Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. The word “toning” is ...

The idea that women who do anything beyond cardio will get bulky is a myth, says Kathleen Goldring, group exercise and yoga director at the Saw Mill Club in Mount Kisco. For starters, building muscle ...

Let’s get one thing straight: Muscle is muscle. Despite what many fitness influencers may have you believe, there’s no such thing as "lean muscle" or "bulk muscle." It’s all made from the same stuff.

Squats train all the major muscles in your legs, including quads and hamstrings. Walking lunges challenge your leg muscles and improve your stability and coordination. The leg press machine targets ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When it comes to weightlifting, people hit the gym for a plethora of reasons. Maybe you want to improve ...

While walking builds some muscle, it isn't the big, bulky muscle mass that comes from spending a lot of time in the gym. Rather, walking creates a leaner muscle tone throughout one's body, ...

When you think of bulking, you may call to mind bodybuilders or power lifters, but that would only be part of the picture. While bulking does mean putting on muscle (in a nut shell), per Laura Girard, ...

Muscle tone after 55 doesn't disappear simply because your effort drops; it fades when movement quality and neural frequency decline. While traditional weight training builds raw strength, heavy lifts ...