A pulled muscle hinders your workout routine; sometimes, it feels like it takes forever to heal. Pulled muscles are one of the most common injuries for runners, and they can definitely slow you down ...

There is scientific evidence to show the running promotes muscle growth. Research published in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, for example, found that aerobic exercise can increase skeletal ...

The short answer is no—at least not in the same way that strength training can. You shouldn't expect to experience the same level of muscle growth by going on runs that you would by lifting weights.

Although we’re getting better at completing those strength sessions, new research shows that most of us are still overlooking ...

As Lyndsey sums it up: “It’s one of the most effective bodyweight moves a runner can add. Do them regularly, and you’ll feel ...

In the the-more-we-understand-running, the faster-we’ll-be-able-to-run category, a new study in the Journal of Electromyography and Kinesiology dug into the role muscles play in determining optimal ...

For a long time, the idea of any human running a mile faster than 4 minutes was thought of as the impossible. But in the months after England’s Roger Bannister finally broke that record in 1954, ...

In a paper titled “Why Is Muscularity Sexy? Tests of the Fitness Indicator Hypothesis,” researchers Martie Haselton and David Frederick asked 141 women to rate different male body types. Here are ...

Running might burn more calories minute-for-minute than walking, but that doesn’t make it superior for fat loss. In fact, fat loss coach Katie Penland says that quitting running for walking is the one ...