To do: Stand with your feet hip-width apart, holding light to medium dumbbells at a 90-degree angle at hip height. Keeping ...

The good news: According to a 2025 review in Scientific Reports, exercise is an effective strategy for combating bone loss ...

Work your heart and muscles, and strengthen bones with these six exercises designed to keep you strong and healthy—and have fun doing it.

Since basically the beginning of time, humans have been lifting heavy objects to build muscle. The ancient Greeks lifted weights in the first gymnasiums, believing that a strong body supported a ...

NEW YORK, NY – January 21, 2026 – Today, Forbes has unveiled its 2026 Global 50 Over 50 list in partnership with Know Your Value and its founder Mika Brzezinski, co-host of MS NOW’s Morning Joe. Now ...

If you’re intimidated by weight training, a new study is full of reassurance. Weight workouts don’t have to be complicated or grueling to be effective, the study found. Almost any kind of lifting led ...

Intermittent fasting might benefit women over 50 by supporting weight loss, better blood sugar control, and improved heart and brain health. Intermittent fasting comes with risks, like exacerbating ...

Starting a strength training routine has been on my to-do list for way too long. Four years to be exact. When I first learned about sarcopenia—age-related muscle loss—I found out muscle mass actually ...

Weight gain is common in women during perimenopause and after menopause, but the physical changes underlying it start much earlier in adulthood. Daniela Hurtado Andrade, M.D., Ph.D., an ...

When Sarah Baldassaro turned 50, she took stock of her health and began working with a fitness coach on strength training, a type of exercise that's crucial for women in midlife. “Now I would say I’m ...