Dropping into a set of one-arm push-ups sends a few different messages, the first of which is that you have upper-body strength for days. Secondly, you’re...
Adding structure to your fitness routine can make your workouts more purposeful and efficient, minimize the risk of injury, and yield even better results. One simple...
As bodyweight exercises go, it’s hard to find fault with the push-up. It’s convenient, challenging, functional, and it builds muscle without beating up your joints. Among...
There aren’t many bodyweight movements that mobilize as much upper-body muscle as the triceps dip exercise. Spanning two joints and four major muscles, classic bar dips...
You can get a great chest and triceps workout at home without weights — take it from Robert Herbst, a 19-time World Champion powerlifter and member of the...
The push-up to side plank is a true full-body exercise. This move takes the push-up, which is already a crazy-effective full-body strength move on its own,...
Looking to change up your chest-day routine? Try targeting other muscles in your torso too. “If you’re training your chest, your abs will usually be...
To many fitness pros, building powerful, heaving chest muscles begins and ends with pressing movements: the bench press; the push-up; the incline bench press. But if you’ve benched...
Generally, strength-training objectives fall into a handful of major buckets: strength, power, endurance, and hypertrophy (muscle building). So determining something like how many push-ups you should do...
The push-up is one of those classic exercises that seem to appear in almost every workout — and with good reason. It’s a highly functional movement that...