People love to say that, as long as you eat enough protein, you'll keep your muscles strong as you age. But new studies show that's not exactly true. They don't even agree on what "enough" means, or ...

Aging changes how you train, but it doesn’t eliminate your ability to grow. A top coach explains what needs to shift in your 50s.

Exercises to rebuild muscle after 50, with exclusive advice from a posture expert plus 4 daily standing moves to start today.

But the auricular muscles might not be so useless after all. By Laura Baisas Published Jan 31, 2025 12:00 AM EST Deposit Photos Get the Popular Science daily ...

How long does it take to build muscle is not, of course, a question with a simple answer, despite what the TikToks or Reels promising to unlock the one thing you need to get big might suggest. In fact ...

How are those muscles doing today? We all know that as the years go by, our bodies go through changes. Some are super obvious, others... not so much. And there's one change in particular that often ...

From the moment we hit our early thirties, our bodies begin a subtle transformation that intensifies as we enter our senior years. This natural process, medically termed sarcopenia, involves the ...

Still dealing with a tight hip or weak glute—despite all the foam rolling, stretching, and strengthening? Or, maybe you’ve had an injury that keeps flaring up, even though you thought it was finally ...

Like all great villains, lactic acid has been misunderstood. We’ve been blaming it for the pain we suffer during intense exercise for more than two centuries. There’s nothing worse, we say, than the ...

Ever spent months grinding away at crunches for abs that never seem to appear? Or done endless bicep curls without getting the toned arms you’re after? You might be focusing on all the wrong muscles.