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Jennifer Aniston’s 25-minute bodyweight workout for building stronger deep core muscles

Jennifer Aniston’s 25-minute bodyweight workout for building stronger deep core muscles

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the Well Enough newsletter with Harry Bullmore for tips on living a healthier, happier and longer life Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore Get the Well Enough email with Harry Bullmore At 57 years old, Jennifer Aniston is in enviable shape. Strength training is a “non-negotiable” part of her routine, but don’t expect to see her with a barbell in hand any time soon. Instead, in 2023, she adopted a novel low-impact training system called Pvolve – a training method found by an Exeter University study to be “effective at improving strength and balance in women during and post-menopause”. “Pvolve is a functional fitness method that moves your body in ways you move in everyday life – forward, sideways and rotationally,” her trainer and Pvolve vice president of training Dani Coleman explains. “We do that with unique resistance equipment [designed] to build overall stability, mobility and strength.” This specialist equipment is needed to do some of the exercises in Pvolve workouts, but many of Aniston’s favourite moves require just your bodyweight. Below, …

Calisthenics Exercises: The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Training

Calisthenics Exercises: The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Training

Published by Jenni Sidey

If it feels like you’ve been noticing more bodyweight exercises on your social feeds—the kinds of calisthenics exercises your grandparents might have done in gym class—you’re not imagining things. Fitness, like fashion, is cyclical. As sure as skinny jeans will be cool again, you can bet that training styles like calisthenics will always come back around. But this isn’t about nostalgia. Whether we’re talking about bringing back your grandfather’s workout or his gym shorts, it has to hold up in the present day. And in the case of calisthenics, it totally makes sense why this is happening right now. “I see calisthenics trending upwards, and I think some of that has to do with what’s happened the last five years or so,” says Dogpound founder and celebrity trainer Kirk Myers, referring to the surge of connected fitness and smart home gyms brought on by the pandemic. The pendulum, it seems, is swinging the other way. “I feel like because technology is such a large part of our lifestyle now, people are trying to get back …

Bodyweight training: The fitness trend that allows you to ditch gym fees and build strength

Bodyweight training: The fitness trend that allows you to ditch gym fees and build strength

Published by Daniella Wilson

Sign up to our free Living Well email for advice on living a happier, healthier and longer life Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter Live your life healthier and happier with our free weekly Living Well newsletter You don’t need a gym membership, dumbbells, or expensive equipment to get stronger. Since the beginning of time, we’ve had access to the one piece of equipment that is essential for strength training – our own bodies. Strength training without the use of external forces and equipment is called “bodyweight training”. From push-ups and squats to planks and chin-ups, bodyweight training has become one of the most popular ways to exercise because it can be done anywhere – and it’s free. So, what is it, why does it work and how do you get started? What is bodyweight training? Bodyweight training simply means you use your own body weight as resistance, instead of external weights such as barbells and dumbbells. Common exercises include push-ups, squats, lunges and sit-ups. open image in …