Ask someone in the weight room to point to their trapezius muscle, or “traps” in gym-speak, and they’ll probably gesture toward the small mounds of muscle nestled in between their neck and shoulders.

If it feels like you’ve been noticing more bodyweight exercises on your social feeds—the kinds of calisthenics exercises your grandparents might have done in gym class—you’re not imagining things.

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These benefits may reduce your risk of heart disease and stroke. Research supports this: In a study of more than 80,000 people, those who swam regularly were 41 percent less likely to die of heart ...