Strength training supports healthy aging by preserving muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and independence.
Skip the machines. Build muscle after 60 with squats, overhead presses, lunges, and dumbbell rows, plus form tips.
Build strength after 55 with goblet squats, rows, bench press, overhead press, and back extensions, with sets and reps.
One of the major killers of muscle gains is overworking a particular muscle group and not allowing it enough time to effectively recover. The best push-pull-leg and upper/lower body workout splits aim ...
If you’re new to the gym and trying to lose fat while building muscle, chances are you’re overwhelmed by all the conflicting advice online. Should you lift heavy four days a week? Go light with high ...
A 4-time World's Strongest Man recommends prioritizing squats, weighted carries, and sandbag lifts. The exercises build full-body strength and muscle, especially in your core. The movements can also ...
Full-body routines are great and all, but there’s just something special about leg day. A solid leg workout plan gives you a chance to challenge some of your biggest and strongest muscles. After all, ...
Soreness is a fact of life in fitness. Importantly, however, Samuel notes that there is a difference between the burn you feel in your muscles post-workout, and the pain you feel in joints. If your ...
Although we’re getting better at completing those strength sessions, new research shows that most of us are still overlooking ...
For most athletes, leg days and cardio challenge the body and mind, but for tactical athletes, topping off leg days with cardio events such as rucking and swimming with fins is part of the process.
When used with the appropriate medical guidance, GLP-1 medications like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro can be an effective ...