Most machines you find at the gym are engineered to train specific muscles—usually a primary muscle and one or more secondary muscles. The chest press machine works your pectorals and shoulders, while ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." For some, the gym is intimidating. You fight for equipment, personal trainers try to sell their services, ...

Georges Canguilhem was a French philosopher and physician who worked on the question of technological and automaton bodies, confirming that the model of the human body is neither purely physical, nor ...

Walk into any gym and you’ll be met with a sea of weight machines. With so many options, it’s easy for even the most seasoned lifters to feel overwhelmed. Between the dozen gym machines that claim to ...

To those who think the gym is an intimidating place, have no fear. As a female personal trainer, I have experienced the ins and outs of gym culture and am here to help. One of my favorite machines to ...

A. Without meaning to sound snarky, the best machine for an aerobic workout is the one you will use. That being said, there are so many options today treadmills, rowing machines, elliptical trainers, ...

While I waited in the lobby of Body Machine Fitness for the doors of “the world’s largest luxury HIIT studio” to open, I found myself somewhere between the “BMFer” merchandise and the smoothie bar, ...

The human body is a marvel of engineering, but it’s a machine that requires maintenance and repair. At times, that means trying to replace parts lost to injury or illness. The oldest known prosthesis ...