Once seen as the domain of muscle-obsessed jocks, weight training is increasingly becoming a part of everyone’s routine. And that is excellent news—both the CDC in the US and the NHS in the UK ...

Strength training offers women unprecedented benefits beyond physical transformation, including reduced anxiety and improved ...

Recent studies show weight lifting can reverse aging signs and provide the body composition of someone eight years younger.

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 ...

As life expectancy increases, the challenge for all older women will be to partake in regular exercise sessions to maintain ...

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.

Lifting weights can help you build muscle, burn fat, strengthen bones and joints, and improve long-term health.

Strength training has myriad benefits and is important for women. Celebrity trainer Luke Worthington shared three of the biggest ones with Insider. Resistance training can be empowering, help with fat ...

I’m not joking. When people ask what my favorite Olympic spectator sport is, I answer “women’s weight lifting.” There’s usually a pause, as people assume a punch line will follow. After all, this is a ...

Planning to hit the gym during rush hour? You’ll have much better luck finding an open elliptical machine than a bench press, squat rack or 30-pound dumbbells. Strength training — also called weight ...

It wasn’t until my late 30s that I realized something needed to change. I was lethargic and barely had the energy to play ...