Category: Fitness

Most gyms have a cylindrical cushion somewhere near the squat rack. (If it’s not there, check out the Smith machine.) When I first started squatting, […]

If you train hard on Monday, then on Tuesday you will get a little tired. You can still go to the gym, but your performance […]

We worked on our pressure grip with grabs and our support grip with hanging and deadlifts . Now it’s time for a different type of […]

When you first start deadlifts, you’re probably thinking about how heavy they are on your back, glutes, and legs. But once movement becomes second nature, […]

I am a person who knows how to appreciate the huge variety of squats in our world. High squats, low squats, front squats, back squats […]

It takes time to learn how to use the elevator. Whether you are honing deadlifts or trying to learn the snatch, videos can help you […]

If you’ve been doubting your gym lately, perhaps due to the recent flock of adherents to the solution, it might be time to quit – […]

Last week we talked about how to make wheel rolling out for the press less crap, but this may not be your style. Maybe you […]

It’s January … which means your gym is teeming with determination lovers. And that’s okay! If people want to be better, they have the same […]

If heavy barbells scare you, you are not alone. Until you gain experience (both lifting and watching others lift), you may feel mild horror at […]

This month at the Lifehacker Fitness Challenge, we’re going to fight an abs wheel, or an abs roller, or “shit, I fell facedown again.” Last […]

Training plans often recommend lifting the weight so many times that you can barely complete the last rep. This is called a lift to failure, […]

Ready for the first fitness challenge of 2020? We’re going to get to know the infamous press wheel, better known as “Hey, what’s this? I […]

Workout apps are great, but I strongly believe in the old-fashioned workout diary . Since last spring, I’ve been jotting down my workouts in a […]

January is a great time to work out in the gym. So many new friends! Maybe one of them will eventually become your longtime workout […]

If you’ve come home on vacation and visited your local gym to sweat, you probably already know that not all gyms are created equal. Some […]

We’ve done some strength and flexibility tests, so I guess it’s fair to do them for cardio. Your Fitbit or Apple Watch might give you […]

We are nearing the finish line in our year-end test series. You measured your flexibility and your progress in pull-ups (or their skill) . Now […]

We’ve all heard the phrase “use your core” in relation to lifting weights. And your core strength is critical – we’ve written about this in […]

Do you want to tighten up? Can you do a few already, but want to move on? Our year-end fitness test series features multiple levels […]

For eight years I could not grow hair on my legs along my shins. The blame, you guessed it, is the regular deadlift . I […]

The barbell squat is a great exercise to incorporate into our daily routine, but some of us find it difficult to get used to the […]

In the last month of 2019, we’re going to do some exercises to measure progress and set goals. Whether you’ve been training hard this year […]

Arbitrary classifications of strength are stupid. I know this, and yet I continue to monitor how my climbs compare across different charts and instruments. The […]

I’ve been doing weightlifting for a long time, but I got serious about my squats, bench press and deadlift just over a year ago. Last […]

So far, in our test of strange lifts, I have asked you to do a one-arm deadlift and a one-arm dumbbell snatch . Now for […]

If you don’t have time to play sports, welcome to the club. (I do exercise a lot, but after a few days I get overwhelmed […]

I’m glad more than zero of you joined me for the one-arm deadlift last week. Strange, but cool, right? We have another one arm lift […]

The first step in lifting the barbell is loading the dumbbells onto the barbell. Some gyms only have one type of barbell and it weighs […]

Deadlifts are a great way to work almost half of the muscles in your body, especially your hamstrings and back. But if you can’t hold […]

At the Lifehacker Fitness Challenge, we did a lot of different exercises, from barbell lifts to endurance sports , yoga and more. However, this month […]

Mary Kane is not the first or last person to be told she needs to be slimmer to be a better athlete, but her colorful […]

Hey, remember January? It was a long time ago, but you probably set some goals for yourself regarding what you would like to achieve this […]

We made it to October, which means that the month of cardio intervals is over, and now we can lie on the floor, sweat and […]

You can do cardio intervals just about anywhere, as we found out during our fitness competition this month : your living room is classic, or […]

You don’t need special socks to pick up the barbell and put it back down . They are by no means needed. But I found […]

Many of us have come a certain way in fitness. First, you treat each workout as it is: do this activity or go with a […]

We’re exploring different types of interval training this month , but running and rowing aren’t the only ways to do cardio. Short intervals are good […]

Almost every gym I’ve been to had one rowing machine, sometimes two, and no one ever used it. It’s a shame because it is a […]

It’s time to take your cardio up a notch and do some intervals this October! (Intervaltober? HIITober? Well, never mind.) There are many ways to […]