Wanna start a fight? Walk into a room filled with strength coaches, personal trainers, and exercise physiologists and ask, "How many reps should I do to build muscle?" Or, "What's the ideal number of ...

“People get focused on the weight on the bar because of the term ‘load’ in progressive overload,” says Norton, but more reps ...

To boost your running performance, you consider strength training, but now you’ve got two major questions. Is that effort really necessary? And should I do high reps at a lower weight or low reps at a ...

SIMPLY PUT, WEIGHT training is training your body with external weights, typically implements like dumbbells, kettlebells, ...

Heavy lifts tend to get all the attention in the gym, but sometimes the biggest strength gains happen in the smallest range of motion. That’s the philosophy behind ‘short-range’ lifting, a training ...

'It’s because we lose power if we do strength training in the traditional sense [with higher reps and lighter loads]. When we ...

Most fitness enthusiasts have heard the terms “strength training” and “power training” tossed around in gym conversations, but many don’t fully grasp how these training methods differ or which one ...

We tested these kettlebells across swings, presses, squats, and carries to see which ones stayed stable when workouts got ...

Designed exclusively for iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch, strength-training app Reps & Sets 26 was developed by a long-time Cult of Mac writer.

Forget maxing out, this old-school technique uses volume, short rest, and relentless pace to pack on serious size. The athletes from the golden era of bodybuilding had a few key things in common. They ...