Forget 30, flirty, and thriving—you’re 40 and ready to have the fittest years of your life. Maybe, after years of caring for young children, you’ve mastered the morning school drop-off and have ...

For a program to be most effective, Washington recommends sticking to it for at least four to five weeks before changing it ...

Forget 30, flirty, and thriving—you’re 40 and ready to have the fittest years of your life. Maybe, after years of caring for young children, you’ve mastered the morning school drop-off and have ...

Various studies found weight training to be beneficial for body and mind, including one that suggests it might help protect the brains of older adults from dementia. But just how often should you lift ...

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SIMPLY PUT, WEIGHT training is training your body with external weights, typically implements like dumbbells, kettlebells, ...

This time off from aggressive race training is a great opportunity to establish good movement patterns for your strength ...

Yes, running more—provided you build up gradually over time—can make you a better runner, but it’s hardly the only piece of the puzzle. Strength training is a huge factor too: Adding it to your ...

The Women's Health Build & Burn series offers three different, month-long dumbbell, barbell, and kettlebell challenges with ...