But a growing body of research suggests that building muscle and strength in your legs could be a crucial way to increase your health span, a.k.a. the number of years you’re physically and mentally ...

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

Women often get trapped in endless cardio cycles, spending hours on treadmills and ellipticals while their leg muscles gradually weaken with age, setting them up for mobility problems, bone loss, and ...

There are so many major muscle groups in your legs, it’s easy to neglect the small ones—especially your inner thighs. These muscles (a.k.a. your adductors) are responsible for so much. They’re the ...

If you have been thinking about hitting the gym to begin your resistance training journey, it is highly likely that you have come across both the full-body workout and push-pull-legs training plans.

Hugh Herr, the director of an M.I.T. laboratory that pursues the “merging of body and machine,” grew up in a Mennonite family outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He and his brothers—he was the youngest ...

Women who are 50 years, or older, tend to develop persistent belly fat, because menopause causes their metabolism to slow ...