You need protein to build muscle and you can get it from a variety of sources. But there are some foods that have muscle building potential independent of their protein content. Here are six, surprising muscle building foods to add to your diet.
Delayed onset muscle soreness is common after a training session where you worked your muscles harder than they’re accustomed to. But it would be nice to be able to ease that soreness or at least make it more manageable. Can you lessen the degree of muscle soreness you experience by getting more of a particular amino acid?
Are you familiar with blood flow restricted training? Does it offer benefits? This article discusses how it works and whether it’s a better way to build muscle. Get the full scoop on blood flow restricted training and whether it can benefit your strength-training routine.
We constantly hear about the importance of warming up before a workout. That’s good advice! But is it possible to warm-up too long? Find out what science shows about warm-ups, their benefits, and some potential drawbacks to lengthy ones.
To get benefits from exercise takes time – or does it? Here are some health and fitness benefits that show up in as little as one workout. Exercise is an activity that sometimes brings immediate returns!
Are you trying to lose weight and want to maximize the calorie burn? Don’t focus so much on cardio. You need weight training too. But are you better off doing high reps and lighter weights or low reps and heavy weights?
Most women can benefit from more hamstring training. The hamstrings are the muscles that oppose the quadriceps in the front of the thighs. Many women have stronger quads than they do hamstrings. Curious as to what the best exercises are for building hamstring strength? Here’s what research shows.
Studies suggest that exercise may benefit sleep, but most of the studies have looked at aerobic exercise. What about strength training? Find out what research shows about strength workouts and their impact on sleep quality and insomnia.
We know that most cases of breast cancer aren’t related to genetics but lifestyle and environmental factors. Being overweight or obese, for example, increases the risk of post-menopausal breast cancer. But, what about body composition? Here’s what new research shows about body composition and how it relates to breast cancer risk.
You may have heard that exercise is good for brain health. But what are the best types of exercise to protect against age-related loss of cognitive function and dementia? Here’s what science says.
One of the perks of endurance exercise is it can improve your V02 max, also known as aerobic capacity. That’s important since greater endurance gives you more stamina and is also linked with a reduction in mortality. But, what if you’re older? Is it ever too late to improve your aerobic fitness?
What is pre-fatiguing a muscle and can doing it help your muscles grow? Find out what pre-fatiguing a muscle means and whether it can help your muscles hypertrophy more than traditional weight training approaches.
