swaps to Try Today
You might think to have the best fitness program possible, you need to join a gym. After all, they tend to be great places to exercise, offering variety and stability in ways not always possible when working out at home. Gyms also tend to provide plenty of equipment might be beyond your budget or space availability if you were to try to duplicate it on your own. But for as … [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...]
Better Booty Workout: How to Go from Flat to Curvy
In this day and age when the trends seem to be all about the backside, your rear situation might be falling a bit flat. But thanks to the exercises we’ve outlined below, you can transform your booty from flat to all that. Caution: curves ahead! Pop Squats: While the name of this move might make you think of twerking, it’s actually a plyometrics movement, which involves … [Read more...]
Sick of Squats? 6 Tips to Shake Things Up
If you know the benefits of doing squats--weighted or bodyweight--then this stand-up, sit-down motion is one with which you are probably pretty familiar. So familiar, in fact, that it’s possible you’re downright sick of them. Sure, you love how squats help to shape your legs and butt. And yes, do enough of them, and it’s like getting a full-on cardio workout, too. Fat is … [Read more...]