We spend hours hunched over phones and computer monitors day in and day out. It’s no surprise we have an epidemic of back pain. Unless you’ve herniated a disc in your lumbar spine, there's a good ...

Understanding the functions of all the muscles in the back is complex, but training them does not have to be. The muscles of the back help us do everything from standing up straight and opening doors ...

BUILDING A BALANCED physique is all about the back. The exercises you'll include in your routine to target these posterior muscles (which include your rear delts, rhomboids, traps, and lats) are ...

Like many people, I don’t enjoy training my core, I find it a faff and rather tedious. But, it’s something I make time for, because our core is literally the centre of all of our body’s movement; it’s ...

Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor and has been writing about health, fitness, and science here since 2015. Beth was the recipient of the 2017 Carnegie Science Award in science ...

To strengthen your back, everyone knows that there is a key exercise: pull-ups. That said, this exercise already requires excellent sheathing and strong upper body muscles (biceps, triceps, trapezius, ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Lifting heavy weights is not the only way to strengthen your muscles. And studies have shown that ...

Welcome to Start TODAY. Sign up for our Start TODAY newsletter to receive daily inspiration sent to your inbox — and join us on Instagram! The back muscles are used in almost every movement — from ...