Fitness Essentials

The sport can benefit your cardiovascular health, lower stress and blood pressure, and improve your agility and balance:

Martial arts classes can burn up to 1,000 calories per hour, plus the disciplines also improve flexibility, strength, stamina, concentration, and confidence.

Weeding, planting, and mowing the lawn is a workout in itself. It's time we give those with a green thumb the credit they deserve in the world of fitness.

Whether he's playing an Alpha werewolf or the Man of Steel, there is no denying that there is something magnetic about Tyler Hoechlin.

You might not recognize the word plyometrics, but there's a chance you have experience with this family of exercises. They're popular in gym classes everywhere.

Pickleball has been sweeping across the United States, becoming one of the fastest-growing sports around.

When you're burning through hundreds of calories, enjoying some guilt-free indulgence seems like a fair reward. But you might be making this mistake.

If you've felt like your fitness has hit a wall, your workout plan might be to blame. This is why doing the same workout every day isn't such a good idea.

If you have tight hips, squats can also lead to some discomfort in your hip flexors, ranging from a mild feeling of tightness to a searing pain.

Elizabeth Olsen doesn't hesitate to share her secrets, including the very personal reason exercise became important to her over the last decade.

For those who struggle to do a push-up, an inclined version is a smart starting point to teach you proper form, and it still has plenty of benefits for experts.

You may think of leg warmers and big hair when you hear the words step-up aerobics, but are you aware of the impressive workout this fit routine offers?

Recently viral on TikTok, the 75 Hard challenge was created by podcaster Andy Frisella. Here's what the 75 Hard fitness challenge entails.

Yawning during your workouts? It's actually a common occurrence, and it doesn't necessarily mean you're tired or bored.

The rower might be a fun alternative to other gym machines, because it not only burns calories, but can also make you stronger.

If you have knee pain while doing squats, your form might be to blame. Here's what to do when your squat routine is hurting your knees.

Country singer Carrie Underwood released a new fitness app called fit52 last year, designed to meet people where they are on their fitness journey.

f you've ever done a hard high-intensity workout and hit your mental and physical limit partway through, you know what it feels like to be in the pain cave.

The fitness routine EMOM stands for every minute on the minute. Learn what EMOM workouts entail and if they have any specific benefits for your health.

While mirrors may be linked with strength training at the gym, there are some real benefits to exercising in front of a mirror. This is why you should try.

There are multiple reasons you should be climbing stairs daily, including its impressive calorie-burning ability. This is what really happens when you take the stairs more often, from boosting muscles to helping your sleep cycle.

You have to give your body enough time to digest your food before you start working out, but how long you need to wait will depend on how large of a meal you ate. The more you ate, the longer you have to wait.

If doing a set of push-ups leaves your wrists more sore than your core, it may be time to tweak your form, dial back your training regimen, or work on your wrist mobility.

While cracking open a cold beer after a hard workout might sound like a perfect way to finish a sweaty session, it might not be the ideal recovery beverage.