Discover how strength training can slow aging, boost energy, protect your heart and brain, and help you stay strong, healthy, ...

Now, at 55 years old, I’m a CrossFit trainer and certified sports nutritionist who throws a barbell around daily and competes in fitness challenges, and I’m feeling stronger and more alive than ever.

I was physically fit as a teenager, but after two toxic marriages, my confidence, body image, and self-worth were shot. As a result, I struggled with an eating disorder and it damaged part of my colon ...

In high school, being the only girl in weight training class wasn’t just unusual – it was transformative. When that 300-pound deadlift at age 17 finally prompted the creation of a women’s record board ...

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What if your muscles could make a molecule that slows aging? New research (Kang et al., 2025), published in Nature Communications, suggests that they can. This youth-boosting myokine is called CLCF1.

If you had told me 15 years ago that at 64, I’d be a running coach who shares fitness and motivation tips on the internet, I definitely wouldn’t have believed you. Growing up, I was always active, but ...

Whether you strength already or are just getting started, you might not know how often you should be doing it. Once a week? Twice a month? Every day? According to Matt Jones, personal trainer, running ...