While the modern day gym is kitted out with various different machines and pieces of equipment to train the upper body muscles with, you can get some serious results from simply working with a set of ...

What it does: The dumbbell bench press is a compound exercise that builds strength and size in your pectoral (chest) muscles.

Trainer Ariel Belgrave's favorite fitness word? Flex. And you can bet you're going to be doing a whole lotta that during (and after!) the upper-body dumbbell workout coming up. This 20-minute arms and ...

We spend hours hunched over phones and computer monitors day in and day out. It’s no surprise we have an epidemic of back pain. Unless you’ve herniated a disc in your lumbar spine, there's a good ...

Fitness experts say the dumbbell pullover can sculpt your upper body like few other moves, but only if you master the proper ...

This is one of the most fundamental dumbbell exercises for the lats, says TJ Mentus, a certified personal trainer. “The lats work to pull the elbows into the sides and keep the shoulders back,” he ...

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The American Heart Association recommends strength training at least twice a week. Even weight training just once a week can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, one study found! And most of ...

Once you hit a certain age, strength training should become non-negotiable ...