A home gym offers convenience and privacy, making it much easier and more enjoyable to stay fit. Even if you have limited space in your home, a few pieces of compact gym equipment in a combined use space can provide a comfortable area to get your heart pumping. Practically any unused space in your home can be transformed into a gym, whether it’s an unused room, a corner in your garage, or a storage area in need of organizing. You can decorate in colors and themes that’ll help motivate you and add your favorite sources of entertainment to personalize it. ...

Weight machines may take up a lot of real estate on the gym floor, but if you look at them in total confusion, you’re not alone. And if you decide to ignore them completely and spend quality time with resistance training instead, you’re probably not missing out. Just because these popular machines are around (and you see some people using them) doesn’t mean they are essential to accomplishing your fitness goal. What machines are we talking about? Think leg extension machine, squat rack, biceps curl machine, and other strength training machines you commonly see at the gym. This type of...

When it boils down to exercise, modern-day women are showing men a thing or two about being strong and fit. And it’s not only the elite athletes -- there are just as many female weekend warriors and hard-core gym devotees as males.  There are important physiological and physical differences between the two sexes -- such as hormones, base-level strength, and the amount of muscle we naturally carry.  So, does that mean we need to train differently? Do core exercises, specifically, work differently for women? The short answer is no.  The muscles of women and men don’t differ significantly, though women...

You can strengthen and build strong shoulders from home -- and it’s much easier than you think! When you don’t have access to a cable machine, a shoulder press, or a pull-up machine, you can still build shoulder strength and stability using your bodyweight. Simply put, bodyweight exercises are generally functional exercises, meaning they mimic everyday movements of your shoulders, like lifting or reaching. When you complete these exercises using the correct form, you can improve your ability to perform everyday activities, as well as improving your performance when you exercise. These effective shoulder exercises below will help to strengthen...