Category: Beauty and fitness

  More than 1 in 4 older adults in the United States fall every year, and a single fall doubles the chance of another one happening. That single fact changes how you should think about…

A 12 month study on postmenopausal women found that resistance training loaded at 70 to 85 percent of a woman's one rep max increased hip and spine bone density by 2 to 5 percent, a…

Falls are the second leading cause of unintentional injury death worldwide, and roughly 40 percent of community dwelling adults over 65 experience a fall every single year. That statistic alone explains why dynamic balance exercises…

  In its first major update in seventeen years, the American College of Sports Medicine confirmed something that should feel like great news to anyone nervous about starting: strength training for beginners does not need…

A single pull up can call on close to 100 percent of your body weight, and a standard push up asks your body to lift roughly 64 to 66 percent of it, yet most people…

More than three in ten adults worldwide, roughly 1.8 billion people, are not getting enough physical activity, and the gap between men and women is widening rather than closing. That is not a small problem.…