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Upgrade your walk with these 5 core-tightening sequences you can start today. Tightening your core is crucial for leading a healthy, active lifestyle. After all, your core is basically “body central,” giving you solid power, balance, and posture to conquer daily life. It provides a supportive base to help your body parts move freely. A strong core will also protect you from injuries and help you walk, lift, bend, and do everyday tasks so much easier. Your core includes your abs, obliques, pelvic floor, lower back, glutes, and hips all working together, so it’s clear to see the importance of…

There’s a lot of debate about weight machines in the fitness world. Some people gravitate towards them because they seem a heck of a lot easier than cranking out some reps with a pair of dumbbells or a barbell. Others (especially some trainers) say that they’re not the best exercise tool for everyone, since they tend to work muscles in isolation, rather than with the kinds of compound, total-body movements you can do with free weights.In fact, trainers generally agree that a well-rounded strength training program shouldn’t rely solely on machines. But that doesn’t mean there is no place in…

In our quest to crush our muscle building goals, we often chase the latest trends and technology in favor of tried and tested moves but dusting off those old school exercises could really supercharge your gains. Recently, English soccer star Nana Boateng got social media buzzing by demonstrating an exercise that had followers both excited and running scared in equal measure. We give you the “Barbell-Between-Legs Split Squat,” also referred to as the “Jefferson Split Squat.” Boateng took to Instagram to share a video demonstrating this exercise, utilizing an elevated front foot. He joked that this was a glute exercise…

Build back leg strength safely, try these 4 chair moves to feel steadier and stronger after 65. A common concern as you age is the loss of lean muscle. Without regular strength training and adequate protein intake, you can lose 3% to 8% of muscle mass every decade after hitting 30. That rate only accelerates with age. To help optimize your workout routine, we spoke with experts to learn the best chair exercises to rebuild lost muscle after 65. “Chair-based strength training is not a lesser alternative to traditional weight training. For adults over 50, it is often a more…

By this point in the year, many people say they’re “taking it easy.” They’ve stopped pushing. Stopped planning. Stopped caring—at least temporarily. But stopping isn’t the same thing as resting. Doing nothing can feel like relief in the moment, but it often leaves us dull, restless, or oddly tired. That’s because rest isn’t defined by the absence of activity—it’s defined by the presence of restoration. Rest gives something back. Scrolling until your eyes blur isn’t rest. Avoiding decisions isn’t rest. Numbing yourself until time passes isn’t rest. Those are pauses, yes—but they’re empty pauses. Real rest has texture. It restores…

Some athletes enter the gym and repeat their training time after time, while others use each session as an opportunity to learn from both their successes and failures. Fortunately, in a recent Instagram post, the 1992–1997 Mr. Olympia brought us in on his experimental formula for pumping up the perfect biceps. Here’s how to try it for yourself. Most of us know that to build big biceps, you’ll need to exhaust the long head of the outer bicep, the short head in the inner muscle and thirdly the brachialis aspect of the bicep that is closest to the triceps. Since…

Burn more in less time, try this 12-minute standing routine built for women over 50. Losing weight after 50 feels like a completely different game than it did in your 30s and 40s. Your body has changed, your hormones have shifted, and the workouts that once worked don’t seem to deliver the same results anymore. The good news is that you don’t need to spend hours at the gym to see real progress. This 12-minute standing fat-burner routine is designed specifically for women over 50—and it works with your body, not against it. Read on to discover the science behind…

Deborah Pagani has always designed for women who know their power. She first honed her eye in the electric energy of the New York salon scene, then carried it into sculptural jewelry and hair accessories that became favorites of Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, and other women who gravitate toward pieces with presence. Her aesthetic is confident, sensual, and quietly glamorous, with a wink of nostalgia that feels entirely her own. Her newest chapter brings that point of view into haircare. Deborah Pagani Beauty was created for the woman who wants performance without sacrificing pleasure and for the woman who believes a…

Your phone’s already part of your training environment. It sits next to your water bottle, lives in your gym bag, and comes out between sets, whether you plan to use it or not. As 2025 wraps up inside the gym, the difference between repeating the same results next year and making real progress often comes down to how intentionally you use the tools already in your pocket. Most lifters treat their phone as a distraction. They scroll, answer texts, and let rest periods drift until intensity drops and workouts lose their edge. Used correctly, that same device becomes a precision…

Skip the machines, try these 5 seated moves to rebuild strong, stable shoulders. Strong shoulders play a quiet but essential role in how your body moves each day. They support posture, guide arm motion, and protect your upper body during activities ranging from lifting objects to catching yourself after a stumble. After 50, shoulder strength becomes less about pushing heavier weights and more about preserving control, comfort, and confidence through every range of motion you use. That’s where seated shoulder training earns its place. Working from a seated position reduces momentum and forces your shoulders to do the work. Free…