Strength training supports healthy aging by preserving muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and independence.

Building strong legs is essential for total-body fitness, athletic performance, and long-term health. This expert-backed ...

Think barbell back squats are the only way to grow a mammoth lower body? Guess again. While powerlifters swear by this powerful compound move, it's not exactly the be-all, end-all for growing leg ...

Recently, I noticed a guy I’d trained around for a few years in the gym move some pretty impressive weight, far more than what he’d been regularly capable of. He was in good shape too. Naturally, I ...

Twelve months of heavy resistance training—exercise that makes muscles work against a force—around retirement preserves vital leg strength years later, show the follow up results of a clinical trial, ...

Folks nearing retirement shouldn't skip leg days at the gym, a new study advises. One year of heavy strength training preserves vital leg strength up to at least four years later, researchers found.

A new study finds that older adults who do heavy resistance training for a year can maintain the gained muscle strength for years afterward. This information is important since depletion of leg muscle ...

Chair exercises after 55 to rebuild muscle daily, with CSCS Jarrod Nobbe’s expert coaching cues and progressions.

Incorporating lunges into your leg day routine has numerous benefits, setting the stage for increased performance in military training and overall durability. Lunges should be a staple of leg workouts ...

In a recent short interim report published in the journal BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, researchers investigated the long-term effects of varying intensities of supervised resistance training in ...