For many runners, the marathon represents the ultimate test of physical and mental endurance. The months leading up to a marathon require careful planning, including a sensible and progressive ...

Functional strength training involves exercises that mimic everyday activities, such as climbing stairs. It aims to improve people’s movement in their daily lives or their performance in certain ...

Regular strength training can improve your strength and flexibility, and decrease your risk of injury and falls. Keep reading for more benefits and tips to get the most out of your strength routine.

Functional strength training has popped up so often recently that it’s probably grabbed your attention. The overall category of functional fitness training, which includes strength training, even ...

Strength training needn't be a quagmire of confusion. In fact, it's a relatively simple way of exercising that uses resistance training in the form of free weights (e.g. dumbbells), fixed weights (e.g ...

Hypertrophy and strength training are both types of resistance training. Focusing on one area doesn’t mean you won’t see gains in the other, but varying your workouts can optimize your results.

This is a question I used to hear regularly from parents when I’d recommend strength training for the kids I worked with, whose ages ranged from 6 to 18 years old, in youth sports. During my four ...