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

Here's everything you need to know to get started packing on muscle with dumbbells, kettlebells, and barbells.

Lifting at your local gym can be intimidating. Here’s a beginner-friendly guide to the weight room. By Alyssa Ages Alyssa Ages is a competitive strongwoman athlete and a former personal trainer, but ...

This year at my annual checkup, my doctor said something I didn’t expect: “Have you considered strength training? You basically have no muscle.” However, a sufficient exercise regimen is not unlike a ...

Building strong legs after 60 is not about punishment or endless gym sessions. It’s about moving with intention, choosing the ...

Exercise pros reveal the best ways to walk to build muscle, plus the other perks you can get from incorporating walking into ...

Here’s how to find the right effort level for a strength workout. By Alyssa Ages You’re sweaty and sore, and just hoisting your gym bag onto your shoulder makes you groan. The workout was exhausting, ...

When it comes to fitness guidance, many of us hear familiar refrains about the benefits of cardio exercise. Calls for cycling, running, jogging, walking, or simply "getting your steps in" are ...

Think you always need long, slow strength sessions to build strength and burn fat? Think again. New research suggests that high-intensity circuit training—workouts that pack multiple strength moves ...

Picking up some weights can help you get stronger, sure, but it’s not the only benefit of strength training—not by any stretch. (You’ll appreciate that pun more when you get to number nine.) With ...