Some pieces of equipment are essential. You can't effectively hammer your legs and glutes without a leg press, squat rack, and barbell. But there are myriad ways to get big pecs with standing chest ...

Most people default to traditional barbell bench presses for chest workouts. Eric Janicki recommends Smith machine incline press and incline cable fly for upper chest growth. Detailed form tips ...

IN THE AGE of peak fitness influence on social media, there's no shortage of exercises circulating your feed. While it's nice to have a vast library of movements to keep your days in the gym ...

If you’re training at a full gym with lots of equipment, you may see a rack full of weights that resemble barbells, except they’re shorter with several bends in the middle. This is called a curl bar — ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...