strength training
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Work Every Muscle With This Bodyweight Exercise Chart
Putting together a bodyweight workout routine is easy: just do some pushups, and some squats, and some…uh…other stuff. To get a balanced workout, you have to know which exercises target which muscles. This is why we love this super simple bodyweight exercise chart from Darebee.
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Why Pistol Squats Are So Hard (and How to Do Them Anyway)
Pistol squats are among the bodyweight strength world’s most impressive feats, right next to things like backflips or a perfect handstand. Well, I can’t do those other two, but I can knock out a bunch of pistol squats. Let’s talk about what goes into one.
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Are Sit-Ups Actually Bad for Your Back?
If you’ve ever trained for a military fitness test or been made to do the presidential fitness test in gym class, you know the sit-up. Somebody holds down your feet, and you sit up as many times as you can before the test is over. But then again, you may have also heard that sit-ups…
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What Are ‘Active Recovery Days’ (and How Can You Make the Most of Them)?
If you’re just getting started with an exercise program, you know you can’t go hard every single day. Taking a day off between intense workouts is usually recommended in order to reduce fatigue and give your muscles time to repair. Not all recovery days, however, require total rest.