ONE WAY SAMUEL likes to think about organizing the muscle groups of the body is by dividing them into two groups: The main muscles and accessory muscles. Your main muscles are the large driving forces ...

Build real-world upper-body strength after 60 with four standing exercises that target your shoulders, back, chest, and core.

Take this 30-second pushup test to see if your upper-body strength and endurance are years younger than your actual age.

Here are the three best exercises for building muscle, according to research (and experts): Squats “mimic many of our ...

Build serious upper-body strength after 40 with this fast 6-minute morning routine that targets your shoulders, chest, arms, ...

While the modern day gym is kitted out with various different machines and pieces of equipment to train the upper body muscles with, you can get some serious results from simply working with a set of ...

Both pull-ups and chin-ups work back muscles, but each works different muscles and uses a different grip. Knowing the ...

THE BODY IS a complex machine. Your corporeal form houses over 600 muscles, all working together to help you perform your best every day. Fitness pros tend to organize all of these into different ...

Why it rocks: “An alternating unilateral exercise increases the balance requirement of an exercise and makes this move ideal ...

Arm fat can be particularly frustrating. It’s often one of the last areas to respond to diet and exercise, and the first place to show when we gain weight. Whether you’re concerned about upper arm ...

Sitting, standing, and moving between the two seem almost involuntary, but your body's muscles are working hard to make these motions happen. Your skeleton has over 600 muscles attached, and many of ...

Nordic walking definitely counts as structured exercise and brings along the heart healthy benefits of activity. Remember ...