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Doing knee-strengthening exercises is probably not your number one priority when you visit the gym or plan your at-home workout routine. You may think that knee exercises only matter if you’re an avid marathoner or an elite athlete who’s constantly pummeling the joint. But that’s actually not true: Taking the time to strengthen this important area can go […]
Squeezing in a quick warm-up doesn’t just mentally prepare you for the work to come, it will also help prime your muscles and reduce your chance for injury. Especially during strength training sessions, where your muscles are shortening and lengthening (or going through concentric and eccentric contractions), it’s important to increase blood flow during the […]
The hips are one of those body parts that most of us don’t really think about until they’re bothering us. When you hit the gym, strengthening your hip muscles specifically probably isn’t high on the agenda. But if you’re someone who spends most days sitting, you’re likely familiar with that hip ache and tightness that […]
When it comes to training, oftentimes we forget to include lateral (or side-to-side) movements. From lunges and squats to push-ups and dips, we pack in plenty of front-to-back and up-and-down movements into our exercise pursuits, but are lacking when it comes to lateral movements. Which is odd, considering in real life we move in multiple […]
You may think that the only way to get your cardio in is through exercises such as running or indoor cycling, but that’s simply not true. Plyometric training, also known as jump or reactive training, can be just as effective. A killer combo of speed and strength, plyometrics involves quick and powerful movements that stretch […]
As you continue to work to build your aerobic capacity, we’re throwing yet another new move at you in today’s legs and cardio circuit: the crab toe touch. This exercise works the notoriously hard-to-work lower abs, which is really just the lower part of the rectus abdominis, the muscle that runs vertically from your sternum […]
This is it, the final day of the 4-Week At-Home Workout Challenge. Give yourself a big round of applause for showing up every single day. All of us at Team SELF are extremely proud of your commitment and your progress. Today’s plank and lunge cardio workout has everything: lunges, planks, squats as well as plenty […]
Listen up: Squats are great. And they’re one of the most effective exercises around because they are just so damn convenient. But while squats get all the glory, there are lots of other amazing moves that will strengthen and firm your butt, hips, and thighs, too. So we put them together into six of our […]
It’s hard to overstate how important a strong core and strong glutes are. As a fitness editor and certified trainer, I find myself harping on both of these things quite often—whether I’m talking about how a strong butt can help improve your running or how focusing on your core can be useful for relieving lower […]
