The military’s new height to waist standards aim to better measure health and readiness, but raise concerns about fairness, ...

One concern about the GLP-1 class of metabolic disorder drugs is that the weight patients lose includes muscle as well as fat. BioAge Labs wants to test whether its experimental medication, dosed ...

This straightforward squat test uses only a chair and your own body weight to measure lower-body strength, endurance, and ...

Is your body trying to tell you something? TikTok’s latest health hack has users ditching nutrition labels and instead relying on “muscle reactions” to judge which foods are good for them. Fans claim ...

What if you could easily test the strength of your bones and muscle functionality at home, instead of undergoing expensive tests at the doctor’s office? Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have developed ...

Passing this simple yet demanding bodyweight test after 60 isn’t about brute strength. It’s about control, preparation, and ...

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 ...

There you are in the gym with your headphones in, listening to your perfectly curated playlist as you tackle steps on the treadmill and reps at the squat rack. You’re on your way to achieving your ...