Take your squat to the next level by adding dumbbells to power up your lower body and core. The additional weight from the dumbbells enhances activation in your posterior chain muscles, such as your ...

THE SQUAT IS, when it comes to the grand hierarchy of strength training, one of the few exercises that deserves rarified, must-do status for just about every type of trainee. The compound movement is ...

Squats can be done using only your bodyweight on a flat surface. You can also add resistance with dumbbells, use elevated surfaces, try single-leg variations, and add movements, among other variations ...

But, despite their popularity, squats are a bit of a marmite exercise, you either love them or hate them. “Some people struggle with the classic back squat because they have long femurs and short ...

If you’re looking for a functional and effective way to seriously fire up your lower body, might we recommend the dumbbell goblet squat? Enter the goblet squat: Because you’ll be holding a dumbbell in ...

I am not one of those people who loves working out. I exercise in the same way I wash my sheets: regularly and perfunctorily. My preferred type of physical activity is something I can do while I do ...

No hate on air squats, which are effective and useful in a pinch, but after five years of only bodyweight workouts, adding weights to my squats was a game changer. I started noticing a difference ...

Stand with feet wider than shoulder-width apart and toes turned out 45 degrees. With pelvis in a neutral position, send hips back and down, and bend at knees until thighs are parallel with the ground.