When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

Cancer patients with high muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) had a significantly lower risk of death from any cause, including those with advanced cancers, a large retrospective ...

Ready to transform from a rookie fitness enthusiast to a beast in just 12 weeks? Follow this guide. Muscle building should not be a confusing task, especially for beginners. That’s why there is a ...

How many pushups after 50? A CSCS breaks down the 60-second test, top 10% benchmarks, and form cues to score higher.

Here is a challenging but quick workout to add to your upper-body day and see where you rank on a spectrum of training when preparing for calisthenics and weighted calisthenics fitness tests. We have ...

Objective We aimed to determine hip and lower-leg muscle strength in people after ACL injury compared with an uninjured control group (between people) and the uninjured contralateral limb (between ...

Examining the muscles of Eddie Hall, a British strongman and deadlift champion, has given researchers greater insight into muscle strength, which could inform athletic performance, injury prevention, ...

60-second squat test after 55, from MA, CSCS Jarrod Nobbe. See score ranges and how to build leg strength safely.