No gym? No problem. Bodyweight exercises are an excellent way to train your back muscles when your access to weights is limited or you’re looking for a way to change up your workouts. Using your body ...

Leoni Jesner is a fitness, health, and lifestyle writer who has contributed to Byrdie and LIVESTRONG.com, among other publications. She is also a personal trainer, mat Pilates instructor, and ...

Your back may not be the first area that comes to mind when strength training to tone your muscles. But it quickly becomes top of mind when pain creeps up. Unfortunately, both lower back pain and ...

I spend a lot of time sitting at my laptop, which is bad for my back health and my posture, so I’m always looking for ways to counteract this. One thing I try to prioritize is training my deep ...

The muscles of the back tend to be forgotten about. People love glute and ab and arm workouts, after all. But when you have access to a resistance band, you’ll find that the stretchy workout tool ...

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. It’s easy to almost ...

If you think a resistance band workout can’t be challenging, think again. After putting my circuits class regulars through the six upper-body moves below, I can assure you they would absolutely ...

The low back is not typically an area that many clients ask me about — until they start experiencing pain in the area. But the truth is: The low-back should be a priority in our fitness routine to ...

Back exercises are just as important as bum exercises, core exercises and leg exercises. Fact. If you train properly (and incorporate effective lower back stretches), your back is an area of huge ...