The Romanian deadlift (RDL) is a lesser-known variation of the classic deadlift, which strengthens the glutes and hamstrings. Not only does this version put less stress on your lower back than a ...

Something I deeply dislike, as a Health Editor and qualified personal trainer, is when fitness influencers share bold and often baseless claims about the capabilities of a single exercise to ...

Science has shown that low-rep, high-weight work—like in 5/3/1—builds the most strength, he says. But higher-rep work allows trainees to add muscle volume. By adding three or four assistance exercises ...

If you follow fitness influencers on social media, you likely see videos of them doing sets of Romanian deadlifts pretty often. They are a popular exercise used to target the butt and legs — and can ...

The exercise’s hinging pattern, which involves pushing your hips back, can be a tad tricky to master, as can the stabilizing at the top. Shifting all your weight backward can throw you off balance, ...

Nine-year-old Indian weightlifter Arshia Goswami proved that powerful things can come in small packages after she deadlifted a back-breaking 165 pounds, as seen in an Instagram video with 48 million ...

IN ONE CORNER of the convention center, a 63-year-old man grinds out a 340-pound bench press. Just a two-minute walk away, a group of hulking firemen raise 250-pound fire hydrants onto a ...

To seek relief from anxiety, Clay Cooper hikes and lifts weights — at the same time. In May of 2020, the Saratoga Springs man ...