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Chest Workouts at Home: 9 Exercises For Chest Day

Chest workouts at home can be done with your own body weight, or with simple equipment, like dumbbells or water bottles. Some examples include diamond push-ups, inclined or declined push-ups, planks with shoulder taps or flat bench presses. Check out 9 chest exercises your can perform at-home .

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Full-Body Dumbbell Workout: 6 Exercises (w/ GIFs)

A full-body dumbbell workout can be done at home to target your back, shoulders, legs or arms. These exercises can help to strengthen muscles in these areas, as well as improve flexibility and promote weight loss. Learn more about the exercises you can perform for a full-body dumbbell workout at home.

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Bicep Workouts at Home: 7 Best Exercises (w/ Pics) & Cooldown

Bicep workouts at home can be done using simple exercises like push-ups, planks or curls. Check out our personal trainer's recommendations for biceps exercises that you can use in a home workout, with our without weights or equipment.

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10 Exercises to Lose Belly Fat (plus Aerobic Workouts & Tips)

Exercises to lose belly fat, like burpees, mountain climbers and jump squats, should be medium to high-intensity, as these will increase your heart rate and help to tone your abdominal muscles. Check out 10 home exercises that will help you lose belly fat .

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15 Best Exercises to Lose Weight (with Calories Burned)

The best exercises to lose weight are aerobic exercises, which include brisk walking, running, jumping rope, swimming or cycling. These can increase your heart rate and burn a lot of calories in one session. Check-out a complete list of exercises for weight loss that you can incorporate into your workout.

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Compressing Socks for Running: Benefits & How They Work

Compression socks can be used for long runs. They can help to increase muscle strength and endurance, and prevent injuries. Learn more about the health benefits of compression socks for running, how they work and when to avoid using them.

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Running for Weight Loss: 4-Week Plan & Tips for Starting

Running for weight loss typically involves periods of alternating intensity, between walking, jogging and sprinting, to achieve maximum calorie burning. Check-out our 4-week running plan to promote weight loss and other tips for getting started.

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Ab Workouts: 10 At-Home Exercises for Well-Defined Abs

Ab workouts include exercises to help strengthen and tone the abdominal muscles and reduce belly fat. To increase definition, it is also important to practice aerobic exercise and follow a low-calorie diet. Read about exercises for well-defined abs as well as nutrition tips to support your ab workout.

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8 Adductor Exercises for the Inner Thighs

Adductor exercises, like the leg press, sumo squats, and stability ball glute bridge are great options for helping to strengthen and tone the inner thighs and reduce the appearance of cellulite. They can be done at home or at the gym using just your body weight or with weights. Check out 8 adductor exercises.

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9 CrossFit Workouts to Lose Belly Fat

CrossFit workouts like jumping rope, push-ups, and burpees can be done at home or in the gym and under the guidance of a certified personal trainer to guarantee correct form and technique to minimize the risk of injury. Check out 9 CrossFit exercises that can help you lose belly fat.

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Metabolic Conditioning (MetCon): Benefits & How to Perform

Metabolic conditioning, or MetCon, is a type of training method that is aimed at improving your energy levels, performance, fat burning and endurance. The exercises are typically high-intensity and increase your heart rate, breathing and body temperature. Learn more about how to perform metabolic conditioning.

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Functional Training: What Is It, Health Benefits & How to Perform

Functional training is a type of exercise that is mostly done with gym equipment and that aims to improve physical fitness, having several health benefits. Learn more about what functional training is, its main benefits and how to perform it.

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6 At-Home Shoulder Workouts (Plus Stretches)

At-home shoulder workouts are simple, easy, and effective, whether you are looking to tone, strengthen, or build muscle in your shoulders. They can also help improve shoulder stability. Read about shoulder exercises to target the deltoid, trapezius, and arm muscles as well as post-workout stretches.

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Top 17 Glute Exercises (for Home and the Gym)

Glute exercises allow you to work the gluteus medius, maximus, and minimus, as well as the calves, thighs, and front and back of the legs. These exercises can be done with or without weights, at home or in the gym. Read instructions on how to perform these exercises, with options to add weights.

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Cooper Test: What It Measures, How to Complete & Results

A Cooper test is a cardiovascular fitness test that measures how far a person can run in 12 minutes. The objective of this test is to quantify a person’s physical condition.  Learn more about how to the calculate results of a Cooper test, what results mean and what normal results are based on age and gender.

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Studies completed in 2012, at the Rio de Janeiro Federal University in 2012. Licensed to practice as a Personal Trainer through the CREF #038849-G/RJ.
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