Basketball is the sport I grew up playing the most back in the 1970s. But these days, whenever I play with a 40-and-older group (what I call the “belly-bumper” crowd) the game becomes far less ...

If you’ve ever done a bear plank, you know how challenging the exercise can be on your core, glutes, hips, shoulders, and triceps. That’s especially true for anyone who works all day sitting at a desk ...

Ready for a challenge? Grab a medicine ball and try the juggling plank, which might just be the hardest upper body exercise you'll do all week. There’s no easy plank. That’s a fact. Whether you’re on ...

Bodyweight exercises after 45 that build strength fast, from CSCS Jarrod Nobbe, with form tips and progressions.

A plank is more difficult than it looks. You have to use all of your muscle groups, including your core, abs, arms, back, shoulders, glutes and legs. It’s normal to struggle to do a plank. Many of my ...

Balance on your hands and toes with your body in one straight line, hands underneath your shoulders and feet hip-width distance apart. To make this move more challenging, elevate your feet onto a step ...

Until very recently, my upper body strength has been questionable, at best. My core strength, however, has never been better - something I’m attributing to my dedication to home Pilates workouts and ...

From the gym to your own living room - plank exercises are everywhere and are considered one of the most effective ways to strengthen your core and get a flat stomach. But why are they so effective?

If something is important to you, you'll make time, right? But maybe you really don't have time to exercise. Maybe you have a full-time job, a family, a dog, a house to clean, 12 loads of laundry to ...

The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day can be treacherous from a health and wellness perspective. Holiday gatherings inevitably include higher consumption of salt, sugar, fat and alcohol.

If you have a balanced, well-structured workout plan, one of the highlights on your strength training calendar will be back day. Whether you take on the task of strengthening your upper body's ...

The weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day can be treacherous from a health and wellness perspective. Holiday gatherings inevitably include higher consumption of salt, sugar, fat and alcohol.