For years we have been told the best way to get fitter and stronger is to lift something heavy, whether that’s a barbell or our own bodyweight. What if how we put it down was just as important?

For many people, the thought of beginning a fitness journey feels overwhelming. Between busy schedules, uncertainty about proper techniques, and concerns about injury, the barriers to starting ...

You don’t need an hour at the gym to build real strength. A growing body of research suggests that just five minutes a day of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson uses eccentric exercise to build muscle, his strength coach says. It involves lengthening muscles under ...

If you think better workouts must leave you drained, sore, or barely able to walk the next day, this research takes aim at ...

Building muscle doesn’t have to mean exhausting workouts or soreness. Researchers found that slow, controlled “lowering” ...

Despite the workout feeling far less demanding, the body and muscles can end up feeling much more fatigued,” says Johnson.

New research led by Professor Kazunori Nosaka highlights eccentric exercise — the controlled lowering phase of movements — as an efficient way to build muscle and improve fitness with less strain.

Eccentric exercise focuses on movements, or phases of a movement, that lengthen the muscles. Some examples of eccentric exercise include lowering into a squat or lowering into a press-up. In contrast, ...