One of the world’s greatest mysteries is why losing the last 5 pounds is so much freaking harder than losing the first 5. But then again, maybe the issue isn’t that losing the last 5 pounds feels tough as hell; maybe it’s that our goal weights are 5 pounds too low.
The message is clear: There’s a standard, male or men’s version of fitness, and it doesn’t apply to you because you’re a female or woman. But the standard shouldn’t be contingent on sex or gender, and by pinking and shrinking it to make it female- or women-friendly, we hold back out trainees from their full mental and physical potential.
The other day, I decided to do step-ups… because I hate step-ups. And not just regular step-ups… lateral ones. Where you step sideways onto a platform while keeping all of your weight in one leg. I hate them because I’m not good at them. And doing things I’m not good at is not my idea of fun.
The funny thing about shoulder pain is that its very cause – movement – is also the remedy. Here are simple ways to adjust popular shoulder exercises for better, pain-free movement.
The shoulder is the most mobile joint in the human body, but for a lot of people, it’s not as mobile as it’s designed to be. Many don’t notice mobility issues until pain sets in. Here’s how to access and improve your shoulder mobility.
To demystify what sustainable, healthy weight loss looks like, let’s not only dig into the research, but also talk to the experts who help people lose weight, exercise, and explore their relationships to food, to ask them what actually works.
A muscle-up is arguably the most brag-worthy move you can do in the gym. It requires you to move your body in two distinctly difficult ways: You have to pull yourself up to the bar and then push yourself over it.
Apart from helping women max out their workouts and results, creatine can help women kick depression, feel more energetic, earn promotions at work, and sidestep chronic disease.