While struggling through long jumps and lunges during a recent class at my boxing gym, the owner suggested I lift weights—heavyweights—to help build strength in my legs and protect my joints.

Eileen Fagen, owner of The Fitness Factory of Charlotte, says strength training along with cardio can alleviate some symptoms ...

This is the exercise experts recommend for women over 60 to rebuild strength, improve posture, and make daily tasks easier.

Women are often told not to focus on weight loss if they go to the gym. There is a preconceived notion that lifting weights can turn them into a bodybuilder. They will become too muscular and lose out ...

Recent studies show weight lifting can reverse aging signs and provide the body composition of someone eight years younger. Modern research reveals strength training as a powerful tool for mental ...

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If you want to lift your grandkids, get up the stairs, haul groceries, and conquer all of life’s adventures with confidence as you age, here’s the science-backed secret: lift weights. Yep, those ...

I started weight lifting five years ago and immediately got hooked on how empowering it was. Having worked out on average five times a week consistently since, I've learned a lot. I've realized ...

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For far too long it felt like the weights zone in the gym was overly male-dominated and a no-go for woman and non-binary folk, but luckily things are changing on that front and weight training for ...

Mar 29, 2019; Albany , NY, USA; General view of a NCAA logo prior to an Albany regional semifinal game of the women’s 2019 NCAA Tournament between the UCLA Bruins and the UConn Huskies at the Times ...