Here’s one of those weird-yet-fascinating, quirky-yet-perhaps-helpful research findings: People who clench their muscles—by, say, making a fist or tensing their biceps—show a brief spurt of improved ...

Instructions: Choose three to four exercises below. Set a timer for 45 seconds. Perform as many reps as possible in that time, then rest for 15 seconds before continuing onto your next exercise. After ...

Discover the ideal plank hold times after 50, plus the 30 and 60 second benchmarks that show your core is stronger than most.

The older we get, the harder it is for most of us to stay in shape. This is especially true for me. Athletically, I am somewhere between a “has-been” and a “never-was,” but I do try to exercise a ...

Sitting, standing, and moving between the two seem almost involuntary, but your body's muscles are working hard to make these motions happen. Your skeleton has over 600 muscles attached, and many of ...

Recently, I wrote a column about my battle with carpal tunnel syndrome, and my subsequent surgery. A big problem with a hand and wrist injury is that you can’t grip anything or exert any appreciable ...