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Shape Up Your Legs and Glutes
Strength training provides many important benefits, both physical and psychological. This column describes how to start a strength-training program, beginning with the body's largest muscles, those of the lower body.
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Focus on Rate not Pace
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Why Monitor Your Workouts?
Want to train better? Strap on a heart rate monitor, learn more about your body, and get on the road to results.
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Don't Overdo It!
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Step Master
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Training Intensities
Find out about the five intensity levels to train in, based on a percentage of maximum heart rate.
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The 48-Hour Rule
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Training Physiology - A Stronger Heart
A fit heart pumps effectively with less work.
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A Smarter Way to Train
For the most accurate measure of your fitness, rely on the digits transmitted by your heart rate monitor.
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Cross Training Perks
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Training for the Heat
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Get Fitter Faster
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Sustained Slow Running Will Make You Faster
Longer, slower training builds aerobic benefits better than speedwork.
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The Recovery Rule
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Dippity-Do
Dips are the perfect single upper body pushing exercise. If you're limited by time, dips replace bench presses, incline presses, and triceps extensions--all in one easy-to-do exercise.
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Shrink your Zone
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Why Weight?
Strength-training provides many important benefits, both physical and psychological. This column describes how to set up a strength-training program and how to find a trainer to help you get started.
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Intensity-Meter
Most measures of intensity are either inaccurate or use expensive equipment like heart rate monitors or watt meters. However, ratings of perceived exertion are accurate and easy to use.
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Understand your Air Bags
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Did you miss training days?
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