A typical max walking speed for an athlete in his or her early 50s would be about 2.3 meters per second or faster. For an ...

A 73-year-old woman from California has been teaching dance for more than 40 years and stays youthful by lifting weights, ...

According to new reporting from TIME, experts say strength training is one of the most powerful—and overlooked—ways to protect your health as the decades go by. “Every time you do a squat, a pushup, ...

The good news is you don’t need heavy barbells or countless hours in the gym to fight back against age-related muscle loss.

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If Donald Trump’s first term was marked by a rise in skepticism of vaccines and mainstream medicine—sparked by the pandemic, but fanned by the president himself; remember when he suggested injecting ...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – June 20, 2025 – A new randomized clinical trial, led by a team of researchers from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and Wake Forest University, did not find evidence ...

Nigeria’s Weightlifters ended the session yesterday at the on-going African Senior Weightlifting Championship in Moka, Mauritius with an impressive 10 gold, four silver and one bronze totalling a ...

Team Nigeria’s athletes will today begin quest for medals at the 2025 Africa Senior Weightlifting Championship (ASWC) in Moka, Mauritius. Nigeria will be competing in six categories with six lifters.

Older women who stayed on a reduced-calorie Mediterranean diet, walked and did resistance training for three years improved their bone density, especially in their lower backs, a new study found. “A ...

A lower-calorie Mediterranean diet, combined with regular exercise, helped older women lose weight without causing bone density loss, new research suggests. Weight loss, especially quick or ...

The 2024-25 winter sports season has come and gone, in the blink of an eye. Doesn't it feel like yesterday that basketball, soccer, wrestling and weightlifting teams were gearing up for another season ...