A personal trainer recommends that women over 40 try this strength exercise for a strong and mobile lower body.

The scale has never been a friend to Mana Mostatabi. Even back in high school, when she ran a quick 100m on the varsity track team, her BMI – a ratio of weight to height – put her in the overweight ...

Hitting 50 brings plenty of unwelcome changes, but losing muscle mass and bone density doesn't have to be one of them.

Body composition is a way to measure and monitor your fat mass and your fat-free mass. Fat-free mass includes any tissue that isn’t fat—muscle, bone, water, blood, cells, organs, and so forth. While ...

"Weight changes are not only characteristic of midlife or menopause. Data have shown that weight gain starts early in adulthood," Dr. Hurtado says. "Around age 30, your muscle mass starts decreasing ...

If you’ve been to a boutique fitness class recently, chances are you’ve heard these three little words: “long and lean.” Because that’s the promise of so many female-targeted workout trends these days ...

A pound of muscle weighs the same as a pound of fat, but muscle is denser and takes up less space. You can gain muscle and stay the same weight if you're losing fat at the same time. Muscle helps ...