Bodybuilding
Stairmaster vs. Treadmill: Which One Should You Be Using?
A balanced fitness program includes spending time doing cardio. Whether you train in a commercial gym or set up your home gym, you will have plenty…
Fitness Tools and Calculators
Calculators and interactive tools, from strength standards to treadmill finders. The full list is on the calculators page.
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Bodybuilding
56 Gym Equipment Names with Pictures
Ever found yourself at a loss for words when describing your workout routine because the names of gym equipment just escape you? It’s a common scenario…
Bodybuilding
How Much Does a Curl Bar Weigh? The Ultimate EZ Curl Bar Comparison
If you hit the gym regularly, you’ve probably used a curl bar at some point. However, did you know the EZ bar comes in different shapes…
Bodybuilding
16 Different Types of Weights Used in Gyms
Ask a person to visualize a resistance training routine, and they’ll probably imagine a jacked dude curling dumbbells or barbells. However, you’re in for a rude…
Bodybuilding
Average Incline Bench Press By Weight, Gender, and Experience Level
The upper chest is a lagging muscle group for most people. Plus, it is one of the most stubborn. And on top of this, many lifters…
Bodybuilding
Average Chest Size For Men & How to Measure Your Chest
Chest size for men plays a huge role in their physique aesthetics. A broad chest can accentuate your V-taper and create an aura of grandeur around you.…
Lifestyle
How Many Miles is 20,000 Steps?
As people are learning about the importance of following a healthy lifestyle, more people are talking about adding small things to their daily routine that can…
CrossFit
Average Power Clean By Weight, Gender, and Experience Level
The power clean is an advanced exercise that works almost every muscle group in your body. It is a simplified version of its sister Olympic lift —…
Tools
How Much Does an Empty Leg Press Weigh?
Squats are the crowned king of leg exercises. Whether you want to build bigger quads, glutes, and hamstrings, increase your lower body strength, jump higher, run…
Bodybuilding
Average Squat By Weight, Gender, and Experience Level
The squat is a compound exercise that is one of the three big lifts in the powerlifting circuit, besides the bench press and deadlift. It is…
Tools
How Much Does A Deadlift Bar Weigh?
The barbell squat is often called the king of exercises, which is probably a title it deserves. After all, squats work your entire lower body and…
Fitness Calculator
How Many Calories Do You Burn Doing Aqua Aerobics?
If you have the luxury of having a swimming pool at home or you go to a gym with a pool, you may have heard of…
Fitness Calculator
How Many Calories Do You Burn Doing Circuit Training?
If you’re looking to switch up your workout in the gym or you’re just looking for a new way to burn some calories and link up…
Fitness Calculator
How Many Calories Do You Burn With Bootcamp?
Bootcamp is so demanding that, depending on your weight and exercise intensity, 180-pound person will burn about 12 calories each minute you do Bootcamp exercises, equaling…
Fitness Calculator
How Many Calories Does Mowing the Lawn Burn?
A 180-pound person who mows the lawn with a riding lawn mower burns between 200 and 220 calories per hour. Using a push lawn mower can…
Fitness Calculator
How Many Calories Does CrossFit Burn?
Calories Burned CrossFit Calculator During a 30-minute CrossFit session, you can burn between 200 to 400 calories, while a 1-hour session can result in a calorie…
Fitness Calculator
The Ponderal Index (PI) Calculator: Height vs. Weight
Being overweight or obese is often thought of as a modern health problem, but scientists have compared weight with height for almost 200 years. In 1835,…
Fitness Calculator
How Many Calories Do You Burn Doing Aerobics?
Aerobics classes are taught at thousands of gyms across the world every single day. They’re a great way to burn calories and get an intense full-body…
Fitness Calculator
Waist to Height Ratio Calculator
If you go to the doctor for a health check, they’ll probably weigh and measure you. From these results, they can then calculate something called your…