Lifting heavy weights around the time of retirement could preserve leg strength into older age, research suggests. People naturally lose muscle function as they get older, and experts see faltering ...

Think you need to do weighted squats or heavy-load leg presses to build leg muscles? Good news for those of us without gym memberships: those moves are effective, but weights definitely aren't ...

When we have strong legs, we improve our ability to perform everyday activities such as walking, running and climbing stairs.

YOUR LEG DAY doesn't need heavy weights or a long list of exercises to push you to your limits. If you have a smart combination of movements and a tight rep structure, you can get a great workout in ...

Rocky Ribacoff, fitness manager at Equinox, shows how to ramp up our walk with wrist and leg weights. Ribacoff recommends 1-pound weights. Wearable weights can be incorporated into a workout routine ...

New research has shown one type of muscle contraction is most effective at increasing muscle strength and muscle size -- and rather than lifting weights, the emphasis should be on lowering them. Good ...

If leg raises are bad for your lower back, there are ways to fix them. Or, you could replace them with the double deadbug instead — a bodyweight abs exercise that helps strengthen your deep core ...

Lots of people do, but Stanley is 53, a mother of three and a grandmother of four. And she lost a leg to cancer in 1967. Three years ago, the Edmondson Village alterations seamstress went on a search ...