If you’re looking to take your core workouts to the next level, try adding ankle weights to your next ab routine. Strapping on a light pair of ankle weights adds extra resistance and forces your core to work harder while stabilizing your body, explains Taylor Phillips, CPT, a certified personal trainer and Pilates instructor at […]
At Jocelyn Cruz’s personal training gym, Strength Academy, in Los Angeles, you’ll find barbells, dumbbells, squat racks, and a whole lot of crocheted animals. Actually, the crocheted animals mostly hang out in their own “secret room” in the back, as comedian and Strength Academy client Kate Micucci put it in her now viral Instagram reel […]
When it comes to training triceps, most movements are performed using the cable pulley. Movements like the triceps pushdown, either with ropes, a single cable pulley, or a straight bar attachment, are almost always found in a typical chest and triceps or bodybuilding training split. Today however, we’re going to talk about the best dumbbell […]
Dumbbells are an amazing training implement that can help you build total body mass and strength. As opposed to machines, utilizing dumbbells in your workout program, requires more than just contracting one muscle group in a fixed plane of motion. Dumbbell movements, require core strength, agility, mobility, balance, and coordination. We’re going to talk about […]