Each weekend in 2021, we worked closely with certified personal trainers to give you a variety of workouts that help strengthen Sales & Deals stride, increase your endurance, and build your confidence. Together, we’ve covered it all from basic Best Upper Body Workouts intense workouts that will help you on and off the roads and trails.

And the thing you loved most? Core workouts that help you improve your overall performance. Having a strong core can help prevent injury, improve your balance, and increase your stability, so it’s not shocking that endurance athletes flock to various types of core workouts. Don’t know where to start if you want to up your strength training in 2022? This 4-move workout was our most popular video this year, and that’s because these basic—yet effective—moves can help even the most advanced runner.

But it wasn’t all about getting a stronger core. While upper-body exercises are often forgotten, this year you took a moment to focus on mobility and posture with a step, a chair, bench or box, a mini resistance band and a long resistance band. A Kettlebell Workout for Upper Body Strength total body workout with a TRX suspension trainer.

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To further guide your fitness journey, try one of the popular workouts from 2021 that appeals to you the most and check out the follow-along video and detailed instructions for every single move. You will only need an exercise mat for some of the exercises in this playlist, but if you would like to complete all the workouts then also grab a medicine ball, Bodyweight Back Exercises for Better Form, dumbbells, and a suspension trainer.

Each workout is guaranteed to be a great addition to your strength-training days as you build up those miles for more great runs in 2022!

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V-Up Variations for a Strong Core

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Best Lower Body Workouts
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A 4-Move Easy Ab Workout for Beginners
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This year we offered you a workout every single weekend. Here are the ones you loved most
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Best Upper Body Workouts
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5 Shoulder Mobility Exercises for Better Posture and Arm Swing
Alison Staples
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a step, a chair, bench or box, a mini resistance band and a long resistance band
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4 V-Up Variations for a Strong Core
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Best Total Body Workouts
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This Outdoor Workout Builds Total-Body Strength
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5 This Advanced Abs Workout Uses Just a Medicine Ball
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5 Bodyweight Back Exercises for Better Posture
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Just want to start working out now? Check out the following playlist that gives you a glimpse of each workout below!

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Monique Lebrun

Monique LeBrun joined the editorial staff in October 2021 as the associate health and fitness editor. She has a master’s mass in journalism and has previously worked for ABC news and Scholastic. She is an avid runner who loves spending time outside.