If you wonder why strength training seemed to burst out of nowhere into our common awareness about 40 years ago, a new book is here to explain how it didn’t. “Stronger: The Untold Story of Muscle in Our Lives” presents the history of how humans and society have viewed muscle and strength training – from
It might still be spring officially, but it’s close enough to summer to start cooking up fun ideas for the warm months ahead. Are you looking forward to being outside in the sunshine? Seeing friends and family who live far away? Getting back to golf or tennis? We all have our favorite summer activities. But
What does it mean to have muscle? When we were kids, we probably thought of athletes and superheroes. In our 20s, we might have associated muscle with lots of weightlifting in the gym and young men with bulging physiques. But later in life, we need to realize that muscle means more than big biceps. We
Wednesday, April 2, is National Walking Day, a celebration promoted by the American Heart Association to encourage people to get up and get moving. We’re all for anything that helps folks take that first step—literally—toward better health. And don’t worry if the day came and went. You can make every day one for steps! Here
Dan King, 65, lives by the “use it or lose it” mantra. “If you’re not pushing yourself physically, you’re signaling your body to decay faster, to degrade faster, and I don’t want that,” Dan says. “I want this chassis to be able to support all things I love to do for as long as I
Liz Hopwood was planning to have hip-replacement surgery this spring. But now, she’s too strong and too busy for that. It’ll just have to wait – because Liz, 90, is pain free and feeling great. She’s been working out twice a week with a trainer at a gym and almost every day at home. “The
After age 50 or so, many people start to gain weight, develop high blood pressure, and become frailer and weaker by the day. Plus, we have universal fears that getting older means we’ll be likely to fall and develop dementia, losing our independence in life. But what if we told you about a miracle cure
Struggling to get a good night’s sleep? You’re not alone. In fact, studies show that up to half of mature adults report trouble sleeping – whether it’s falling asleep, waking up in the night, or not feeling rested in the morning. Insomnia can take a serious toll. It’s linked to higher risks of depression, anxiety,
Menopause brings a lot of changes—some expected, some not so much. Many women don’t know that strength training can help them stay strong, independent, and feeling their best. Here’s why it’s a must after menopause. Keeps Your Muscles Strong Ever notice how everyday tasks, like carrying groceries, get harder? That’s because muscle naturally declines with
Everyone says they want to stay “young at heart.” But are they willing to lift weights to do it? Conventional wisdom has long held that running is better for heart health than weightlifting. Some research says that’s not so. For example, in one survey, scientists looked at health records of 4,000 people. They concluded that, while both