Most people agree—aside from building bigger arms and bulging pecs, there's nothing that screams I'm in shape than abs. While a six-pack starts in the kitchen (even more so for an eight-pack), cable ...

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 ...

The plank is a standard core training exercise, one that fires up abs and glutes and lower back. But once you master the plank, it's also a recipe for boredom, with little variety and little new way ...

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 ...

After a while, taking on the same workout over and over again gets boring. We love dumbbell rows to build up a strong, solid back, but you can only perform the standard version of the exercise so many ...

In the world of fitness, efficiency is king. While many beginners gravitate toward isolated movements like bicep curls, expert trainers are shifting the focus toward compound exercises—movements that ...

Spice it up and send your abs and your mid-back into serious overdrive with the plank row hellset, a deadly workout finisher from Men's Health fitness director Ebenezer Samuel, C.S.C.S. Here, you're ...