Be your own dumbbell. The average young adult male weighs around 197 pounds, while the average young adult female weighs around 171 pounds. An average dumbbell weighs between…
Tag: Workout
There’s a fine line between exercise and torturing yourself. Recently, I helped a friend of mine move into a new apartment. It was an all-day affair, with lots…
If you can stand up, you can work out. As anyone who has ever lived in a one-room college dorm will tell you, sometimes you need to get…
Protein shakers have become a staple of gyms, but what’s actually in there? The first time I saw a protein shaker, I thought it was some kind of…
Channel that inner MacGyver! When I was a teenager, I wanted a set of dumbbells I could use for curls while doing homework or watching TV, but I…
Forming habits can be a powerful motivator. One of the trickiest parts of starting an exercise plan from scratch is picking a time of day to do it.…
New workouts, new benefits. Do you know what makes humanity such an interesting species? Apposable thumbs? Our love of cat videos? Good guesses, but not quite; our best…
Too used to your own bodyweight? Let’s fix that. As we’ve mentioned before, bodyweight exercises are a great way to get a nice, steady burn without relying on…