Lara McGlashan MFA CPT

Boost metabolism, improve cognitive health and increase muscle gain with these research-backed nutritional powerhouses.

What does sleep have to do with your DNA? Research says: a lot.

NASM-certified trainer, functional-training specialist and Dymatize athlete Taylor Gallagher opens up to Oxygen in this Q&A.

Carve shapely delts and deftly handle a handstand with these two moves.

Read the latest news about the Mediterranean diet, muscle memory and high-intensity incidental physical activity (HIIPA).

This judo athlete and Olympic hopeful talks about kicking ass and taking names.

Compression clothing may be the key to enhanced performance and accelerated recovery.

Either add these killer moves to any workout, or follow the five sample workout programs, to get your body in shape for the summer.

Integrate these moves into your program to improve flexibility and protect your shoulders from all angles.

Paige Hathaway shares her workout for strong, sexy shoulders.

For shapely delts, use this traditional muscle-sculpting move and workout.

For functional fitness, learn how to do the barbell push jerk.

Build this stubborn bodypart with a foolproof plan of attack.

Give the word “broad” new meaning with this lateral delt routine.

Sculpt shapely shoulders in just five steps.

All you need is a single weight plate and a little real estate to do this barn-burning workout.

After hard training, you need to replace essential nutrients in your cells to fuel recovery — and tomorrow’s workout! Here are some shakes to help with that.

These seven athletes have faced life challenges with strength and vigor — from pushing through patriarchy to overcoming eating disorders. Meet our 2019 Women Strong team.

This two-time Ms. Bikini Olympia and two-time Bikini International champion opens up to Oxygen.

All you need is a single Valslide and your own bodyweight to do this core-intensive workout.

Trampoline workouts are low-impact, fun, fat burning and functional. Here’s how this kind of workout can accelerate your results by leaps and bounds.

Get the perfect gift for the health-minded mom in your life! These items were hand-picked by our Brand Director and Editor-in-Chief Lara McGlashan as things she herself would love to get for Mother’s Day (hint hint). Check them out!

Did your Opens suck in February? You’ve got one more chance to change that for 2019.

Choose Your Coach, Change Your Life

If you want to train your mental acuity and hone your balance, try a wobble board.

The TRX offers a surprising array of unique exercises, using gravity and your own bodyweight as resistance.

The sled is an excellent tool for high-intensity training without high impact. Use it for conditioning, fat loss, strength development and muscle building.

Medicine balls help develop explosive power and rotational trunk strength, while also training you to absorb and redirect force, improving athletic performance and allowing you to project that power in every plane of motion.

Sometimes simpler is better, and herein lies the beauty of the exercise band.

Intense kettlebell workouts burn about 20 calories a minute and can improve aerobic capacity, explosive power, dynamic balance and core strength.

This barbell crossbreed is popularly known as a tool for shrugging, but it has other values.

You can hit every major muscle group with dumbbells and can adapt just about every barbell move in existence to be dumbbell-centric.

Develop a strong core with four-time figure Olympia champ Nicole Wilkins' abdominal workout.

2014 Olympia Bikini champion Ashley Kaltwasser shares her secret formula for sculpting sexy abs.

Mother, career woman and wife Kayla Sanders can now add “cover girl” to her list of accolades. Here’s how this Oxygen Challenge 4 participant took control of her health and completely transformed her body — and her life!

Sub freekeh for rice and get an extra dose of fiber, protein, glutamine and prebiotics.

Division I track athlete and two-time Figure Olympia champion opens up about her enduring love of track, the practice of gratitude and her weekly self-care indulgence.

Train for symmetry and strength with this 15-minute one-dumbbell workout.

Unleash your inner beast and train for athleticism, mobility and coordination with this high-octane combo of Animal Flow and kettlebell movements.

Battle ropes are a high-intensity, full-body cardio and strength workout all in one.

Barbells are super versatile and can be used to hit every major bodypart. In fact, with nothing more than a bar, some plates and a bench, you can easily assemble an effective full-body program — no gym required.

Meet your coaches for the America’s Fittest Couple Challenge 3 and see what they have in store!

The reigning Ms. Bikini Olympia and two-time Bikini International champion Angelica Teixeira shares her pre-Olympia chest and triceps training strategies exclusively with Oxygen.

Here’s why you need this quality protein source on your shopping list.

Recovery days should be as mental as they are physical. Here are five ways to recharge your brain — as well as your body — and redirect your fitness compass toward success.

Now in its fourth year, the Challenge is better than ever, and it will help you change your body, your life, your mindset and your attitude.

It’s a fact that you need water to survive. But do you need fancy bottled water? Here, we turn to science to help distill the truth from the hype about water.

You’re only 60 days away from finally making exercise and clean eating part of your lifestyle.

Here it is — the ultimate bodyweight workout — with nary a squat, lunge or plyometric in sight!

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Heighten your awareness of this, the second most common cause of death from cancer in women in the United States.