Building Strength
Is age a limiting factor for building strength? You might have seen people in their 60s and 70s who have enviable muscle definition and look fitter than people 20 years younger. But what about people in their 90s?
When you have limited time to work out and build strength, compound exercises will help you maximize the efficiency of your workouts and get more benefits too. When you’re ready to train, here are five of the best compound exercises to include in your strength-training routine.
Runners often focus on building endurance and sometimes limit strength training. Yet, runners of all types, whether sprinters or distance runners, need to build strength. Here’s why and how best to do it.
Can you work strength and muscle hypertrophy in the same workout and do it in a time-expedient manner? Here’s a repetition scheme that will allow you to do just that. Take your strength and hypertrophy training to the next level with this advanced strength training variation.
You can approach resistance training in several ways. You can lift heavy and do fewer reps or lighten up and do a high number of reps. You can also aim for somewhere in between. Which approach is best or do you need all three?
What’s your favorite time to lift weights? Does it make a difference as far as your strength gains? Find out what research shows about strength training performance based on time of day.
Circuit training wins points for being a time-efficient, total body workout. But what if you want to build strength or increase muscle size? Can a circuit workout be a way to accomplish that? Find out what research shows.
