SO YOU'VE DECIDED it's time to get in shape and start lifting weights. That's great—taking the first step and making a choice to start a new routine is the only way you can make a change. How exactly ...

From a performance perspective, strength training can make you a more powerful and efficient runner. Strong glute and leg ...

Strength training might be intimidating and seem like it’s just for people who grunt in squat racks or live in gym clothes. But the truth is, strength training is for everyone. It’s one of the ...

The hardest part of working out consistently? Getting started. Once you do, though, you start feeling (and soon, seeing!) the ...

Women's Health may earn commission from the links on this page, but we only feature products we believe in. Why Trust Us? Remember all those sketchy years during which women were told to shy away from ...

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 ...

If you’re a woman over the age of 40, it’s important to adopt a weight-training program in conjunction with cardiovascular exercise. Weight training not only helps increase bone density and metabolism ...

For far too long it felt like the weights zone in the gym was overly male-dominated and a no-go for woman and non-binary folk, but luckily things are changing on that front and weight training for ...

Maybe establishing a strength training routine is a New Year’s goal you really want to stick to, maybe you’ve been hearing about the benefits of building and maintaining muscle for years and finally ...