You should set short- and long-term goals for your health and fitness efforts. Here’s why, and how to choose the best ones for you.

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Has your workout motivation vanished and you’re not sure why? It’s okay to coast through workout slumps. You may even be able reignite motivation.

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Do you get frustrated when you have a bad workout? If you think every workout must be awesome or it’s worthless otherwise, see how to handle bad workouts.

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Have you tried a diet or workout program someone swore by but didn’t get great results and thought, “What’s wrong with me?” Well, you are not the problem.

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If you want to get the best results from your workouts, and feel great while doing so, you need to know how to listen to your body when strength training.

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If you’re an advanced lifter and only have dumbbells for your at-home workouts, you need to use these 9 ways to make dumbbell workouts more advanced.

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I used to obsess over food and use exercise as punishment. That was then. Food and fitness no longer dominate my life, and my results haven’t suffered.

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Struggle to work out consistently? These 8 tips will show you how to be more consistent with workouts so you can achieve the results you deserve.

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An exercise causes pain. You have an injury. The gym closed during a pandemic. Your response should be the same: Focus on what you CAN do, not what you can’t.

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You’re stronger than you realize, and I’ll prove it with a simple, but challenging, three-exercise workout. This is the key to achieving better results.

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