The Best Shoes to Wear When You’re Lifting Weights Flat shoes, heeled lifters, or something else? Here’s what you should have on your feet for each type of strength training.

Wrist Wraps and Lifting Straps Serve Very Different Purposes in the Gym These two accessories actually have completely opposite functions (and “wrist straps” aren’t really a thing).

How to Add Up the Weights When You’re Lifting With a Barbell Yes, you count the bar, too.

How to Prevent and Manage Calluses From Lifting We’re probably all used to getting calluses on our feet, but tiny ones can develop on your hands and fingers if you lift weights often, or if you do a lot of work with gymnastics gear like rings and pull-up bars. The ways to manage them have a lot in common with our advice on calluses in general, but their small size… Read more…

Gym Chalk Is Your Secret Weapon for Lifting More Weight If you’ve ever seen someone chalk up before a big deadlift, maybe clapping a big cloud of the stuff into the air, you might wonder if it’s actually even doing anything. But chalk is a useful tool if you’re lifting heavy, so let’s dive in and talk about when you need it and how to use it. Read more…