When people are investing in home exercise equipment, dumbbells are often the go-to pick. And while as a trainer I do enjoy using them, my favorite piece of equipment for strength workouts is actually ...

Pumping iron isn’t the only way to strengthen your legs. Weight training typically targets the big guns—the quads, hamstrings, and glutei maximi—and neglects the smaller muscles critical for balance ...

THE LEG CURL is one of the best machines—and best methods, period—for building hamstring strength and size. There are two types of hamstring curl machines, and you're likely to find one or the other ...

Need a break from work for a few minutes, we've got just the thing - standing resistance band curls. Dr. Brett McIff with the Utah Department of Health shows us how it's done: Start by looping a ...

Common ab exercises like situps, crunches and leg raises are great foundational moves. But after performing them consistently for a while, they can start to become stale. That’s why I like to switch ...

Mallory Creveling is a health and fitness writer and ACE-certified personal trainer. Her work appears across several national publications, including SELF, Prevention, Runners World, and Men's Journal ...

If you want to isolate your hamstrings, leg curls — also known as hamstring curls — are a great bet. Whether performed on a machine at the gym or even with a resistance band or dumbbell, this exercise ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Nordic curls are a bit of a gymgoer’s party trick. As you lower the backside of your body backwards ...