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What do a bride-to-be, a couple booking a long-overdue cruise, and a career powerlifter with an upcoming competition have in common? Oftentimes, they all want (or need) to lose weight — fast. If you’re even vaguely familiar with health and fitness, you’ve probably heard the standard weight loss dogma more than enough times: Eat your vegetables , be more active, make sure you’re getting enough sleep each night, hit the weights, take this or that “magic” supplement , blah blah blah. Credit: Davizro Photography / Shutterstock Don’t get it twisted: For the most part, that’s all sound advice (you can probably keep your wallet shut about the diet pills, though). Increasing your physical activity and monitoring your nutrition are sure-fire ways of changing the number you see on the scale … eventually.  But there are some situations where you need to change your body composition or body weight fast . While health is undeniably more of a marathon than a sprint, there are ways to kick...

The fittest people on the planet once struggled with their first push-up . No one is born in pristine physical condition; they’ve committed to getting themselves there. If you’ve decided to take the plunge and make this year your fittest yet, congratulations! As you’ll see, getting started is, quite literally, half the battle.  But once you’ve started, you have to stick to it. You may be riding a resolution high at the moment, but how do you fuel that fire for the rest of the year — or the rest of your life? You need actionable, evidence-based tips to fall back on.  Credit: Victor Moussa / Shutterstock Here are six tips for adhering to a fitness-based New Year’s resolution, and how you can get the most out of every drop of sweat you shed along the way.  How to Stick to Your New Year’s Fitness Resolution Set the Right Goals Make a Positive Plan Change Your Environment Be Flexible Hit the Weights Take the Plunge Set the Right Goals When it comes to fitness...

Arnold Schwarzenegger commands attention. Whether he’s running his mouth on camera in Pumping Iron , serving up iconic action movie one-liners, or taking to the political podium, people listen to what the Austrian Oak has to say. And for good reason. Schwarzenegger is perhaps more responsible for ushering bodybuilding into popular culture than any man living. So when the G.O.A.T. calls the dumbbell pullover a “forgotten gem” and one of bodybuilding’s “must-do” movements , we certainly take note.  View this post on Instagram A post shared by Bodybuilding | Memes | Nutrition | Motivation (@gym.legends) [Related: The Best Supplements for Bodybuilding ] “One of the prime movements that made [my chest grow to 57 inches] was the dumbbell pullover…” Schwarzenegger wrote for Flex magazine in 2014. He purported that the pullover not only helped develop his now-iconic pecs , but that the exercise could even expand the human rib cage....