Discover the squat and sit-to-stand benchmarks that show your leg strength after 50 is elite and how to maintain lower-body ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. — Big Squat Friday is coming to a close and everyone knows that the grand finale is on Rack 1. It’s a Friday morning in the cold of February, still not quite 10 a.m., but the Hokies ...

Weightlifting competitions are a bizarre slice of the human story. They’re like athletic achievement on an atomic level, an activity so specialized that they are mostly spectated only by those who ...

Squatting with or without weights requires solid technique and form to prevent injury and maximize your performance (and gains). You might still build strength and muscle with poor form, but at what ...

NO MATTER HOW hard you search, when it comes to leg day essentials, it’s almost impossible to dethrone the king: the back squat. “Doing a back squat is way more challenging and way more technical than ...

Here's what happened when I tried doing two-minute deep squat holds every day for 30 days. My first deep squat hold on day one was not pretty. My ankles felt rusty, my knees felt janky, my hips felt ...

At 18 years old, Mark Henry could squat 832 pounds – more than two and a half Shaquille O’Neals. A native of Silsbee, Texas, Henry became the world’s strongest teenager in 1990 when he set national ...

Adults should aim for 150 minutes of aerobic activity a week and muscle-strengthening activities twice a week to maintain and improve their health. Muscle-strengthening activities are important for ...