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You’ve been in this scenario: Your boss asks you to stay longer at work to meet an important deadline—right when you were planning to head to the gym. You look at your watch after you’re done. It ...

FOR YEARS, the fitness world has pitted pilates and strength training against each other. Strength training loyalists argue that barbells, dumbbells, and progressive overload are the only true path to ...

In a recent article, strength training in your late 50s and early 60s, we discussed the benefits of strength training (at any age) and how to get started if you are new to training. While the title ...

Strength training is an important aspect of fitness. But you may find it daunting when you glance at the weights or complicated machines at the gym, wondering how to use them. Luckily, there’s an ...

Getting started with a strength training routine can feel a bit intimidating to say the least. After all, it’s more than just heading to the gym and grabbing the first pair of weights you see and ...

Lactate threshold workouts are one of the most important parts of a training plan when you’re running longer distances. Putting your body through this type of exercise will help you to run faster and ...

Most runners want to get faster, and while you may think you need to navigate a complicated training plan to do so, you will be happy to know that one of the most effective ways to get faster is ...

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Recent groundbreaking research has uncovered a transformative approach to exercise efficiency. The investigation demonstrates that brief, intense periods of physical activity can produce substantially ...

When you track a strength training workout on a fitness watch, that watch will happily tell you what heart rate zones you were in during the workout. In fact, they'll do that for any workout, whether ...

Finding the best workout schedule for you can be tough. Some people choose to embrace their late-night rocker tendencies and go for dinner-time gym sessions, or others prefer to wake up with the sun ...