When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

If you can perform a high number of push-ups without stopping at 55 or older, your fitness level places you in a truly elite ...

Passing this simple yet demanding bodyweight test after 60 isn’t about brute strength. It’s about control, preparation, and ...

A quick sitting-rising test reveals surprising insights into your health and longevity, measuring strength, balance, and ...

If you've wondered how to swim, run or cycle for longer; perform more reps of an exercise in the gym; or just find everyday tasks like carrying shopping easier, you might consider working on your ...

Objectives To examine the association between muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) with all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in patients diagnosed with cancer, and whether these ...

A six-year cohort study shows low muscle strength, not sarcopenia, is linked to increased falls risk in patients with ...