Many people view age-related muscle loss as a slow decline they must accept. A fitness expert explains why building strength through resistance is key to longevity.

OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to test the association between muscular strength, functional limitations, body composition measurements and indexes of sarcopenia in a sample of community ...

Muscle strength, measured by isometric hand grip strength, is an accessible and widely used proxy of muscular fitness. Lower grip strength is associated with impaired quality of life in older adults, ...

Certified personal trainer for Life Time, Evie Gibeily, designed this routine for Fit&Well, explaining that she chose this combination of exercises to cover all the major arm muscles—biceps, triceps ...

2 Physical Education Department, Democritus University of Thrace, Komotini, Greece Background: Although strength training (ST) enhances physical function in the elderly, little is known about the ...

‘Most runners need more muscle mass, or strength and control in the muscle mass they have,’ she says. ‘Hypertrophy training ...

MRI scans allow us to differentiate tissues very easily, with light gray corresponding to adipose tissue, dark gray to muscle and white to bone. While in the 70-year-old triathlete, the muscle remains ...

The scale has never been a friend to Mana Mostatabi. Even back in high school, when she ran a quick 100m on the varsity track team, her BMI – a ratio of weight to height – put her in the overweight ...

Objectives We systemically reviewed the literature to assess how long-term testosterone suppressing gender-affirming hormone therapy influenced lean body mass (LBM), muscular area, muscular strength ...