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How to Do Leg Extensions to Build Strong, Sculpted Quads

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By Jaime Osnato

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The 5 Most Underrated Leg Exercises You Probably Aren't Doing (but Should)

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By Kim Grundy, PT

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This Is the Ideal Work-to-Rest Ratio for Maximum HIIT Results

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By Bojana Galic

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This 20-Minute Superset Ab Workout Will Burn Fat and Strengthen Your Core

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By Bojana Galic

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This Squat Variation Sculpts Your Abs and Arms While Stretching Your Hips

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By Rachel Grice

Man doing a chest fly with dumbbells during an upper-body superset workout

The 10-3-45 Dumbbell Workout Builds a Stronger Upper Body

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By Jaime Osnato

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The Lunge Variation Trainers Want You to Avoid

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By Jaime Osnato

Athletic woman doing weighted lunges with barbell on a back

5 Lower-Body Exercise Swaps for Long-Term Gains

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By Bojana Galic

Get More Burn From Your At-Home Glute Workouts With These 3 Supersets

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By Bojana Galic

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How to Do the Stiff-Leg Deadlift for a Strong and Sculpted Backside

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By Rachel Grice

An athlete wearing a blue shirt, leggings and black hat is doing a step-up exercise at home while a tortoiseshell cat looks on during the 4-week legs challenge

The 4-Week Legs Challenge Builds Lower-Body Strength and Stamina

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By Bojana Galic

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The 5 Hardest Ab Exercises You Can Do With a Mini Band

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By Jaime Osnato

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Want to Age Well? Here's the One Surprising Thing You Should Do Every Day

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By Bojana Galic

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12 Essential Lower-Body Exercises for Your 50s, 60s, 70s and Beyond

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By Bojana Galic

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How to Do Leg Raises for Strong, Sculpted Lower Abs

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By Jaime Osnato

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The Challenging Plank Variation That Fires Up Your Shoulders and Your Butt

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By Aubrey Bailey

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Can’t Do a Box Jump? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You

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By Sholeen Lagadien

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Toes Hurt During Planks? Here Are 6 Ways to Ease the Ache

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By Kim Grundy, PT

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Can't Climb a Rope? What Your Body Is Telling You

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By Bojana Galic

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How to Do the Dumbbell Deadlift for Total-Body Strength and Muscle

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By Gabrielle Kassel

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Strong woman athlete doing chin-ups during calisthenics workout

Can’t Do a Chin-Up? Here’s What Your Body’s Trying to Tell You

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By D'Annette Stephens

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A 20-Minute Landmine Workout That Sculpts Your Butt and Legs

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By Jaime Osnato

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8 Side Lunge Mistakes That Make the Move Ineffective (and Potentially Painful)

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By Sara Lindberg

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You Can Do This 20-Minute Butt and Ab Workout Lying Down

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By Bojana Galic

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The 5-Minute Daily Core Workout

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By Kim Grundy, PT

This Small Change During Squats Will Help Protect Your Knees From Injury

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By Bojana Galic

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5 Hip Thrust Mistakes Making Your Butt Workouts Less Effective

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By Bojana Galic

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Strengthen Your Chest and Light Up Your Abs With Stability Ball Push-Ups

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By Sholeen Lagadien

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Elbows Hurt From Planking? Here Are 7 Ways to Ease the Discomfort

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By Molly Triffin

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The 6 Best Types of Exercise to Reduce Inflammation

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By Bojana Galic

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a woman having a hard time with an overhead press exercise, working with a female trainer

Struggling With Overhead Presses? Here’s What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You

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By Richard Adefioye

Expert Reviewed

young adult sporty woman doing a squat jump, a glute combination exercise on a concrete staircase outside

The Best 2-In-1 Glute Exercises to Build Your Butt and Burn Calories

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By Lauren Bedosky

Expert Reviewed

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Pain With Triceps Dips? Here's What Your Body Is Trying to Tell You

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By Jaime Osnato

All You Need for This 20-Minute Back Workout Is a Towel

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By Bojana Galic

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The 5 Most Underrated Arm Exercises You're Probably Not Doing (but Should)

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By Amy Schlinger, NASM-CPT

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The 11 Best Massage Guns of 2024, According to Physical Therapists and Trainers

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By Emily Abbate, CPT

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Wrist Pain Doing Push-Ups? Try These 4 Simple Modifications

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By Bojana Galic

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How to Do the Crab Walk Exercise for Total-Body Strength and Mobility

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By Jaime Osnato

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5 Russian Twist Variations That’ll Set Your Obliques on Fire

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By Bojana Galic

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4 Mistakes Making Your Bulgarian Split Squats Way Less Effective — and Potentially Painful

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By Rachel Grice

Expert Reviewed

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This Advanced Glute Bridge Variation Sculpts Your Butt and Hamstrings

