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The 4-Week Total-Body Band Workout
Read More: The 4-Week Total-Body Band WorkoutThe sun is out, the skies are blue — it’s time to get out of the gym and take on fitness on your terms! This total-body band workout plan is packed full of quick, effective workouts you can do anytime, anywhere, in as little as 20 minutes. All you need are a few lightweight bands…
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5 Ways to Make Your Next Workout More Fun
Read More: 5 Ways to Make Your Next Workout More FunWhen “work” is in its very name, it may be easy to forget sometimes that workouts should be fun in addition to being effective. So, if you’ve found yourself dreading the gym more often than looking forward to it, BODi trainer and health and fitness coach Jenny Jaucian has some advice you’ll love. “So many factors…
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8 Key Exercises (and 5 Workouts!) for a Strong Summer
Read More: 8 Key Exercises (and 5 Workouts!) for a Strong SummerSummertime means a change of seasons, yes — but for many, it also means a change of pace. If you’ve been slacking on your exercise and nutrition over the winter, it’s time to take charge as the weather warms up. Whether you’ve been sticking to a fitness regimen lately or not, we’ve got a host…
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The 30-Minute Total-Body HIIT Workout
Read More: The 30-Minute Total-Body HIIT WorkoutAt the age of 49, I started my social media wellness brand to help others see that age is only a number, and we are only as old as we let ourselves feel! I’m often referred to as the “jump rope queen” because of my passion for jump rope workouts to stay lean and fit.…
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5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Machine Exercises
Read More: 5 Ways to Get the Most Out of Machine ExercisesThe machines at your gym may seem straightforward enough to use, so much so that they’re often the first place a beginner will start when learning how to work out. Still, with a bit of imagination and expert help, you can definitely stretch their limits for additional muscle-building benefits, even if you’ve been hitting the…
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The Apartment-Friendly Full-Body Circuit
Read More: The Apartment-Friendly Full-Body CircuitHere’s an upper-body workout that’s perfect for students living in a dorm, or anyone living in an apartment who happens to have books and a backpack on hand. Plus, you only need 10 minutes to get it in — perfect for a little work or study break! You’ll perform the moves as supersets, back and…
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The 6-Move College Textbook and Backpack Workout
Read More: The 6-Move College Textbook and Backpack WorkoutIf you’re in school, you’re probably up to your ears in end-of-the-year exams. Between chugging coffee, squeezing in 10-minute power naps and staring at your notes for hours on end, working out might be the last thing on your mind. That’s why we’re making it easy on you. Here’s a quick workout to get your…
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The MMA-Inspired Full-Body Workout
Read More: The MMA-Inspired Full-Body WorkoutMost of you reading this are probably not planning to beat the heck out of anyone (or we hope not, anyway). You probably don’t head off to the gym every day to develop more power in your punches, or perfect your roundhouse kick, or fine-tune your “ground and pound” submission tactics. So the idea of…
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The Advanced Lifter’s Total-Body Landmine Workout
Read More: The Advanced Lifter’s Total-Body Landmine WorkoutIt’s easy to get stuck in a rut, especially if you’re working out in a nontraditional space like a boutique training studio or your garage. If you don’t have the space or resources to add more equipment, then it’s time to get creative with what you do have. The landmine setup — a barbell anchored…
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Is the TikTok Trend 12-3-30 Actually Effective?
