Strength training supports healthy aging by preserving muscle, bone density, metabolic health, and independence.

Skip the machines. Build muscle after 60 with squats, overhead presses, lunges, and dumbbell rows, plus form tips.

Build strength after 55 with goblet squats, rows, bench press, overhead press, and back extensions, with sets and reps.

Without a doubt, staying fit at any age is critical to your physical and mental health. But its especially important as you get older and daily activities become more challenging to perform. Workouts ...

Tom Jackson of New Kensington was going through his morning routine this month, lifting weights on several different machines in the basement at the Valley Points Family YMCA of New Kensington.