If you're intimidated by the prospect of picking up heavy weights, these women (who all started for different reasons) are ...

The idea of wandering into the weight room is intimidating for many newbies, which is too bad. Because even though the thought of picking up different heavy things and putting your body under mega ...

Strength training is recommended as part of rheumatoid arthritis treatment. Here’s why resistance training is important and ...

I like to use this quote from American record-breaking powerlifter Ed Coan when coaching young and beginner lifters since it reinforces the importance of technique every time you lift a weight. "When ...

To achieve visible muscles, it’s necessary to apply a high stimulus and continually increase it. However, it’s not always clear which weights to choose to intensely engage your muscles. At FITBOOK, ...

Her realistic advice for starting weight training in midlife ...

When you’re a fitness newbie, there are a lot of terms to learn—rep, set, volume, AMRAP, EMOM—I can’t blame you if you’re wondering what it all means. When it comes to the names of types of training, ...

It’s time for your favorite strength class and you’re pumped for it. First move on the docket? Overhead presses. You’ve got this, you tell yourself. But as soon as you lift your dumbbells skyward, a ...

“I always tell women, you gotta start weight training. Weight training will help you work the muscles to keep from atrophy because as we age, we lose our muscle tone,” Austin says. “If you don’t use ...