Short on time? You don’t need an hour-long block on your calendar to work out. You don’t even need a gym membership. But you do need a plan. Bench-pressing for half an hour isn’t the best use of your ...
High-Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has become one of the most effective fitness strategies in the United States for ...
Sore muscles don’t build strength – recovery does. While most gym-goers obsess over workout intensity, elite athletes know the real gains happen between sessions. Understanding how to accelerate ...
He and his colleagues have found that even five- to 10-minute bursts of an exercise with an intensity like running, and as ...
Working out indoors has become more than a seasonal affair this year. As we spend more and more time working out at home, the fitness industry has gotten creative, with clever, new products to make ...
“People start out in a new workout routine who maybe haven't exercised in a long time or haven't been doing quite the same ...
This weekend’s swim workout features a 500 time-trial set. Do it this weekend, and then mark a date on your calendar about a month out and do it again. Having a recurring test set is not just a good ...
In order to get faster, you have to practice running fast. Of course, this isn’t as simple as tackling all your miles at a higher pace. Instead, you need to incorporate running speed workouts into ...
Sprint sets are a great way to boost your speed and confidence in the water. This swim workout from coach Sara McLarty uses short bursts of speed as building blocks of a pyramid, gradually building in ...