Read More: Is the TikTok Trend 12-3-30 Actually Effective?Next time you’re at the gym, take a look around and see who is doing the TikTok trend 12-3-30. Chances are pretty high that at least a few people on the treadmill are doing this workout that went viral thanks to internet sensation Lauren Giraldo. Giraldo posted a video on TikTok explaining how this workout…
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Jaclyn Cordeiro’s Upper-Body Superset Workout
Read More: Jaclyn Cordeiro’s Upper-Body Superset WorkoutMost people who get into lifting are looking to make some sort of change to their bodies. For some, that may be to gain lean muscle tissue, for others it may be to tone or reduce body fat. But whatever your goal is, the key to seeing progress from weight training is consistency. I use…
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The 4-Week At-Home Workout Plan for Any Fitness Level
Read More: The 4-Week At-Home Workout Plan for Any Fitness LevelWhether your New Year’s motivation has faded or you’re just tired of making the trip to the gym, now’s the perfect time to shake up your training with an at-home workout plan. This four-week strength-building plan will help you feel stronger, get leaner and achieve the level of fitness you want without ever having to…
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The 28-Day New Year Kick-Start Workout Plan
Read More: The 28-Day New Year Kick-Start Workout PlanLooking to jump-start your fitness goals in the new year? Commit yourself to this four-week program to take you into 2022 feeling stronger, leaner and more mobile. Over the course of this plan, you’ll use elements of progressive overload, compound movements, functional training, mobility and stabilization exercises to create an amazing base for your goals…
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The Quick-Hit Full-Body Medicine-Ball Workout
Read More: The Quick-Hit Full-Body Medicine-Ball WorkoutWorking out doesn’t have to be complicated — and on days you’re super busy without the time needed to get to the gym, it doesn’t have to be. This medicine-ball workout proves it. This routine, designed by Samantha Parker, C-IAYT, E-RYT 500, yoga therapist, kinesiophobia cognitive and movement specialist, and CEO of Neoteric Movement Systems,…
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7 Medicine-Ball Moves to Boost Athletic Performance
Read More: 7 Medicine-Ball Moves to Boost Athletic PerformanceNeed some new exercises to spice up your programming? These seven medicine-ball moves each train one or more different facets of fitness and performance, making you a better, more efficient athlete. Sprinkle them throughout your training week or try the suggested Sporty Girl’s Medicine-Ball Workout: It’s the ultimate fitness prescription. The Exercises 1. Single-Leg Slam…
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Fitness Quest: Learn to Love Burpees in 30 Days
Read More: Fitness Quest: Learn to Love Burpees in 30 DaysBurpees are easily one of the most hated exercises among fitness aficionados because they truly put your body through a mental and physical test. But what if we told you that you could learn to love them? That’s right — not just tolerate, but love them! When it comes down to it, we tend to…
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9 Barbell Movements to Master
Read More: 9 Barbell Movements to MasterCan you get a good workout in without a full gym’s worth of equipment? By now, you probably know that the answer is a resounding absolutely. Whether you’re at the gym and want to get in and out without bouncing between equipment or if you’re squeezing in a workout at home with a minimalist setup, there’s no…
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Scary Tough Workouts: 100 Back Squats with Lisa Maximus
Read More: Scary Tough Workouts: 100 Back Squats with Lisa MaximusHere comes Harley Quinn with a nail-biting workout movement! Just kidding, it’s Oxygen Ambassador Lisa Maximus. 100 Back Squats Knocking out 100 back squats gives Maximus nightmares because the burn is oh, so good! Back squats can improve lower back strength, build a strong core and increase lower body power. Just make sure you’re doing…
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Fitness Quest: The 1,000-Skip Challenge Midpoint Check-In
Read More: Fitness Quest: The 1,000-Skip Challenge Midpoint Check-InHow is your jumping and skipping quest coming along? Did you reach your Skip Goal of 450 jumps to celebrate the halfway point today? If not, you still have time to catch up! If you’re on track to hit those 1,000 skips my month’s end, we’ll defer to Fitness Quest host Angela Gargano to deliver…
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The Total-Body Medicine-Ball Circuit Your Routine Needs
