When you lift heavy over time, you build reserves of strength. You accrue power for now, and also for later. It requires ...

Lifting weights isn't the only way to build strength and muscle. Experts say bodyweight exercises can go a long way and are a ...

Olympic lifting has become a cornerstone of modern fitness, blending raw power, coordination, and athletic performance. For ...

Watch enough powerlifting competitions or heavy weights lifted at the gym and you’ll see a pattern: A lifter breathes in deeply, focuses their eyes, and exhales before maneuvering into their proper ...

Rule #1 when lifting heavy: take all safety precautions.

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If building brute strength is on your list of things to accomplish in 2025, there’s a good chance you’re honing in on heavy compound moves like deadlifts, Romanian deadlifts, and rack pulls. But ...

The idea that you can spend less time working out yet see benefits equal to those from conventional exercise routines sounds too good to be true. Yet as devotees of high-intensity interval training ...

“Calm” probably isn’t the first word that comes to mind when stepping foot in a weight room, more often than not teeming with swole, sweaty gym bros. But as I set up the barbell for squats, usually ...

Eliud Kipchoge, the elite runner who broke the elusive 2-hour marathon barrier in 2019, strength trains — that’s on top of the enormous number of miles he runs each week. The reason? It’s really ...

If you regularly hit up the weight room, you may have noticed some folks with lifting belts strapped around their waists as they deadlift, squat, or do other big moves. The belts can look like a wider ...