This month for our “Econ Extra Credit” segment, we’re watching the 1977 documentary “Pumping Iron,” featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Lou Ferrigno. The film did a lot to pull the sport of ...

Decades after Pumping Iron first hit screens, Arnold Schwarzenegger is offering a fresh take on one of his most infamous comments about bodybuilding. In the film, the then-bodybuilding champion ...

Enough with the grunting and groaning at the gym already. New research this week in PLoS One shows that, to build muscle, it’s more effective to lift a lighter weight many times than to lift a heavy ...

A fun way to get your family lifting some weights this spooky season involves pumpkins! Josh Grochowski from Planet Fitness showed us some moves that anyone can try out. The first, is the squat. Hold ...