Strength training is an important part of any well-rounded fitness regimen for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that the more muscle mass you have, the more calories you burn at rest.

As you start to learn more about fitness and resistance training, there can be a lot of terms and methods that are outright confusing. You may have heard about muscular strength and muscular endurance ...

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT You can do more reps with lighter weights and less rest to improve your muscular endurance. Exercises like push-ups, planks, and squats can help you build your ...

‘Most runners need more muscle mass, or strength and control in the muscle mass they have,’ she says. ‘Hypertrophy training ...

The neurotransmitter brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) acts in the muscle, so that during strength training endurance muscle fiber number is decreased. Researchers have more closely ...

Everything you do during fire suppression requires muscle activity. Whether you are pushing, pulling, lifting, bending, holding, carrying or even just standing, your muscles are active. It is because ...

Even the best athletes in the endurance and strength worlds tend to excel in one area and perform poorly in the other. The tactical athlete must have a solid foundation in both, but does not need to ...

Endurance means a lot of different things to different people. To runners, it means being able to run for a long time, covering many miles. To weightlifters, it might mean being able to lift heavy ...

If you're training for challenging special ops selection programs like BUD/S, you must have a full, well-trained arsenal of fitness elements. That means you need to have strength and power, endurance ...

Use a treadmill or outdoor space to perform a 400-meter jog. Maintain a steady, moderate pace, enough to challenge you but ...

There is an ongoing debate about the merits of cardio over lifting that sometimes feels more like justifying one’s behavior ...