Read More: The Total-Body Medicine-Ball Circuit Your Routine NeedsThere was a time when “home gym” meant a gleaming selection of chrome-plated machines and benches along with a full set of dumbbells, weight plates and barbells to round out your perfect pump-you-up palace. Good luck if you didn’t have 1,000 square feet to spare. Nowadays, however, we know better. An exercise mat and a…
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The 20-Minute Total-Body Takedown
Read More: The 20-Minute Total-Body TakedownSomewhere along the way, the idea of “functional fitness” got, well, a little twisted — and not in the beneficial “rotational core exercise” sort of way. More like, let’s shun the most popular, foundational exercises for unnecessarily “creative” and complicated movements. People will use bands, kettlebells, TRX trainers, tractor tires, flaming Swiss balls, rusty tools…
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Mix-and-Match Workout: Dumbbells
Read More: Mix-and-Match Workout: DumbbellsAll you have are some dumbbells at home? Perfect, that’s all you need for a serious body-sculpting dumbbell workout! The below routine, designed by Shayla Rog, CPT, transformation coach and owner of Operation: Badass, takes basic movements (squats, lunges, presses, rows, flyes) and tweaks them ever so slightly to provide a unique stimulus for the…
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3 Do-Anywhere Workouts to Stay Fit on the Go
Read More: 3 Do-Anywhere Workouts to Stay Fit on the GoWorking out while traveling can be daunting. Sure, some hotels have beautiful gyms, but others offer nothing more than a couple of sad machines hunkering in a dark basement room the size of your carry-on suitcase. We have a much cheerier alternative. Cari Shoemate, the co-creator of Bombshell Bootcamp in Houston, crafted three Oxygen-exclusive interval…
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20-Minute No-Equipment Boxing Workout
Read More: 20-Minute No-Equipment Boxing WorkoutGot 20 minutes and a body? That’s all you need to do this high-octane workout designed by Beachbody’s Core de Force co-creators Jericho McMatthews, NASM, ACE, and Joel Freeman, NASM. “This program combines MMA-style moves with fun and challenging HIIT/conditioning spikes using a rounds structure inspired by boxing,” says McMatthews. “In about 20 minutes, you’ll…
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How to Harness Female Physiology for Peak Training Performance
Read More: How to Harness Female Physiology for Peak Training PerformanceIron isn’t sexist. Neither is sweat. More and more stereotypes get shattered daily as women join the elite ranks of Spartan races, American Ninja Warrior and CrossFit competitions. Yet that ever-progressing equality does not necessarily extend to the weight room, and sometimes it flat-out does not make sense to train like a man. Distinct gender…
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Total-Body Parallel Bar Workout
Read More: Total-Body Parallel Bar WorkoutIt’s happy hour — time to hit the bar(s)! If nothing else, 2020 has taught us to be creative with our workouts and that even the simplest equipment can deliver big results. This workout, designed by Oxygen coach and all-around badass Amber Dodzweit Riposta, leverages these groovy Lebert EQualizer bars and is designed to torch…
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The World’s 10 Best Functional Exercises
Read More: The World’s 10 Best Functional ExercisesThese demanding exercises hit all your major muscle groups, training them to work in concert — improving performance in the gym or on the field. We get it. Ranking the “world’s best functional exercises” is an exercise in futility. Because really, what makes a thruster better than a jump squat or a handstand push-up? The…
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4 Fitness Goals to Shake Up Your Routine
Read More: 4 Fitness Goals to Shake Up Your RoutineAdd some excitement (and a new challenge!) to your workouts by tackling one of these out-of-the-box fitness goals. While climate change may be upending our weather patterns, the seasons remain predictable and aligned: Spring brings the promise of summer, summer fades into fall, and fall gives way to the cold of winter. Are your workouts just as predictable? Shake up your workout routine by trying to…
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Do-Anywhere Upper-Body Resistance-Band Workout
Read More: Do-Anywhere Upper-Body Resistance-Band WorkoutYou work. You travel. You’re busy. Fortunately, the only equipment you need for a solid workout is TSA-friendly and weighs less than a pound: a resistance band. At first glance, this workout looks simple: An upper-body workout using a band. And yes, this do-anywhere plan does hit all your major upper-body muscles in a circuit…
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40-Minute Step HIIT Workout
