Strength training supports healthy aging by preserving muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and independence.

We recently spoke to you about the importance of strengthening your legs to maintain a healthy lifestyle, which includes losing weight more easily or not having issues with mobility. In addition to ...

If the Tom Platz leg workout had a motto, it would be: more is more. More weight, more reps and more sets, until you simply can’t do any more work. The famous bodybuilder — known for his extremely ...

A trainer shares 4 chair exercises after 65 that rebuild leg strength and balance: chair squats, leg extensions, step-ups, ...

A quad-dominant day could include single joint exercises like leg extensions and multi-joint exercises like leg presses, back squats, front squats, forward lunges, reverse lunges, one-leg squats, wall ...

The best leg day workouts for men should always comprise a mix of leg exercises to hit the glutes, quads, hamstrings, and calves. Training your legs is vital to any fitness goal, whether you want to ...

Amber Sayer is a fitness, nutrition, and wellness writer and editor. She holds a master’s degree in exercise science and a master’s degree in prosthetics and orthotics. She is a NCSA-certified ...

From standing, bend the knees as if sitting back into an invisible chair, keeping the chest lifted and the spine long while ...

Besides clocking a few miles here and there on the treadmill, the gym may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think about reaching your PR. But it does, in fact, offer some unique ...

They're cheap and they're popular for at-home workouts, but ankle weights are overrated when it comes to building muscle or ...

Skip the machines. Build muscle after 60 with squats, overhead presses, lunges, and dumbbell rows, plus form tips.

For most athletes, leg days and cardio challenge the body and mind, but for tactical athletes, topping off leg days with cardio events such as rucking and swimming with fins is part of the process.