Ready for leg day? I’ve already shared my favorite exercises for hamstrings and for your glutes (a.k.a. your butt). It’s time to tackle the main muscle group we think of when we think of legs: the ...

Building strong, muscular quads is best done with a combination of compound exercises—squats, lunges, leg presses—and isolation work, such as leg extensions. Tack on some powerful plyometric moves, ...

If you’re in the latter camp, it’s still important to stick with it, since skipping leg day can lead to real consequences ...

Jakob Roze, CSCS, is a health writer and high-end personal trainer. He is the founder and CEO of RozeFit, a high-end concierge personal training practice and online blog. The muscles in your lower ...

A new study finds that two 30-minute strength workouts per week – with just one set per exercise – can increase muscle size, ...

Back pain can make you nervous about tying your shoes, let alone working out. However, while resting a painful back may help for a time, often getting back in the gym and moving makes it feel better.

There really isn’t many things we do that our core and abdominals aren’t involved. Our core is our back’s biggest support system and helps balance our bodies in everything we do. So, aside from ...

Building leg and butt muscle is the same as putting on muscle everywhere else on your body: you need consistent work and increasing weights (aka progressive overload) to see results. Dumbbells are a ...

3 Department of Physical Therapy, Osaka Electro-Communication University, Osaka, Japan 4 Department of Rehabilitation Science, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan 5 Department of ...