BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES a plan. If you schlep to the gym four times a week, pick up a random pair of dumbbells, and do a few sets of random reps for a handful of exercises, your results aren’t going to ...

POV: You have 3 sets of 8 to 10 squats reps in your S&C plan. You’re feeling good today, so you load up a weight heavier than your normal. You only manage to crank out 6 reps, falling short of the ...

Changing your rep range and your workout intensity can help you build more muscle, says an exercise scientist with decades of ...

A comprehensive guide to max out your gains and fill out your shirtsleeves, according to exercise experts.

Everything you’ve been taught about building muscle and getting stronger might be completely backwards. While you’ve been religiously counting reps and pushing through sets like a human calculator, a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES a plan. If ...

POV: You have 3 sets of 8 to 10 goblet squat reps. You’re feeling good today, so you pick up a weight heavier than your normal. You only manage to crank out 6 reps, falling short of the goal of 8 – ...

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 ...