Flynn began putting senior women in the weight room at the University of Toledo while researching the impact of exercise on the immune system of endurance athletes. "It's been reported that excessive ...

A trainer outlines how to maintain leg strength as you age, including effective exercises to do so, and why it matters.

The 70-year-old ... followed by free weights. She also started eating five times a day — small meals before and after her morning workout as well as in the evening, and two protein smoothies.

If you’re 60 plus, now is the time to try weight training ... is a senior competing bodybuilder and personal trainer. At 54 he is as lean and muscular as any 20-something. He specialises in training ...

Each exercise in the heavy weights group involved three sets of six to 12 repetitions, at between 70 ... training with heavy loads at retirement age can have long-term effects over several years.

Strength training can offer women a whole host of benefits. To learn a little more about them, we asked six trainers to talk us through their love of strength training. The world of health and ...

Strength training needn't be a quagmire of confusion. In fact, it's a relatively simple way of exercising that uses resistance training in the form of free weights (e.g. dumbbells), fixed weights ...

Lifting heavy weights over six or more sets is a good way to make sure that you are training the muscles for longer, ticking off endurance, but that you are still able to hit the strengthening ...

While many factors contribute to the onset of spondylitis, a common question is whether lifting weights can cause or ... leading to chronic pain and discomfort. Over time, this inflammation ...