Start strong, finish strong.

Does a new month get you as amped up as it gets us? It's like a mini-reset and a great time to mark new goals — like our 30-day Fitness Quest to build to a 5-minute plank, available with Outside+.

If quests aren't your thing, we've still got plenty of goods, from nutrition and training advice to structured plans. You can shake your workouts up in plenty of ways, like tweaking the sets and reps you do each week or tacking on one of the sweat-inducing workout finishers from the collection below. 

We also break down the potential benefits of the ab wheel, a fitness tool that has long promised lofty outcomes. Unfortunately, you won't magically get six-pack abs as advertised in late-night commercials, but this affordable piece of equipment can play a role in developing a stronger core. 

Keep killin' it, Oxygen fam — the holidays are already looming, and those more hectic times will be here before you know it!

— Rose McNulty, Senior Digital Editor

5 Tough Finishers to Add to Your Workout

“It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish.”

That old cliché may have more meaning in sports than in the gym — where every rep counts — but even so, a good finishing move can be just the thing that pushes your results over the finish line.

“Adding in a good finisher exercise to your workout can help you build momentum toward achieving your ultimate fitness goals,” says Samantha Clayton, personal trainer, group exercise instructor and former Olympian who competed for the U.K. in track at the Sydney 2000 Games. “My aim with a finisher movement is to recruit other muscles while still working the primary muscle group of that particular workout.”

Here, Clayton shares her five favorite finishing moves — one for your upper-body and lower-body sessions, as well as others for your back, shoulders and core days.

Finish strong with these moves »

WORKOUT PLAN

Fitness Quest: 5-Minute Plank in 30 Days

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