You Can Do a Muscle-Up. Here's How
Unless you’re already a trained gymnast, bar muscle-ups are one of the most challenging bodyweight movements you can attempt. In addition to requiring significant core and upper-body strength, muscle-ups demand excellent m
How to Train Type 1 Muscle Fibers for Greater Endurance
If your goal is to PR a marathon, climb a mountain, or crush your coworkers in the annual office plank competition, you need to understand type 1 muscle fibers and how to build them. Of the two primary types of skeletal musc
How to Do the Clam Shell Exercise to Fire Up Your Side-Butt
Anyone who spends a lot of the day sitting could probably stand to strengthen their glutes. And the clam shell exercise is an excellent way to do just that. But it also offers a whole lot more. This exercise—which is a stap
I Swapped My AirPods for the New Google Pixel Buds—Here’s How They Stack Up
On the bike where you’re stationary, the touch controls worked flawlessly. I was able to turn on noise cancellation with a press and hold, which really allowed me to immerse myself into my workout. The traffic underneath my
How a Weighted Vest Can Amp Up Your Walks—And How to Start Using One
The humble walk has gained a trendy new accessory: the weighted vest. Historically used by CrossFitters and soldiers-in-training, these devices strap right on to your chest to add—you guessed it—extra weight. And recently
Introducing Ten Minute Time Machine: Your Secret to Turning Back the Clock
Are you ready to defy time and achieve your fitness goals in just 10 minutes a day? Introducing Ten Minute Time Machine, a revolutionary new fitness program designed to help you rewind the clock and feel stronger, healthier,
3 Benefits of Adding a Weighted Vest to Your Workout
A weighted vest might be the workout tool that your workouts have been missing. Because they’re wearable, they can add resistance to almost any exercise you perform — like calisthenics exercises and cardio exercises — t
WTF Are Toe Spacers and Do They Actually Make Your Workout Better?
Real talk: When was the last time you stretched out your toes? If the answer is, um, never, TikTok would like to have a word with you. Fitfluencers are raving about the power of toe spacers to help you avoid injury, run bette
If I Don’t Get Sore After a Workout, Does That Mean It’s Not…Working?
“No pain, no gain” is a long-standing mantra in the fitness world, suggesting a workout has to leave you writhing in a world of hurt in order to be effective. Social media supports this notion, with tons of TikTok videos
What Compression Socks Can—and Can’t—Do for Your Workouts
Of course, how you feel the day or two after a race or a heavy lifting session may matter more to you than your levels of certain blood chemicals. And several studies have found people report perceiving less discomfort in the