"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A new study finds that people who could lift 5 kilograms (roughly 11 pounds) were at higher risk of ...

One of the biggest misconceptions about weight training is that it's complicated—though that misconception is largely due to the surge in fad programs, trendy set-rep schemes, and fancy resistance ...

If you have been waging war on belly fat and battling inflammation, it is time to swap the stress for a strength-training strategy that actually works. The secret? Lifting weights, building muscle, ...

“Average” is a tricky word when it comes to weight lifting. Fitness level, body type, and exercise experience make for a lot of variation. But weight-lifting standards can help you get a grasp on ...

Incorporating strength training into your week has remarkable benefits. So, the question is not whether you should ...

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 ...

CHICAGO -- Chris Van Nostrand first founded his company Strength Wise Barbell as a way to bring together two of the things he was most passionate about in life: weightlifting and helping people. "I ...

SOME PEOPLE IN the fitness world pit Pilates and strength training against each other. But at Men’s Health and Women’s Health, we know there’s no reason for the beef—especially because the two ...

AS PILATES CLASSES and workouts like Solidcore have become more popular, certain parts of the fitness world have had a polarized response. Some people swear by Pilates, while more traditional strength ...

There’s a reason why so many FitTok workout trends incorporate both pilates and strength training into their routines (we see you, 3-2-1 method and 3-2-8 barre pilates method). The two exercise ...