Read More: 40-Minute Step HIIT WorkoutHigh-top sneaks and slouchy socks? We’ll go ahead and leave those in the past. But 20 years after taking the group fitness world by storm, the step is still making us sweat. The year was 1989. Young MC demanded that we all Bust a Move. Thong leotards (worn over shiny spandex shorts) were totally acceptable…
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The Lift-to-Be-Lean Program
Read More: The Lift-to-Be-Lean ProgramGet more out of your workout in less time by stealing some secrets from one of the world’s strongest women. You’ve heard it before — there are no shortcuts when it comes to fitness. But what if this were only halfway true? What if there was a faster and arguably better way to change your…
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Get Fit Fighting
Read More: Get Fit FightingTry this do-anywhere martial arts–inspired workout that melts fat — and boosts confidence. Even if you aren’t ready to sign up at your local martial arts studio, performing martial arts–inspired moves can still result in some pretty hefty body benefits. You’ll not only lose fat, you’ll improve your body awareness, coordination and agility. Plus, you’ll…
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Get Functionally Fit for the End of the World
Read More: Get Functionally Fit for the End of the WorldWhen the zombie apocalypse hits, will you be ready? Use these moves to hone your survival skills for any major catastrophe — or just get into the best shape of your life. If premium cable is any indication of things to come, it’s only a matter of time until a quickly mutating virus turns us all to zombies,…
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Total-Body Trampoline Workout
Read More: Total-Body Trampoline WorkoutTrampoline workouts are low-impact, fun, fat burning and functional. Here’s how this kind of workout can accelerate your results by leaps and bounds. If you’re like most people, the last time you jumped on a trampoline was in grade school. But believe it or not, rebounding — the “technical” name for trampolining — has a…
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How to Injury-Proof Your Workouts
Read More: How to Injury-Proof Your WorkoutsPrevent injury from head to toe with these trouble-spot targeting moves. It’s ironic: Strength training can help prevent numerous muscle and joint injuries, yet many people still get hurt in the gym. The good news is that old injuries can be protected and new ones prevented by just slightly altering the way you work out.…
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Get Even Stronger
Read More: Get Even StrongerCrank up your metabolic conditioning by adding these two CrossFit-adapted tweaks into your workouts and bump up your intensity and volume. Three sets of 10. Four sets of 12. Repeat that 20 times and call it a day. Weight training has been structured this way for decades. Written down on a sheet or committed to…
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How to Train for a Decathlon at Home
Read More: How to Train for a Decathlon at HomeTurn your home or backyard into the ultimate sporting arena. Ever since the Greeks held the very first Olympics in 776 B.C., human beings have been obsessed with athletic competition. We lift. We climb. We run. We throw. Any manner of physical exertion can become sport, but most competitions target single or specific events, movements and…
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18-Minute Home Workout to Burn Max Calories
Read More: 18-Minute Home Workout to Burn Max CaloriesTest your “grit” with this quick, do-anywhere workout that burns tons of calories in minimal time. We all have time for a quickie — workout that is. And this one, based on the Les Mills Grit programming, can be done anywhere, anytime. “This workout burns max calories in minimal time and is scalable for different…
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Hardcore HIIT Ladder Workout
Read More: Hardcore HIIT Ladder WorkoutTry this unique ladder-training workout to get leaner and stronger. Feeling as if you’ve been indulging a bit much? Not feeling too lean? If the button on your jeans is stamping a permanent symbol into your belly, it’s time to start climbing the ladder. Ladder training is a form of high-intensity interval training and typically…
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Tabata-Inspired Strength Workout
Read More: Tabata-Inspired Strength WorkoutWork those muscles in four minutes flat. No kidding! You know Tabata as a form of high-intensity training that involves 20 seconds of work followed by 10 seconds of rest. And while the original Tabata research involved extreme cardiovascular exercise — exercise so tough that it would be hard for even the most diehard fitness…