Your Training ‘Week’ Doesn’t Have to Be Seven Days Long
How many days are in your training week? If you’re like most of us, seven. But this is because we are tools, creatures of habit, small-minded folks who cannot conceive…
Here’s What It Takes to Compete As a Masters Athlete
Photo: Brett Ostrowski As we get older, staying active becomes harder. But while the pervasive belief is that aging means a steep decline in athletic performance, losing strength and fitness…
11 of Our Best Fitness Hacks of 2021 So Far
Photo: Leszek Glasner (Shutterstock) If there is one piece of fitness advice I would like to leave you with, it is this: if you are doing exercises with little to…
How to Strength Train Faster, According to Science
Photo: Khakimullin Aleksandr (Shutterstock) If you struggle to find enough time to exercise, you’re not alone. Even though effective workouts can be long, short, or anywhere in between, we often…
How Long Is the Ideal Workout?
Photo: EmirMemedovski (Getty Images) How do you know if you’re doing too much in the gym, or not enough? We’ve talked about how to manage the intensity of your exercise,…
What Does It Mean to Lift ‘Heavy’?
Photo: Flamingo Images (Shutterstock) Lift heavy to build muscle: that’s advice you’ve probably seen in a million places. But how heavy is “heavy,” and how do you know if your…