Getting Started How To Turn “Skinny Fat” Into “Happy, Healthy, and Fit” Unhappy with your "skinny fat" body type? You can change things. Find out how in this article (we cover nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle tips!)
Fitness Cooldown Exercises: Must-Do or a Complete Waste of Time? We all have a limited time available to workout—so, do you really need to dedicate an additional 15 minutes to cooldown exercises? Answers here.
Fitness Why You Should Take Your Workout Outdoors Should you take your workout outdoors? Answer: yes—and research wholeheartedly agrees. Here, find out what you could gain from outdoor exercise.
Gym How Many Sets and Reps Should You Do to Build Muscle? (Exact Numbers!) The higher your training volume, the more gains you'll get ... right? Wrong. Find out exactly how many sets and reps you should do right here.
Lean Mass Will Drinking a Protein Shake Before Bed Give You Larger Gains? How can you distribute your protein consumption daily for better gains? Will drinking a protein shake right before bed help? Find answers here.
Advanced Injury-Related Chronic Pain: What Is It and How to Train Through It You're supposedly "fully healed". So, why do you still feel pain around the injury site when training? Answer: chronic pain. Find out more here.
Getting Started How To Go from the Couch to 5k If you haven't been running much (or at all), 5K seems like a reasonable target to hit. But how can you get from the couch to 5K? Find out here.
Supplements Should You Mix Creatine with Caffeine? Mix creatine with caffeine: yes or no? Find out if these two are BFFs or mortal enemies here, so you make the most of your supplements.
Ladies Do Women Build Muscle Slower Than Men? (And Other Strength Training Differences) Women can't build as much muscle (or as quickly) as men—agree? If you do, well, you're about to get the shock of your life. Let's get reading!
Fitness Is More Range of Motion on Your Exercises Always Better? More range of motion through your exercises is always better because it results in more gains. True or false? Find out for yourself here.
Weight Loss Strength Training to Lose Weight? Here’s What Matters (and What Doesn’t) How much you sweat, your heart rate, and muscle soreness—do these matter if you're strength training to lose weight? Find out in this article.
Diet 3 Foods You Don’t Have to Avoid in Your Fitness Journey Carbs, artificial sugar, and soy protein — if you want gains and weight loss, all these got to go when you start on your fitness journey. Right?
Gym How To Choose the Best Gym for You Looking to settle down? Just so we're clear: we're talking about the gym. Still interested? Then these tips on how to choose a gym are for you.
Ladies Diastasis Recti: What Is It, and Can You Fix It with Exercises? What is diastasis recti - and can you "fix" it with exercises? Ans: you can. But there are a few things to note. Find out more in this article.
Fitness Does Exercise Always Result in Weight Loss? Exercise equals weight loss. Or does it? In actuality, the relationship between physical activity and weight is complicated. We explore why here.
Lifestyle How Much Water Should You Drink a Day? Should you be guzzling water 24/7? Is everyone chronically dehydrated? In this article, find out (exactly) how much water you should drink a day.
Fitness Barbell vs. Dumbbell: Is There a Clear Winner? Barbell vs. dumbbell - which should you choose? And, perhaps more importantly, does it even matter in the grand scheme of things? We explore.
Motivation How to Get Motivated to Workout (or Do Anything, Really) Don't feel like heading to the gym? Missing a session one time is fine. But long-term? Not so great, TBH. Here's how to get motivated to workout.
Fitness Ectomorph, Endomorph, Mesomorph: Does Your Body Type Matter? Ectomorph, endomorph, mesomorph: should your body type influence how you train and eat? Will you see better results if you do? Find answers here.
Fitness How to Force Growth in a Lagging Muscle Group (Or Lift) Frustrated by your lack of progress in the gym? Here are 4 things you could do to "force" growth in any lagging muscle group or lift.
Getting Started How to Determine the Best Squat Stance for You There's no one-size-fits-all squat stance. Instead, it depends on hip anatomy. Learn the best stance you should adopt for stronger squats here.
Lifestyle Is Exercise Bad for Your Knees? The knee cartilage wears out with usage - so you should avoid working out ... right? Wrong. Exercise isn't bad for the knees. At all. Here's why.
Getting Started Beat “Gymtimidation”. Here’s How. Dread or fear going to the gym because you feel judged? That's a common phenomenon known as "gymtimidation"; find out how to overcome that here.
Gym How To Get Bigger Biceps As with training other muscle groups, the best way to get bigger biceps is an in-depth understanding of its anatomy. This article is going to cover all the angles to attack your biceps from theory to practical application.
Lifestyle Featured New Year Resolutions: The Secret to (Actually) Achieving Them It's been a long time since you've achieved any of your New Year resolutions - why? Find out in this article so you can make 2022 different.
