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These exercises will help tone the neck muscles. “Turkey neck” is a common part of natural aging. It’s that saggy, loose skin that accumulates under the chin, caused mainly by the loss of elastin and collagen. There are other contributors, including exposure to too much sun, genetics, and significant weight loss. We all agree that aging isn’t always fair, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take action to improve the situation. If you’re ready to take control, we’re ready with five chair exercises to smooth turkey neck faster than gym machines after 60. “Chair exercises can be a better alternative…

The Year of the Fire Horse carries bold, expressive energy. It is fast moving and instinct driven, the kind of year that nudges you to stop circling your ideas and actually act on them. You may feel more decisive, more creative, and more willing to take risks. That spark is powerful. But without intention, it can also feel scattered or overstimulating. Fire is not something to suppress. It is something to tend. When it is grounded, it becomes magnetism and momentum. When it runs unchecked, it can leave you feeling depleted even while you are accomplishing more. The goal this…

Alistair Black (real name: Tom Büdgen) may have left his home in Amsterdam to pursue a love of pro wrestling, but he’s taken his European influence into every ring that he’s ever grappled in. Together with a vast background in martial arts, Black’s WWE performances offer an exciting mix of striking and chain wrestling, a rapidly waning skill that is being lost in the current era of “sports entertainment.” M&F sat down with the detail-oriented Dutchman, to find out how his training has evolved during his career so far, and how he’s passing this wisdom down to the next generation…

Machines don’t address the need for “real-life control.” If you’re training your legs at the gym, the leg press machine is likely part of your routine. This tool offers a low-impact way to strengthen major lower-body muscle groups—including the hamstrings, quads, and glutes—without placing undue stress on the lower back. That said, machines often “isolate effort” and eliminate the essential need for “real-life control,” explains Matt Bandelier, personal trainer and director of business development at Eden Health Club. So, Bandelier outlines a speedy eight-minute routine that helps restore thigh strength quicker than using the leg press machine. “The leg press…

If a random yap session or do-nothing hangout has left you feeling warm and glowy, you know how even everyday interactions can lift your spirits. “But social connection isn’t just mood-boosting,” Kasley Killam, MPH, a social scientist and author of The Art and Science of Connection, tells SELF. “It’s core to how your body is working and a driver of physical health and longevity.”That’s the idea behind the concept of social health, which Killam defines as “the dimension of your overall well-being that comes from your relationships.” In 2025, the World Health Organization released a report designating social health as…

Unilateral exercises like the single-leg Romanian Deadlift—aka the RDL— reduce muscle imbalances, strengthen stabilizer muscles, and enhance muscle development. But there are some drawbacks to these types of moves—the biggest possibly being the inevitable wobbles. Once you go heavy, fighting to stay upright oftentimes become a bigger challenge than building muscle. The fix, however, is simple: By holding a secure anchor, you’ll take the awkwardness out the exercise. Adding stability will drive more action to the working muscle. That’s the thinking behind the assisted single-leg RDL. By holding onto a rack or wall for light support, you remove balance as…

A personal fitness trainer shares a 15-minute daily circuit to shrink belly overhang, start today. As a personal trainer and fitness educator, I’ve worked with thousands of older adults, and one of their biggest concerns is the fat on their stomach and more specifically, fat that has started to hang down. Too many of them have given up and believe there’s nothing they can do about it, often making the problem worse by not exercising in any meaningful way and eating badly. Fortunately, it’s more than possible to fix this issue with some clever workout and diet choices. Here are…

Note: The point below includes discussion of disordered eating and an unhealthy relationship with exercise. Please take care while reading if these topics are sensitive for you.When I was in my twenties, I worked out a lot. I ran several days a week, pushing myself to be a little faster every time. I not only took several high-intensity yoga classes each week, but my own home practices were much the same. Although I did belong to a gym when I was in my early twenties living in NYC, I mostly used the cardio equipment — the treadmill, the elliptical machine,…

Most of us have had our good days and bad days when it comes to deadlift day. You step up to the bar, lock in your deadlift setup, and attempt to just let it rip from the floor. But something doesn’t feel right. Your grip loosens, and your lower back screams, “No, thank you.” You could either stop the set or fight through it, but heavy deadlifts don’t leave much margin for error. Some days, your body has second thoughts, such as low-back flare-ups or grip giving out before your glutes and hamstrings even fire. At times, limited mobility makes…

See bra bulge shrink after 50 with 5 standing moves from a CPT. Do them daily. After 50, a bra bulge rarely comes from weak arms alone. It usually reflects a mix of postural drift, underactive upper-back muscles, and reduced muscle tone around the shoulder blades. Dumbbells often miss the mark because they isolate muscles instead of retraining how the upper back, shoulders, and core work together. When posture collapses forward, fat and loose tissue gather where bras compress the body the most. Standing exercises change that equation. They force the body to support itself against gravity, instantly activating the…