Latest articles by Sam Hopes
Forget weights — Pilates instructor shares 7 moves to strengthen your abs and glutes
Pilates instructor shares a seven-move abs and glutes routine to strengthen your entire body and set your muscles alight.
I've been teaching weightlifting for years — but here's 3 essential tips for equipment-free bodyweight workouts
We look at three ways to maximize your equipment-free bodyweight workouts, according to a weightlifting coach and personal trainer.
No, not weights — you need a yoga block and this 10-minute workout to build strong abs instead
Pilates instructor shares 10 ab exercises that work your core using one yoga block. Watch the video for the workout.
I’m a personal trainer who says no to fitness fads — should you try the ‘Winter Arc’ challenge?
Still want to try the ‘Winter Arc’ challenge? Three tips on what not to do from a personal trainer.
I'm a personal trainer, and these are the 3 best 'Christmas CrossFit' workouts — you only need 8 minutes
Tom's Guide resident personal trainer tries these three beginner-friendly Christmas CrossFit workouts to kick off the holidays — here’s how to do them.
You just need 5 exercises and a staircase to strengthen your legs and core — and it only takes 30 minutes
Here are five moves you can do using your staircase and a five-move lower-body workout to try at home.
No Reformer? Pilates instructor shares abs workout to sculpt your core at home using one foam roller
Pilates instructor shares a 10-move ab workout to strengthen your core using just a foam roller. Here's how to do it.
Forget the gym — you just need 15 minutes and these 5 bodyweight moves to build full-body strength and boost your stamina
Personal trainer shares a five-move bodyweight workout to build stamina and full-body functional strength without weights.
You just need 1 minute and this bodyweight exercise to transform your squats and boost lower-body mobility
Build stronger, more mobile hips and glutes using this strength and mobility exercise, according to a personal trainer.
I added 9 rounds of the cat-cow yoga pose to my exercise routine each day for 2 weeks — here's what happened to my body
The cat-cow yoga pose stretches the upper body and increases spine mobility, so I did it every day as an experiment.
The Oura Ring is my favorite smart gadget of 2024 — here's my 3 must-try features
Oura Ring 3 and Oura Ring 4 users can benefit from recovery features in the Oura app. We dive into Daytime Stress, Rest Mode and Symptom Radar. Here's how to use them.
I walked 15,000 steps every day for 30 days — here's what happened to my body
I’ve walked 15,000 steps a day for the past 30 days — here’s what happened and why your step count matters to your physical and mental health.
Forget crunches, and try horizontal ab squats to build a strong core and hip flexors instead
The horizontal ab squat exercise builds stronger lower abs and hips without weights. Here's how to do it.
No pull-ups? Try the flexed arm hang to strengthen your biceps, shoulders and back instead
Need help with pull-ups? Try the flexed arm hang and watch your pull-up strength transform.
I did 70 weighted push-ups every day for a week — here’s what happened to my upper body
A personal trainer shares her experience performing 70 weighted push-ups every day for one week for a push-up challenge, and these are the results.
New study suggests this is the one bizarre way you can boost workouts — and it's not what we expected
Research suggests swearing can improve physical performance during short and intense efforts, here's how.
No, not pigeon pose — unstick your hips with this 1-minute mobility exercise from a chiropractor
Unstick your hips using this one-minute mobility exercise without hurting your back, according to a chiropractor.
Do you find squats uncomfortable? I've ditched stretches for duck walks to build lower-body mobility, strength and stability
Do you find squats uncomfortable? Add the duck walk to your routine and watch your lower-body mobility, strength and stability transform.
Forget the gym — this '12 Days of Christmas' CrossFit workout builds full-body strength in just 35 minutes
I’m a personal trainer, and this CrossFit 12 Days of Christmas workout builds full-body strength and boosts muscle endurance. Here's how to do it.
Personal trainer shares 3 exercises you can do with a foam roller to strengthen your deep abs and boost posture
You can build a stronger core and target your deeper abdominal muscles using these three personal-trainer approved exercises and a foam roller.
Oura just released a game-changing new health feature — here's what you need to know
Oura's app is getting yet another major update — here's what we know about Symptom Radar and how you can use the new feature.
Forget massage guns — I’m ditching them for the ‘gut smash’ exercise to relieve lower back pain and loosen tight hip flexors
A mobility and functional training coach recommends this two-minute 'gut smash' exercise to relieve lower back pain and muscle tension.
I’m a personal trainer — this is the 20-minute walking workout I use to build strength without weights and boost metabolism
A walking workout increases lower body strength and helps boost your metabolism without weights. Here's the workout, and some benefits of walking.
