Spending a few minutes each day balancing on a single limb can make you stronger, boost your memory and keep your brain ...

While standing on one leg may seem like a simple exercise, it becomes harder as you age. If you train yourself to do it, you ...

One of the first things to go for athletes as they age—aside from their hips—is their knees. Years of sprinting, jumping, and heavy squatting take a serious toll on the joints, especially around the ...

In a study published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, researchers compared the effects of unilateral (single-leg) training and bilateral contrast training (using both legs) on lower-limb ...

Traditional squats aren't the only way to forge resilient lower-body power; these joint-friendly alternatives offer faster ...

TO BALANCE OUT your lower body training, it helps to shift to one side. That might sound counterproductive, but it's the truth. Unilateral exercises—moves that require you to work on one side of the ...

Rebuild leg muscle after 65 with 4 chair exercises that improve strength safely while supporting joints and balance.

Doing leg workouts is one of the best things you can do for your overall fitness. Not only do your legs contain some of your largest muscle groups (think: quads, hamstrings, glutes and calves) but ...

Besides clocking a few miles here and there on the treadmill, the gym may not be the first place that comes to mind when you think about reaching your PR. But it does, in fact, offer some unique ...