Strength

Strength

Core Strength Cable Test

This standing cable push test measures measure your progress in core strength.

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Start It Up

In the first installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to build your endurance foundation.

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The Shape of Your Life: Month Two

In the second installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to fortify your core and improve strength.

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Core Values

Weeks five through eight of The Shape of Your Life focus on functional strength.

Strength Exercises

Weeks five through eight of The Shape of Your Life focus on functional strength.

Flexibility

Home Stretch

Weeks nine through 12 of The Shape of Your Life focus on flexibility.

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Power Play

In the fourth installment of Outside's five-part series on the Shape of Your Life, learn how to develop speed and power to tap your full physical potential.

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Upward Bound

The following two-part workout is designed to improve your overall speed and quickness.

Clean-pull

Plug Yourself In

In month four of The Shape of Your Life, add three Olympic-style lifts to your ongoing Tuesday and Thursday strength routine.

Functional Exercises

These functional exercises will help you develop speed and power during weeks 13 through 16 of The Shape of Your Life.

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The Agile File

Fine-tune your balance and agility with these exercises for weeks 17 through 20 of The Shape of Your Life.

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Be Your Own Boss

THE SHAPE OF YOUR LIFE IS NOT PERFECT. We'd like to think otherwise, but now's the time to admit that no single strategy can work perfectly for every person, every time. Nor should it. To keep this...

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Agility Exercises

Complete diagrams and descriptions on agility exercises to help fine-tune your fitness

Still using those outdated exercises?

The 14 Biggest Weight Training Mistakes

The bad news? There are a lot of exercises you grew up doing that are dead wrong for building power. The good news? The fixes are simple.

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