Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." THERE'S NOT A ton of cheat codes when it comes to building muscular strength and size. There's no magic ...

If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your dumbbells drop after a curl—you might be missing a major opportunity to build strength. That ...

QUESTION: I have been doing the same workout for a year but wouldn’t mind mixing it up a bit. Any thoughts? ANSWER: It’s been said that the best workout for each of us is the one we will do. For some, ...

There are two kinds of training every athlete needs to do: concentric and eccentric. Concentric is the kind of muscle contraction that happens when muscle fibers shorten, as in lifting weights. There ...

Penn State Extension will offer a group-based strength training program for adults ages 40 and above. “Lifelong Improvements Through Fitness Together” is aimed at improvingfunctional fitness, and the ...