When performing resistance training such as lifting weights, there’s a lot of interest in how close you push yourself to failure – the point where you can’t do another rep – and how it affects your ...

A few months ago, I wrote about the growing body of research suggesting that it doesn’t really matter how much weight you lift, as long as you lift to failure. A series of studies, mostly by McMaster ...

It’s a new year, and you want to change your workout program, but you’re unsure whether to focus on volume or intensity. You’ve done your research, yet the more articles you read, the more confused ...

If you're a regular Men's Health reader, you'll be familiar with the term 'progressive overload'. One of the key fundamental principles for building muscle and strength, progressive overload ...

When performing resistance training such as lifting weights, there's a lot of interest in how close you push yourself to failure – the point where you can't do another rep – and how it affects your ...

A four-week exercise program for heart-failure patients slowed muscle-wasting and improved their exercise capacity, regardless of age, according to new research. The study confirms that exercise can ...

High-rep training typically refers to sets of 12 reps or more. For a long time, it’s been pigeonholed as the go-to method for boosting muscular endurance, but a growing number of fitness professionals ...

Patients with advanced congestive heart failure lose skeletal muscle mass, but their heart muscles become enlarged to provide the body with an adequate supply of blood and oxygen. It has been known ...

The benefits for heart failure patients are similar to those for anyone who exercises: there's less muscle-wasting, and their bodies become conditioned to handle more exercise. Age of the patients ...