For years we have been told the best way to get fitter and stronger is to lift something heavy, whether that’s a barbell or our own bodyweight. What if how we put it down was just as important?

New training approach: Studies show slow eccentric movements, like lowering weights, can build strength efficiently with less ...

Modern exercise culture has spent years glorifying exhaustion. The harder a workout feels, the more effective people assume ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Below, personal trainers explain what eccentric exercise is, how it works, and they share a few eccentric exercises you can try at ...

Walking downstairs is a simple eccentric exercise. (Marc Chesneau/iStock/Getty Images Plus) Exercising smarter rather than ...

For many people, the thought of beginning a fitness journey feels overwhelming. Between busy schedules, uncertainty about proper techniques, and concerns about injury, the barriers to starting ...

It's not Pilates, yoga, or an expensive way to do strength training at home. Chances are, you're already doing it - but you ...

A new Australian study has found that less intense, more targeted exercise can deliver equal - or even greater - benefits for strength and performance, challenging the long-held “no pain, no gain” ...

If you think you need to ‘go hard’ at the gym to make your muscles stronger, think again! New research at ECU has revealed strenuous exercise and soreness is not needed to improve muscle size, ...

Understand the science of lifting versus lowering to optimize your training and break through your next plateau.

Once reserved for athletes, eccentric exercise is becoming increasingly popular in everyday training and physical therapy—especially for people with musculoskeletal conditions like Parkinson’s disease ...