If you work with highly unfit or overweight clients, the latest ACE-commissioned study offers important findings for how to safely increase the intensity of your clients’ walking workouts through the use of weighted vests. Plus, we include several ready-to-go walking workouts that you can begin using with your clients today. For most newcomers to exercise,…
Need some new workout ideas for the New Year? Look no further. Here are ACE’s top 10 workouts from 2014. 8 Exercises Every Woman Should Be Doing Women who regularly hit the weights experience a wide range of health, fitness and quality-of-life benefits. But it can be a challenge to know how to get started….
3 Exercises to do Instead of Burpees Tired of doing burpees all the time? There’s no question they are effective, but doing the same movement over and over can get monotonous. ACE pro Jonathan Ross presents three burpee alternatives that deliver similar full-body benefits. 5 Plank Variations That Will Challenge Your Core Planks are incredibly…
Endurance athletes are constantly looking to improve their fitness and efficiency so, come race day, they can go faster for longer periods of time. Low-intensity workouts—exercises that keep you at a relatively low heart rate for a prolonged period of time—are the key to building that endurance. Consider elite runners from Kenya, who dominate the…
Whether you’re on vacation, live at the beach or just love to work out in the sand, these beach workouts will challenge your entire body. Working out on the beach tests your stability, agility, fitness levels and mental toughness due to the unstable surface and outdoor environment. Before starting these beach workouts, measure your starting…
The year is almost up and there were plenty of workouts that challenged you and your client! See ACE’s 10 best workouts that will have you working up a sweat. 4 Deadlift Variations You Need to Try If building a lot of muscle mass is among your clients’ fitness goals, the deadlift should be one…
ACE Advocacy and Outreach  Spring is upon us, and the warm sun and blue skies create a perfect backdrop for outdoor workouts. There is a long list of health benefits associated with being outside, like boosting immunity, mental health and brain function. Performing outdoor workouts has even been shown to increase satisfaction with fitness programs, which…
You make your health and fitness a priority. You schedule your week around your workouts or favorite fitness classes, and rarely does a day goes by that you don’t walk through the doors of a fitness facility. But here’s something you may not realize: The time you spend working out is only one part of…
From challenging workout DVDs for at-home use to demanding outdoor boot camp-style classes and grueling studio-based workouts, high intensity training is popular because it provides what people want: results! High intensity workout programs are popular because they work. They are a time-efficient way to expend a lot of calories and sculpt well-defined muscles. However doing…
Testosterone is an anabolic steroid responsible for promoting the repair and growth of muscle proteins. Currently, there are a lot of half-truths out there regarding low testosterone levels among men and how to raise them. To help clarify some of the misinformation being propagated, here is what you need to know about low-T and what…