What Are Fat Gripz Good For?
Our quest to explain every weird thing at the gym has now landed on Fat Gripz, the heavy rubber handles, often blue, that you can wrap around barbells and dumbbells. Their main job is...
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How to Do Front Squats Without Hurting Your Wrists
Front squats are a great exercise to work into your routine, but some of us have a hard time getting comfortable with a bar right in front of our neck and our wrists cocked...
Customize Your Yoga Flows With This Chart
If you’re used to a class, doing yoga on your own can be daunting—which poses should you choose? Or if you’re following along with a flow you found online, how can you modify or...
Zerchers Are Our Last Weird Lift of the Month
I hope you like holding a barbell in the crooks of your elbows, because that’s what we’re doing for our last weird lift of the month. The zercher lift, or zercher squat, has you...
It’s Time to Try a Jefferson Deadlift
So far in our weird lifts challenge, I’ve asked you to do a one-handed deadlift and a one-handed dumbbell snatch. Now here’s a relief: for this week’s lift, I’ll let you put both hands...
Keep Your Kids Active Indoors With Oversized Inflatable Dice
My son has learned a lot from his martial arts teacher—so many wonderful lessons about respect, discipline, determination and confidence. But my favorite take-away from the past two years of his training: Kids don’t...
This Week’s Weird Lift Is the One Hand Dumbbell Snatch
I’m glad that more than zero of you joined me for the one hand deadlift last week. Weird but cool, right? We’ve got another one handed lift this week, and this one goes overhead,...
If You Don’t Have Time for a Workout, Try Exercise ‘Snacks’ Instead
If you don’t have time to exercise, welcome to the club. (I do exercise a lot, but some days I get overwhelmed by how much time and effort it takes to commit to an...
All the Different Bars at the Gym, Explained
The first step in lifting a barbell is loading weight plates onto the bar. At some gyms, there’s only one type of bar, and it weighs 45 pounds, and that’s all you need to...
Let’s Get Weird and Try a One Handed Deadlift
We’ve done a lot of different exercises in the Lifehacker Fitness Challenge, from barbell lifts to endurance sports to yoga and more. This month will be special, though: we’re going to take on some...
Thinness and Fitness Are Not the Same Thing
Mary Cain is not the first or the last person to be told she has to be thinner to be a better athlete, but her powerful story about quitting Nike’s running team shows just...
Take Advantage of the Time Change to Start Working Out Early
I’m a reluctant morning exerciser. I hate waking up at 6, but my day goes better when I get my workout in early. This week is a special week, then, for folks like me...
How Was Your Month of Interval Workouts?
We made it through October, which means the month of cardio intervals is over and we now get to lie on the floor, sweating and panting, and vowing to never do this again. Read...
The Latest Iffy Wellness Trend Is CBD-Infused Workout Gear
There’s no shortage of products that are being filled, soaked, or sprinkled with cannabidiol, the non-mind-altering ingredient in cannabis otherwise known as CBD. And the latest trend is sure to appeal to the wellness...
How to Get a Great Interval Workout on Gym Cardio Machines
You can do cardio intervals just about anywhere, as we’re discovering during this month’s fitness challenge: your living room is a classic, or you can hop on a bike or lace up your running...
If You Deadlift, Get Deadlift Socks
You do not need special socks to be able to pick up a barbell and put it down again. They are not necessary in any way. But I found my deadlift training sessions went...
Why Your Workouts Feel So Hard Sometimes
There’s a certain path through fitness that a lot of us have taken. First you take each workout as it comes: do this class, or tag along with that friend at the gym. Then,...
The Best Interval Workouts You Can Do in Your Living Room
We’re exploring different types of interval workouts this month, but running and rowing aren’t the only ways to do your cardio. Short intervals lend themselves well to home workouts. Read more… Read more
How to Start Practicing Yoga with Your Kids
Kids love yoga. And adults love it when kids do yoga because it focuses their minds and bodies, limiting collateral damage to homes and siblings. But what if you don’t do yoga or have...
How to Deal with Excessive Sweat
All of us sweat, but some of us sweat a lot. Like, seriously, a lot. If you fall into this category, you know how annoying and sometimes embarrassing it can be. But never fear,...
