As far as runners go, I’m pretty chill about my gear: As long as my running shoes don’t actively hurt my feet, the elastic on my sports bra hasn’t completely stretched out, and my iPod Shuffle is charged, I’m ready to go. So the concept of “running socks” isn’t something I’ve really taken to heart, […]
Celebrity trainer Erin Oprea, who worked with Carrie Underwood for 11 years, likes to design workouts that are (a) fun and (b) suitable for a wide range of people, from beginner exercisers to hard-core regulars and everyone in between. Such versatility is “my style of training,” the Nashville-based trainer, who currently trains Maren Morris, Kelsea […]
You can have too much of a good thing in almost every aspect of life, and weight training is no different. The traditional and ever-popular bench press and dumbbell bench press are both brilliant moves for bulking up your chest, but overdo them and you can place undue stress on your shoulders, an area of […]
When you’re looking for a full-body workout you can do fast—yep, that means without packing a bag and traipsing to the gym—there are a few things you should look for in order to make sure you’re spending your time as effectively as possible. “I’d be looking for a routine that includes a component of mobility […]
It may feel a tad too warm to stock up on Gore-tex, wool, and down these days, but it’s hard to resist when you spot a really, really good deal. We’ve spotted more than a few “steals” at Backcountry’s winter clearance sale, which has loads of hygge-friendly items marked down right now, like cozy fleeces, […]
Then you can start adding some weight, says Miklaus, starting with a light bar or dumbbells. Stick to a modified range of motion at first, bringing the weights down only to your knees as you get the movement down. When you can do the move with proper form—no rounding of the back or hunching of […]
Think back to the very first time you tried an unweighted squat. Was it like ours? A bit tentative with your thighs going nowhere near parallel? But of course that was a long time ago, and now you, like us, are bottoming out well below that marker. The reason we mention it is that you’ll […]
As a California-born runner who just moved to Chicago, the prospect of my new city’s infamous winters made me a little wary—and somewhat nervous about how I’d get in at least some miles without resorting to the treadmill. I knew I was in for quite the change: When the temperature dropped in Northern California—50 degrees […]
Resistance bands really are among the best pieces of home gym equipment you can pick up. Not only are they extremely portable and easy to stuff into a cupboard between uses, but they’re also highly versatile, in that you can use them to strengthen your body as well as increasing your mobility and flexibility. This […]
It’s a well established fact that you don’t need to move to build a stronger core. Planks and all manner of other holds, also known as isometric exercises, can strengthen your core muscles, often far more effectively than rattling off 100 sit-ups. The Pallof press is anti-rotation hold exercise that will work wonders in helping […]
As someone with (not to brag) 542 indoor cycling classes under my belt, according to my stats at SoulCycle, I consider myself pretty in-the-know on proper cycling gear. There was a time when I started taking indoor cycling classes here and there and wore regular tennis shoes (a no-no)—but once I started renting cycling-specific shoes […]
The key is paying attention to how your eating strategies affect your own workouts and, if necessary, tweaking them to see whether that makes you feel any better. “The main problem I see with preworkout nutrition is people trying to follow generic recommendations without paying attention to how their body responds,” Andrews says. “A piece […]
In a perfect world, we’d all feel bright-eyed, energized, and ready to go whenever it was time for our workouts. But add in real-world complications like a hectic day of work, a too short night of sleep, or a too long social media scroll, and you might feel yourself dragging before you even complete your […]
The deadlift is an all-time great exercise and one every regular gym-goer absolutely must include in their training programme. However, it is also an exercise that people get wrong with alarming frequency – and when performed incorrectly it can put you at risk of injury, with the lower back being particularly vulnerable. If you’ve found […]
Once in the water, I was in for a shock: I could do everything I used to do. I climbed up the ladder, dove, touched the bottom of the deep end, walked on my hands underwater with my legs straight up in the air. I was mostly shocked by how shocked I was. “You made […]