BODYWEIGHT BACK TRAINING is never easy. The gold standard movement is the pullup—which can be devilishly hard to do for even seasoned gym-goers—and there are sparingly few other exercises that hit ...

Trainer, author, and fitness model Kirk Charles, NASM-CPT CES, knows that as you get older, life can get more complicated. But that shouldn’t prevent you from being on top of your game. He’ll help to ...

Get underneath a bar secured in a squat rack (the higher it is, the easier the exercise will be); place your hands more than shoulder-width apart and extend your feet in front of you (a). Keeping your ...

For this basic gym necessity, you shouldn't settle for anything other than perfect form-especially because it's such a simple, essential movement that should serve as one of the centerpieces of your ...

a) Lie on the floor under a bar. b) Grab it with an underhand grip. Tense your abs and pull yourself up keeping your body straight until your chest touches the bar, then lower. Tip: Imagine trying to ...