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  10 Stomach Exercises You Can Do at Home for Stronger Abs F or those who hate spending hours in the gym working on their abs, we’ve got some good news: getting a strong core really doesn’t have to take up a huge chunk of your day. We know it can often feel like there’s an endless number of ab exercises out there and sometimes it’s hard to know where to start. So we’ve put together a list of 15 effective moves that you can quickly knock out at home that will have your core feeling as strong as steel. In fact, when you pair the right moves with clean eating (it’s true what they say: abs are made in the kitchen), you can get the job done in as little as 10 minutes   a day. Whether you want to tack these moves onto the end of a cardio workout , or do them solo, they’re sure to have you feeling super powerful in no time. And if you’re more of a morning person, just grab a mat and do these workouts as soon as you wake up so you can get ...

  Master This Drill to Breathe Correctly When You Lift ACCELERATE YOUR GAINS AND OWN YOUR EXERCISE FORM BY BEING MINDFUL OF THE WAY YOU BREATHE. You think about your form on  essential exercises , making sure to tighten your abs, squeeze your glutes, and limit excess momentum. But how often do you think about how you’re breathing on every single exercise? Because if you’re looking to squeeze all the gains possible out of every move, then it’s about time you did think of it. And yes, you actually should “think” about your breathing. Unless your a grizzled gym veteran, there’s a good chance, it’s not happening exactly the way it should on every single lift. Coordinated smart breathing can aid you in just about every single exercise, regardless of whether you’re chasing a max-weight PR, or you’re piling up high-volume reps in pursuit of muscle hypertrophy. Form is key, right?  Controlled breathing  can help you own that form. You may know the basics of this: Exhale duri...

  5 Signs You’re Losing Muscle While Dieting EVER FEEL A LITTLE SLUGGISH AT THE GYM? IT COULD BE HAPPENING TO YOU. Losing weight is hard. From the diet changes to the ramped-up workouts, it can take a serious overhaul of your lifestyle. And usually, the goal is to decrease body fat and increase muscle. But sometimes in that quest, you can start to lose muscle instead of fat—and that’s not a great scenario. “It is bad to lose muscle instead of fat, because muscles are the key players in body movement and function,” says  Gerardo Miranda-Comas , MD, Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. “With loss of muscle mass, strength and endurance are affected negatively, leading to decreased functional performance.” But your body shouldn’t naturally go for muscle first in weight loss—if you’re doing it right. “In general, muscle is not lost before fat—it is very dependent on nutrition and activity volume,” Miranda-Comas...