Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. It’s easy to almost ...

A physical therapist shares 4 standing moves that restore leg strength faster than weight machines for adults over 50.

Stop wasting time on crunches and start training your core to resist movement for maximum power and injury prevention.

Discover how Pilates can gently strengthen your core, improve spinal alignment, and ease chronic lower back pain through targeted, low impact movement. Chronic lower back pain can make everyday ...

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, ...

A broad, well-defined back is a cornerstone of any well-rounded physique. But that’s not the only reason to pump up your posterior—it’s also a critical way of improving posture, reducing back pain, ...

Which back machines are best? There are many exercise machines designed to work the neck, arms and upper back, but there is one piece of equipment that focuses on your lower core muscles — a back ...

One survey found most lifters fail to train legs the right way. Here’s why your legs might not be growing. Pistol squats are a challenging bodyweight exercise that blasts your quads, glutes, and ...

A trainer explains how a single exercise on this overlooked machine can strengthen and protect your back. The Roman hyperextension chair is often overlooked but effective for strengthening the lower ...