If you want to lift weights, walking into the gym (or moseying over to your dumbbells at home) is a good start. But if you want to get stronger over time, you need to give it a bit more thought than ...

Strength-training comes with a host of benefits regardless of your age, from more toned muscles to a speedier metabolism and more. But this form of exercise (also called resistance training) can be ...

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Alison Marie Helms, Ph.D., C.P.T., a certified running coach, agrees that while injury is not always 100 percent preventable, strength training can “stack the deck in your favor.” The thing is, the ...

If there’s one thing I hope to accomplish in my fitness career, it’s to convince people to start lifting heavy things. More and more people are realizing how important strength training is (strong is ...

Early in There’s Something About Mary, the 1998 rom-com classic, Ben Stiller’s character picks up a hitchhiker who has a genius idea for a best-selling product. “Seven-minute abs,” he says, selling ...

ANY GUY WITH lifting experience typically reaches a metaphorical fork in the road: To cut or to bulk? Traditional fitness advice tells us you have to go through separate phases to gain muscle and lose ...

Progressive overload is adjusting strength training exercises to gradually increase reps and workout time. Learn how to follow the process here.

Senior Lecturer, Exercise Physiology. Director of Teaching and Education, School of Health Sciences, UNSW Sydney People asking for exercise advice are usually looking for a simple answer. Do this over ...