Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scott Britton holding dumbbells by his shoulders wearing a pink Whoop tracker on his wrist. It’s designed to challenge muscular ...

The American Heart Association recommends strength training at least twice a week. Even weight training just once a week can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, one study found! And most of ...

Grab a set of weights and cycle through these 10 leg exercises with dumbbells to up the ante on your at-home leg body workout. When a trainer tells you to grab a set of dumbbells, you can pretty much ...

Arm exercises with weights are are a guaranteed way to build upper-body strength, but which ones should you go for? Whatever your fitness MO - whether you're an avid gym workout lover or home-workout ...

With the festive season kicking off, you may find your training is getting put on the back burner. An hour upper body session may have been doable a few weeks back but, now with family visits and ...

Deciding which body part or muscle group to train first in the gym can be a tricky topic. We've delved into that discussion in detail here. However, the reality is that you don’t need to isolate each ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." BUILDING UP YOUR body isn't as complicated as you might think. Over-involved fitness routines might have ...

The dumbbell chest fly is an exercise that can help to strengthen the chest and shoulders. It’s common to do it while lying on your back on a flat or incline bench. There’s also a dumbbell fly ...