Dear Doctors: I enjoy lifting heavy weights. It makes me stronger and helps me feel energized. The trainer at my gym says that, because I’m 84 years old, it’s not a good idea. He’s been after me to ...

The benefits of weight training are many: it promotes gains in strength and muscle mass, reduces body fat, and contributes to well-being and mental health. And now a study carried out at the State ...

Pumping iron at 100 years old, Mary Coroneos is lifting weights, exercising with dumbbells and pulling resistance bands at the gym, where she’s a regular. She works out three times a week with her ...

As mentioned, strength training can help you burn more calories during and after your workout. This is thanks to the lean ...

DEAR DOCTORS: I enjoy lifting heavy weights. It makes me stronger and helps me feel energized. The trainer at my gym says that, because I’m 84 years old, it’s not a good idea. He’s been after me to ...

This will be an extremely pedantic post, and one that I am terribly sorry to have to write. I’ve been into weight lifting (two words) for a long time, but about six years ago I got into weightlifting ...

On the internet, I was able to see a lot of diversity of people who participated in lifting that might not necessarily be represented in the gym I go to: older people, younger people, women, nonbinary ...