You don’t need to spend hours at the gym to build strength. With just a few multi-muscle compound exercises and a set of dumbbells, you can work your body, develop your core, and boost your metabolism ...

Hold a dumbbell or kettlebell at shoulder height. Brace your core and press the weight overhead. Lower it slowly back to the ...

Heading to the gym for an hour-long workout is one way to build muscle, but it's not the only way. If you prefer training at home, you only need two weights and this five-move routine to develop ...

Not that fussed about sit-ups? Me neither, so I say sweep them to one side and hit more muscles in one go using the good old do-it-all compound exercise — a multi-joint, multi-muscle move that hits ...

Wondering how many pull-ups you should do daily to build strength and muscle? Here's the ideal rep range based on your goals ...

Additionally, the best activities for boosting longevity are likely to be functional. In other words, moves that mimic the things we do in everyday life, such as lifting, squatting, pushing, pulling ...

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...

I’ve always been unwilling to be pressed into bench-pressing. Lifting weights seemed the province of serious athletes looking to improve performance or men looking to bulk up. Instead I walk several ...

Mara Santilli is a freelance writer and editor who covers women's health, wellness trends and topics related to health equity. She's contributed to Women's Health, Marie Claire, Shape, Cosmopolitan, ...