Cardio (aerobic) workouts are good for your heart. Strength exercise (weight training and resistance training) builds the muscles that help you move and lift.

SO YOU'VE DECIDED it's time to get in shape and start lifting weights. That's great—taking the first step and making a choice to start a new routine is the only way you can make a change. How exactly ...

In TODAY.com's Expert Tip of the Day, a trainer explains how incorporating HIIT into a weekly workout routine can boost one's ...

Studies show that resistance exercises for bone health are essential for maintaining and improving bone density. This may ...

Fitness watches are great for running and other continuous activities, but some can also track and even guide you through a strength workout. Today we’re looking at Garmin’s strength training features ...

I pieced together an exercise for each muscle group, sandwich that between a warmup and a cooldown, and tack on those 30 minutes of cardio that have been rolling over from workout to workout for a ...

For most of us, a few jogs around the block and a couple of dumbbell sessions makes for a perfectly solid fitness routine. Sure, we could all do more, but as long as we’re ticking off both cardio and ...

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But strength is just one part of the equation. Just because you can deadlift 500 pounds, doesn’t mean you’ll smash drives.

The muscles of your shoulder girdle—chest, deltoids, lats, traps—all have multiple responsibilities. Your pectoralis major, ...