The American Heart Association recommends strength training at least twice a week. Even weight training just once a week can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, one study found! And most of ...

Learn how to improve push-ups with this personal trainer's advice based on common mistakes she sees in the gym.

Push-ups are a convenient exercise that you can do anywhere. They don’t need equipment or a gym membership. You can also adjust them to meet your own physical ability or to target specific muscles. If ...

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If you’ve been curling the same weights for months, it’s time to step up (and switch up!) your lifting game. First of all, there’s so much more you can do with a set of dumbbells. And if you want to ...

I recently advised a reader with several options to help improve their push-up regimen. One of those options was to decrease their sets and increase their repetitions but keep the total volume the ...

The ability to perform push-ups—a seemingly simple bodyweight exercise—has emerged as a surprising predictor of overall health and longevity, sparking a viral fitness trend that challenges ...

Push-ups always came easy to me. In my 20s and 30s, I could crank out more than 30 a day if I wanted to, and I loved how strong they made me feel. But the other day, when I went to do a set of 10 push ...

Performing around forty push-ups signals significantly lower heart attack and stroke risks, according to neurologist Dr. Sudhir Kumar. A study on firefighters revealed a 96% reduced risk of major ...