When it comes to weight-resistance exercise, you can choose free weights such as dumbbells or barbells. Or weight machines, which are often driven by cables or levers. You can use resistance bands or ...

Should you lift heavy weights or use lighter loads with more reps to maximize muscle growth? This question has divided ...

Countless workout programs promise to build brute strength. While strength athletes, like powerlifters, often rely on classic methods like the 5×5 program, which focuses on low-rep, high-weight ...

Throughout my years of coaching and training on my own, the subject of pushing to failure (or beyond) with heavier weights or higher reps has been either the goal or something to avoid. A new ...

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 ...

This straightforward squat test uses only a chair and your own body weight to measure lower-body strength, endurance, and ...