After 50, your body's ability to recover and sustain effort becomes the real test of fitness. Step-ups demand that your ...

To execute that properly, you need to disengage that back leg as much as possible. Do that by taking away your ability to drive off that back leg and flexing your foot. Try to lif ...

If you want to work on your butt and legs, then find a box, and learn the right way to do step-up exercises. Step-ups are a lower body compound exercise that is done by stepping onto an elevated ...

Step-ups are another perfect example. Every time you walk up a flight of stairs, hike up a hill, step up into an SUV, or even get up from kneeling, you’re doing a version of a step-up. Step-ups are ...

Ready to step outside your comfort zone... and up onto a plyo box? This super spicy power-building workout is tough and will challenge you in ways the most grueling long run can’t—and that’s on ...

Indeed, in her cover interview for the November issue, Vicky told us: ‘I’ve got myself relatively strong over the past few ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. — No matter our age or stage in life, trainers at the York JCC say it's essential to focus on movements that help daily life functions as small as taking the stairs. To keep those ...

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Build strength, stability, and injury resistance with these essential single-leg moves. One of the first things to go for athletes as they age—aside from their hips—is their knees. Years of sprinting, ...

Want an effective form of cardio that gets your heart rate up fast and maximizes your workout time? Look no further than plyometric exercise (aka plyometrics). “Plyometrics is any type of physical ...