Forget the "meathead" stereotypes; heavy lower-body training is actually a high-performance fuel injection for your cognitive health and emotional resilience.

The tyrannosaurus rex wouldn’t have liked pushups. That’s because it had short arms. The mechanics would have been difficult for a T. rex to get into pushup position. The range of motion its arms ...

Stop wasting hours on complex machines and discover the "minimum effective dose" approach that sports scientists use to build elite lower-body strength.

We do squats as part of our daily lives — from picking up boxes or putting down a child — so the familiarity of the move may leave you assuming you know the right way to do it. But the proper form ...

Squats are the go-to glute and leg exercise. The more you integrate them into your workout, the easier everyday activities like walking up the stairs and bending down to pick things up become. Squats ...

Standard squat exercises target your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, abdominals, and calves. Other squat types, like barbell squats, work slightly different muscle groups such as your back muscles.

No matter what type of workout class you're taking — from Pilates reformer to indoor cycling — it's rare to make it all the way from warm up to cool down without doing at least one squat. And there's ...

When doing a goblet squat for the first time, use a lightweight dumbbell until you’re comfortable with the movement and can maintain the correct posture. Share on Pinterest Eugenio Marongiu/Getty ...

Torch your legs, improve mobility, and gain major bragging rights by learning how to do a pistol squat. In this guide, I’ll take you step-by-step through the entire process. You’ll learn the basics of ...