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 ...

A new study has revealed a technique for building muscle strength that requires only three seconds of exercise three times a week. Participants consisted of 26 young and healthy adults who were ...

QUESTION: I have been doing the same workout for a year but wouldn’t mind mixing it up a bit. Any thoughts? ANSWER: It’s been said that the best workout for each of us is the one we will do. For some, ...

As little as five minutes a day of eccentric exercise could offer significant health benefits to those living a stagnant lifestyle, researchers from Edith Cowan University (ECU) found. The study, led ...

Yoga can be an excellent way to improve your flexibility, a key component of mobility. It can also have a calming effect and ...

Eccentric exercise training, which focuses on muscle lengthening under tension, is emerging as a promising intervention to counteract the physiological declines associated with ageing. This modality ...

While still producing an increase in strength, the three-day-a-week regime doesn’t compare to exercising five days a week, which produced improvements in eccentric, concentric and isometric strength ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your ...

Ever since I started training my dad, I’ve noticed three major improvements in his fitness: Better posture, balance and functional strength. To achieve this, we work on strengthening his glutes, hips ...