Sore muscles don’t build strength – recovery does. While most gym-goers obsess over workout intensity, elite athletes know the real gains happen between sessions. Understanding how to accelerate ...

He and his colleagues have found that even five- to 10-minute bursts of an exercise with an intensity like running, and as ...

Short on time? You don’t need an hour-long block on your calendar to work out. You don’t even need a gym membership. But you do need a plan. Bench-pressing for half an hour isn’t the best use of your ...

The conventional wisdom that effective exercise requires lengthy gym sessions has dominated fitness culture for decades. Yet emerging research challenges this time-intensive paradigm, revealing that ...

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GETTING A PUMP doesn't need to take all day. If you have a set of light dumbbells (and the drive to focus in on intense work), all you need is a few minutes to blow up your biceps muscles. If you're a ...

In order to get faster, you have to practice running fast. Of course, this isn’t as simple as tackling all your miles at a higher pace. Instead, you need to incorporate running speed workouts into ...

Want to get more bang for your buck in the gym this year? We spoke to personal trainers about maximizing the impact—and ...