Stand directly beneath a pull-up bar. If you’re unable to reach the bar without more than a small hop, set up a platform or ...

Lie faceup on the ground, or stand near a wall, and place a softball, lacrosse ball, or trigger point ball on the low back ...

Drive yourself back up to the top and repeat. Dips are arguably the best of all bodyweight exercises for developing ... Try to keep your head moving through the mid-line of your body to ensure ...

1. Chair Stand This exercise helps work the core by standing up and sitting back down in slow, controlled motions: Step 1: Sit down in a comfortable chair. Step 2: Keep your feet together and ...

If you’re trying to fix that nagging back pain—or more importantly prevent it—try the following strength exercises and lower back stretches, demonstrated by Hollis Tuttle, certified personal ...

This gentle rotation exercise targets the often-neglected muscles surrounding your spine while improving mobility in your thoracic spine (mid-back), an area particularly vulnerable to stiffness ...

The good news? There are a handful of exercises that consistently rank as the best for improving your overall health, and they’re not all as intense or complicated as you might think.

While this looks like a straightforward back exercise ... already handles a good portion of the middle and lower traps, and the shrug is one of the best ways out there to target the top, says ...