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Build Beach Legs in 20 Minutes a Week

Increase your energy and explosive power by perfecting your vertical jump

To keep your legs from looking like toothpicks this summer, you need an exercise routine that combines resistance training and plyometrics—high-intensity training exercises used to produce fast, powerful movements. You’ll build strong legs and increase your vertical jump and explosive power, according to the Performance Training Journal. The routine below, created by certified strength and conditioning specialist Kyle Brown, is a lower-body superset exercise regimen with no rest period between the resistance training and plyometric exercises. After you complete one superset, rest for 30 seconds, and then begin the next superset. Do this routine twice a week to build powerful legs.

Sweat the Small Stuff

Five little-known muscles that can tone your body, boost your energy, and keep you off the disabled list

Most workouts focus on the major muscle groups, and rightfully so. But sometimes you need to concentrate on the minor players. It's the fitness equivalent of a painter transitioning from broad strokes to detail work, and the results are no less significant. In fact, strengthening the muscles mentioned below can help prevent many of the strains and injuries that plague a 40-year-old body. "Think of these smaller muscles as the support crew," says Michael Maina, PhD, an associate professor of health and human performance at Roanoke College, in Virginia. "They help your prime-time muscles perform at their best." Sprinkle the following exercises into your regular strength sessions. "Within a month," says Maina, "you'll feel stronger, look leaner, and have an extra spring in your step."

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Skirting Issues at the Office

A good boss recognizes the differences between the sexes

For as long as we can remember, men have celebrated—and bemoaned—all the ways that women are different from us. They look different, thank heavens. They tend to smell much better, as you may have noticed. But on the other hand, women don't seem to recognize the transcendent significance of a .367 lifetime batting average. So if women are different in all these wonderful and baffling ways, why is it that you use one-size-fits-all strategies for managing your male and female employees?