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The place to learn about everything fitness, from lifting and cardio to how much exercise you actually need to stay healthy.
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The Better Way to Put Your Wearable’s ‘Readiness’ to Use
If you only take it easy because a gadget is telling you to, you're doing it backwards.
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The Best Fitness Trackers for Sleep and Recovery
The Oura ring and Whoop band dominate this category, but we have a favorite smartwatch to throw in the ring as well.
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Nobody Can Agree on What 'Zone 2' Cardio Is
Zones are based on your heart rate, but each app has its own idea of where they start and end.
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The Best Fitness Watches for Runners
Including the best Garmin, the best budget Garmin, and the underdog favorite you’ve probably never heard of.
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![A closeup of a smartwatch on a wrist displaying heart rate data](png/hero-image.fill.size_245x138.v1711677937.png)
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The Fitness Wearables Data You Can (and Can’t) Trust
Or, why I’ll take “time in bed” over a sleep score any day.
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These Bone Conduction Headphones Are $40 Off
The best bone conduction headphones that allow you to hear your surroundings, but that actually sound decent.
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The Best Exercises for Your Forearms and Grip Strength
You've heard of bicep curls, but have you been doing your wrist and finger curls?
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The Best Exercises for a Stronger Lower Back
The muscles in your lower back don’t get enough love. Here are some of the exercises you might be missing.
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These Exercises Burn the Most Calories Per Hour
Surprise—the biggest calorie burn doesn’t come from exercises that feel the hardest.
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The Best Deals on Fitness Equipment From Amazon’s Big Spring Sale
Amazon's Big Spring Sale Includes Powerblock Elite dumbbells for just $299/pair, a NordicTrack treadmill under $500, and yet another Peloton sale.
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These Fitness Smartwatches Are 25% Off for Amazon’s Big Spring Deals
Get the Samsung Galaxy Watch 5, Amazfit GTR Mini, and Garmin’s Forerunner 255 line at a steep discount today.
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These Are the Three Best Tricep Exercises
If you're not doing weighted dips, you're missing out.
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![Screenshots of different activities in Apple Fitness. One shows different numbers for active calories and total calories.](png/hero-image.fill.size_245x138.v1710439169.png)
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Why Apple Fitness Shows You 'Total Calories' and 'Active Calories'
And why are these numbers sometimes the same?
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The Best Quad Exercises for Leg Day
No, they’re not all squats. (But some of them are squats.)
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The Samsung Galaxy Watch5 Pro Is $250 Off Right Now
Get a sporty smartwatch for the lowest price it's ever been.
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These Are the Best Kinds of Exercise for Losing Weight
It’s not HIIT. But it’s not just walking, either.
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The 10 Most Common Gym Machines (and How to Use Them)
And more importantly, how to adjust them.
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The Best Exercises for Your Glutes (That Is, Your Butt)
And why I think hip thrusts are overrated.
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![A photograph of a person from the waist down, doing a Nordic curl hamstring exercise](png/hero-image.fill.size_245x138.v1708638436.png)
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The Best Exercises for Beefier, More Powerful Hamstrings
Romanian deadlifts make the list, of course—but check out these lesser-known options as well.
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These Are the Best Bicep Exercises
Try these exercises to work your biceps brachii, or in scientific terms, your guns.