If you thought the “gun show” was just for the guys, think again! Curls can literally be for the girls, which means beautifully sculpted arms for you. And what’s great is that there are all kinds of exercises to better your biceps without the boredom of doing the same move over and over again. When you’re ready to shed the winter layers and sweater come spring, the work you do … [Read more...]
5 Next-Level Burpee Variations
If there’s one exercise sure to ignite fat burning in your body, it’s the burpee. Also known as the exercise people love to hate, burpees combines multiple movements into one, which leave you gassed into no time fast. The Four-Step Burpee Basics Never done a burpee before? Let us introduce you to the curse-causing cardio movement, which can essentially be broken down into … [Read more...]
No-Running, Fat-Burning Treadmill Exercises
Nothing can make you feel more like you’re headed on a exercise road going nowhere than the dreaded treadmill. After all, you are literally walking, jogging, or running in place, making the treadmill quickly reminiscent of a human hamster wheel. Sure, you’re burning some calories, but even if you’re running your heart out (not literally!), taking a straightforward, cardio-only … [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...]
Set Up Your Fitness Reps and Sets for Peak Progress
Regardless of the type of fitness you do, you’re probably familiar with the practice of reps and sets. As a quick refresher, reps--or repetitions--are the number of times you perform an exercise or movement. Sets are the number of times you perform that quantity of reps. So if you were told to do three sets of push-ups at 15 reps, you would be doing a total of 45 push-ups with … [Read more...]