If exercise feels harder than it should, chronic stress may be working against you. Learn how to regulate your physiology so your body can support your fitness goals.

The Vertiball massager is great for relieving muscle pain when you don’t have anyone to spot you. Simply mount it to the wall, then lean on the massager with your body weight to rid t the tension in ...

One of the reasons yoga is so valuable for stress relief is that it incorporates dynamic, or moving, stretches. Moving stretches activate your range of motion, circulating blood and oxygen and ...

Once you hit 40, it can feel like muscle gain suddenly comes with a warning label. Marketing noise ramps up, recovery feels ...

Tension is typically experienced in our bodies as tightness or stiffness in our muscles. This kind of tension can be quite painful and can sometimes severely restrict your ability to move. Tense ...

Standing exercises to build upper body strength after 50, guided by a certified trainer, to improve posture and muscle tone.

Without realizing it, many of us start our day by stretching before we even get out of bed. Involuntary stretching of your muscles is called pandiculation. It’s a behavior seen in most types of ...

Rachel Tavel is a doctor of physical therapy, certified strength and conditioning specialist and writer. She works as a physical therapist in an outpatient orthopedic physical therapy setting and as a ...

Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.