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By Jaime Osnato

Expert Reviewed

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Do This 20-Minute Side-to-Side and Rotational Workout for Healthy Joints

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By Molly Triffin

Expert Reviewed

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8 Must-Follow Tips for Working Out After COVID-19

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By Jaime Osnato

an athlete wearing pink and black leggings and a white tank top with a long ponytail doing a plank exercise in a gym on a blue yoga mat in front of medicine balls

The Only 7 Pilates Moves You Need for a Stronger, More Toned Upper Body

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By Bojana Galic

Expert Reviewed

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The 5 Best Core Exercises for Beginners, According to a Trainer

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By Mallory Creveling

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6 Strength-Training Variations for Plus-Sized Athletes

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By Bojana Galic

Expert Reviewed

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How to Do the Clamshell Exercise to Sculpt Strong, Well-Rounded Glutes

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By Bojana Galic

Expert Reviewed

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Torch Calories With This 20-Minute Low-Impact Stair Cardio Workout

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By Bojana Galic

Woman performing isometric row back exercise

The 5 Hardest Back Exercises You Can Do at Home

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By Jaime Osnato

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Do This Daily 30-Minute Workout to Lose Weight and Gain Strength Just in Time for Summer

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By Jaime Osnato

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The Windshield Wiper Exercise Takes Your Ab Workouts to the Next Level

Fitness

By Sarah Kuta and Jessica Campbell-Salley

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The 7 Best Hybrid Bikes of 2024, According to Cycling Experts

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By Bojana Galic

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How to Do the 12 Basic Hatha Yoga Poses With Perfect Form

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By Sara Lindberg

Expert Reviewed

Young Bald Athlete Doing Jumping Jacks on the Street

8 Cardio Exercises That Also Strengthen Your Arms

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By Jaime Osnato

Young Male Athlete Practicing Push-Ups At Home

Do This Plank Variation Every Day for Core Strength and Hip Mobility

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By Amy Schlinger, NASM-CPT

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The 6 Best Half-Marathon Training Apps to Help Reach Your Goals

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By Bojana Galic

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Finally Tackle the Pistol Squat With These 5 Leg Exercises

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By Bojana Galic

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The 13 Best Power Racks for Your Home Gym, According to Trainers

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By Bojana Galic

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5 Mistakes That Make Rear Delt Raises Less Effective (and How to Fix Them)

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By Jaime Osnato

Expert Reviewed

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5 Mistakes That Make Russian Twists Less Effective (and Potentially Painful)

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By Jaime Osnato

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6 Dumbbell Exercises to Replace Your Favorite Barbell Lifts at Home

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By Bojana Galic

The 6 Hardest Upper-Body Exercises You Can Do With a Mini Band

Fitness

By Lauren Bedosky

Expert Reviewed

Smiling person with a ponytail doing a wall sit during her at-home workout with an iPad

How to Do a Wall Sit for Toned Legs

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By Jaime Osnato

Expert Reviewed

woman doing a body-weight Bulgarian split squat at home with a tablet

The 43 Best Body-Weight Exercises, No Equipment Needed

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By Molly Triffin

Expert Reviewed

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Can You Exercise With COVID?

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By Bojana Galic

Young adult woman practicing a deep yoga squat in garland position

The 5 Best Mobility Moves to Deepen Your Squat — Glute Gains Guaranteed

Fitness

By Kim Grundy, PT

Happy male athlete exercising lunges on the city street.

How Low Do You Really Need to Lunge?

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By Bojana Galic

Woman doing a side lunge with a single dumbbell during a side butt workout at the gym

This 20-Minute Dumbbell Side Butt Workout Guarantees Well-Rounded Glutes

Fitness

By Bojana Galic

Woman performing sumo squat with dumbbell.

The 6 Hardest Hamstring Exercises You Can Do With One Dumbbell

Fitness

By Rachel Grice

a trainer does a pike push-up on a black yoga mat in front of a plant to demonstrate one of the hardest arm exercises with a purple background

11 of the Hardest Arm Exercises You Can Do at Home

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By Bojana Galic

Woman doing deadlifts with barbell at home.

The Only 4 Barbell Exercises You Need for a Powerful Back

Fitness

By Jaime Osnato

Calm muscular guy doing the inchworm exercise as part of his workout warm-up

The Full-Body Mobility Move That Stretches Your Hamstrings While Strengthening Your Core

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Whether you're looking for cardio workouts, strength training or yoga, our fitness workouts page has something for everyone. We offer a variety of workout plans, including beginner-friendly routines and advanced workouts for more experienced athletes.

Our team of fitness experts provides advice on how to optimize your workouts, including tips on how to avoid injury and how to target specific muscle groups. We also offer nutrition advice to help you fuel your body for optimal performance.

We believe that a well-rounded fitness routine is essential to achieving your goals. That's why we offer resources on all aspects of fitness, including as stretching, recovery and injury prevention."