If you’ve never experienced low back pain, just wait. Up to 80 percent of us end up suffering it at some point during our ...
When you’re suffering from back pain, perhaps the last thing you want to do is get out of bed. However, for most back pain sufferers, the path to relief actually involves moving through the pain. That ...
While show muscles like abs, pecs, and biceps may hog the spotlight, your back comprises some of the most important muscles in the body for structural support. The best back exercises help stabilize ...
If there’s one thing gaming and desk jobs have in common, it’s encouraging poor sitting posture. It’s practically an epidemic; so many of us are hunching forward for hours, staring at a bright screen, ...
As a personal trainer and weight-loss coach, I am constantly answering health and fitness questions from my clients, on social media and in our Start TODAY Facebook group. In this column, I address ...
It’s easy to almost forget we have muscles in our back. We can see and feel our biceps and our abs working, but if we ever get a sore lower back, we often worry that we’ve hurt our spine. In fact, ...
BUILDING A BALANCED physique is all about the back. The exercises you'll include in your routine to target these posterior muscles (which include your rear delts, rhomboids, traps, and lats) are ...
The back extension is a versatile exercise that can be performed virtually anywhere. It can be used as part of a training program to build strength or a rehabilitation program for injury recovery.