Your glutes (the muscles in your butt) are your body’s largest and most powerful muscle group. You use them for pretty much everything you do, from standing up to walking down the street. By doing ...

I am not one of those people who loves working out. I exercise in the same way I wash my sheets: regularly and perfunctorily. My preferred type of physical activity is something I can do while I do ...

Leg presses and squats both work your quads, hamstrings, and glutes. But squats also work other parts of the body. It’s leg day and you want to work your quadriceps, the large muscles at the front of ...

This funny-looking move is more than social media fluff. The leg day staple can save your spine.

Start in a standing position. Grab the handles and bring them up to your shoulders palms facing each other. Squat down to a quarter squat positions; then on the way up, on you will press the weights ...

Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. In my pre-pandemic days, I was a gym junkie—and if I squinted while looking in the ...

If you haven't realized it yet, there are a ton of squat variations. One of the many variations is the Smith Machine squat, and if you're just beginning to get into strength training, it can be a ...

A common mantra in the strength and conditioning field is "do no harm." As a coach, I constantly come across clients and athletes who have either acute or chronic injuries, but still attempt to squat ...

Looking for killer gams? Don’t overlook the hack squat, which can provide just what you need. A hack squat works the entire lower body — including the glutes, hamstrings, quads, and calves — as well ...

Everybody at the gym has their own plan, their own path. In a perfect world, these paths all crisscross and interweave without any collisions. One person hops off the treadmill, another hops on. One ...

I love a good squat, but I know that it isn't as effective at targeting my glutes as I once thought (aka, when I used to take on 30-day squat challenges in high school long before I came into this ...