Editor's note: This Master Class column originally ran Feb. 5. Due to a production error, the wrong photos accompanied the article. Each year that passes, I become just a little more concerned with ...

The squat is the quintessential lower body exercise for many folks that lift weights. It involves stabilizing your core and using the power of leg muscles to move the weight. There are many variations ...

Picking up heavy weights can be empowering and rewarding, but you don't need equipment to start a fire in your leg muscles. In fact, some of the most effective exercises can be done using your own ...

At the very core of any good workout routine, you'll find one move: squats. They're such a natural part of having a fit, strong bod, in fact, that you've been doing them since birth. “Even before ...

'A back squat typically uses a barbell, placed on your upper back, traps and shoulders. It’s a strength exercise that involves squatting down until your thighs are parallel or just below parallel to ...

JUST ABOUT EVERYONE who walks into a gym will have big time goals. Unfortunately, too many of those eager exercisers will choose to go about their training just one way: as hard and as heavy as ...

Put simply, compound exercises are moves that recruit large muscle groups and use multiple joints. "You're activating several muscles or muscle groups at one time," Brooke Taylor, NASM- and ...

Here are the exact strength numbers you should be aiming for this year for the squat, bench press and deadlift.