Why: “This is a nice way to add lower back action to your back workout,” Samuel says. By rowing in a static bent-over position, your lower back muscles will work overtime to hold your torso at a ...

We spend hours hunched over phones and computer monitors day in and day out. It’s no surprise we have an epidemic of back pain. Unless you’ve herniated a disc in your lumbar spine, there's a good ...

What it does: The dumbbell bench press is a compound exercise that builds strength and size in your pectoral (chest) muscles.

THERE ARE FEW exercises you'll see guys doing in the gym more often than the classic dumbbell row on a weight bench. There are also few exercises that are more prone to sloppy form. From poor ...

Break free from the limitations of gym machines and use free weights to ignite muscle protein synthesis, enhance coordination ...

Short on time but still want results? This dumbbell-only workout hits every major movement pattern without wasted rest ...

Start with these staple beginner dumbbell exercises for your workouts to build muscle and strength no matter your lifting ...

There are rowing machines, and then there are rowing exercises that mimic the signature upper body pulling movement that you do while rowing on a machine. Within the latter category are upright rows, ...

For this basic gym necessity, you shouldn't settle for anything other than perfect form-especially because it's such a simple, essential movement when done properly. Let Men's Health fitness director ...

I saw—and felt—palpable strength improvements from completing four weeks of this program. I started with lighter weights than ...

Dumbbell exercises to build muscle after 50, with trainer-approved form cues, to get stronger without machines.