Plus, a beginner-friendly weekly plan with three strength workouts.

For decades, many women have been told what a “feminine” body should ideally look like — slim, trim, toned, ripped even, but not bulky. Due to the inhibition of not looking “feminine” enough, several ...

Three new titles explore the power of women building muscle. By Danielle Friedman For most of modern history, women were warned that lifting heavy weights was unladylike and possibly dangerous. Even ...

During her first year of college, Elisabeth Bradley was inspired to try weightlifting after she followed a woman tracking her fitness transformation on social media, one barbell at a time. A state ...

My doctors said that strength training would help alleviate some of the side effects of my hormone-blocking medications and prevent further bone loss. I didn't know where to start, so at first I just ...

My name is Cori Ritchey, and I am an exercise physiology nerd turned fitness journalist, and the fitness editor at Women’s Health. When I’m not writing, editing, and researching fitness, I’m teaching ...

For years, the idea of heavy weightlifting conjured up images of women strutting on stage in string bikinis with tanned, well-oiled skin and a Michelangelo-level chisel to their muscles. Strength ...

A new study finds you don't need to lift heavy to see mental health benefits. Researchers discovered that both standard and ...