The half-squat hold à la Jackie Chan in ‘Drunken Master’, the hanging leg raise that has you holding on to dear life – well, ...

Meet the WWI soldier who pioneered isometric training in solitary confinement – and used it to bend bars and break free ...

Q. Long ago, I was told that isometric exercises, like weight lifting, shouldn’t be done by anyone with a heart condition. Is that still the prevailing wisdom? A. Isometric exercises are thos… ...