The plank is a standard core training exercise, one that fires up abs and glutes and lower back. But once you master the plank, it's also a recipe for boredom, with little variety and little new way ...

After a while, taking on the same workout over and over again gets boring. We love dumbbell rows to build up a strong, solid back, but you can only perform the standard version of the exercise so many ...

Basketball is the sport I grew up playing the most back in the 1970s. But these days, whenever I play with a 40-and-older group (what I call the “belly-bumper” crowd) the game becomes far less ...

Core stability is a foundational marker of overall fitness. While difficult to quantify, the overall strength and endurance of the muscles surrounding the waistline has a huge impact on activities of ...

NOT ALL FAST-MOVING, short-period workouts are created equal. You might think that the only thing you can do in a condensed amount of time—like, say, five minutes—would be to ramp up your heart rate ...

The word of the day is multi tasking. Let's face it: you're in the gym because you want to improve your health, fitness levels and to reap the rewards of regular exercise. But you don't want to spend ...

When you're at the gym, there is no need to work on only one body part. Multitasking moves not only save time, they also challenge the body in new ways. Add some rowing action to your plank to target ...

The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day can be treacherous from a health and wellness perspective. Holiday gatherings inevitably include higher consumption of salt, sugar, fat and alcohol.

Core stability is a foundational marker of overall fitness. While difficult to quantify, the overall strength and endurance of the muscles surrounding the waistline has a huge impact on activities of ...

Spice it up and send your abs and your mid-back into serious overdrive with the plank row hellset, a deadly workout finisher from Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Here, you're ...

The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day can be treacherous from a health and wellness perspective. Holiday gatherings inevitably include higher consumption of salt, sugar, fat and alcohol.