If you engage in any sort of athletic endeavor, you know that any stretching you do tends to emphasize the lower body, if you even stretch at all. It makes sense: Your hamstrings, quads, and calves ...
Many daily activities-steering a car, typing on a keyboard, chopping vegetables for dinner, even hugging someone you love-are forward- reaching movements. Even in yoga practice, you're often ...
Below you’ll find nine different tricep exercises, focused specifically on that muscle group. We found the top fitness trainers to create everything from bodyweight, to Tabata, to dumbbell workouts ...
Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...
Stretching for neck and shoulders is an important part of any recovery routine (especially now that we're working from home!). Try this easy routine. If you’ve been following along with the plan ...
Think doing the best bicep exercises is enough to get you jacked arms like The Rock? You’re mistaken. Yes, the biceps may give your arms that nice rounded ‘peak’ in the front of your t-shirt, but it's ...
The primary benefit of the French press is building triceps strength and muscle. ‘How much strength or growth you get depends on load, intensity and how close you train to fatigue, but that’s the main ...
Let me hit you with a very controversial health statement: Stretching is just as important, if not more important, than your workout. Okay, that might not seem controversial, but you would think so ...
The next time you’re stretching after a workout or as part of your morning routine, pay attention to your form. Even though many twists and folds seem pretty straightforward, there are quite a few ...