Resistance training does more than help us build strong muscles. A new study finds women who do strength training exercises two to three days a week are more likely to live longer and have a lower ...

Whether you’re a lifelong fitness-lover or ready to pick up a pair of dumbbells for the first time, you might need a little motivation getting to the gym. These stories from seven women—all over the ...

To keep fit, the Omaha Daily Bee advised back in 1911, women should try “the imaginary motion of lifting a piano” and the real-life challenge of pulling a cork from a bottle. “Hold the bottle between ...