Adults should aim for 150 minutes of aerobic activity a week and muscle-strengthening activities twice a week to maintain and improve their health. Muscle-strengthening activities are important for ...

If you're looking to strengthen your lower body, squats are one of the most effective exercises you can do. As a compound exercise that works several large and powerful muscle groups, squats get your ...

No matter what workout routine you do, there’s a chance the squat will make an appearance. We do a lot of squatting during our normal daily activities so it may feel so familiar that you assume you ...

Once again, 30-day fitness challenges are all the rage on social media. Whether it's a family workout challenge, a flat-abs-in-30-days challenge, or a popular 10-minutes-of-yoga-a-day-for-30-days ...

A split squat, also known as a Bulgarian split squat, is an intermediate-level exercise that mainly targets the muscles of the lower body. The split squat exercise is just as the name suggests — you ...

Take this simple squat test to see if your lower-body strength after 50 is below average, solid, or truly elite.

To start with, I used to hate front squats, too, so I don’t want to hear any “but they hurt my wrists” business, OK? Front squats are an amazing exercise for your legs and—secretly—for your back. They ...

Running is a repetitive activity in the sagittal plane–the plane of motion in which you move forward and backward. So, at first thought, it may not make sense to slot side-to-side exercises into your ...

Discover the squat and sit-to-stand benchmarks that show your leg strength after 50 is elite and how to maintain lower-body ...