Ulster University lecturer Dr Conor Heffernan examines Ireland’s hidden strength culture and our modern fitness boom ...

Growing up in Hubertus, rural Wisconsin, Eric Dawson competed with his friends and his brother to lift heavy stones and vie for bragging rights. “That’s just been in my blood, I guess, for my entire ...

TO SEE David Keohan lifting stones is to witness the embodiment of a culture that stretches back to the dawn of Irish civilisation. In the last four years, the Waterford native has revived a tradition ...

Shipping the Cloch Bán up to Boston is a slightly eccentric idea, but it captures how diaspora communities find joy in heritage ...

You might think lifting heavy weights is just about building muscle and getting stronger, but the mental health benefits of resistance training rival those of antidepressants and therapy for many ...

(CNN) — For years, Egyptologists have hotly debated how the massive pyramids of ancient Egypt were built more than 4,000 years ago. Now, a team of engineers and geologists brings a new theory to the ...