For beginners, walking through the doors of a gym for the first time can be daunting. Where do you go? What should you do? How do you use all these machines? The gym is full of people with all ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, dietitian Natalie Rizzo shares her favorite post-workout snack to help the body recover ...

There's no time quite as motivating as the New Year to refresh your fitness routine. And trainer Ajahzi Gardner’s full-body strength workout—part of the Women's Health Flex Challenge—will help you do ...

A man with a busy office job made his gym routine more efficient with full-body supersets. The workouts helped him build muscle and burn fat in four months after years of not seeing results. He said ...

"The results were bigger than I expected." ...

Squats train all the major muscles in your legs, including quads and hamstrings. Walking lunges challenge your leg muscles and improve your stability and coordination. The leg press machine targets ...

If you’ve ever struggled to sit down the day after squats, you know exactly what delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) feels like. It’s one of those things that pretty much everyone who works out deals ...

Building muscle takes time, hard work, and proper nutrition, which is why you’ll see a lot of people at the gym tossing back a shake after a tough workout session. But while those shakes have been the ...

Here’s one of those weird-yet-fascinating, quirky-yet-perhaps-helpful research findings: People who clench their muscles—by, say, making a fist or tensing their biceps—show a brief spurt of improved ...