When you lift heavy over time, you build reserves of strength. You accrue power for now, and also for later. It requires ...

Hypertrophy is the increase in size and volume of muscle cells through a specific type of resistance training. Trainers ...

The importance of strength training is well known. But when it comes to how to strength train, the advice can be confusing. Popular workout modalities take vastly different approaches. Low-impact ...

“People get focused on the weight on the bar because of the term ‘load’ in progressive overload,” says Norton, but more reps ...

Strength training is having a moment, and fitness experts say it is about more than building muscle or lifting heavy weights.

Despite the 'misery' of cutting back down, the actor says shedding his hard-earned gains was all part of the plan ...

That idea that you need to grunt and strain under crushing barbells to build serious strength deserves to be tossed in the fitness myth graveyard. The truth about getting stronger without heavyweight ...

Getting out of a chair shouldn't be a struggle. Yet for many older adults, simple everyday movements like this become increasingly difficult as our muscles break down and weaken with age, a process ...

'It’s because we lose power if we do strength training in the traditional sense [with higher reps and lighter loads]. When we ...