High-rep resistance training -isn’t that for beginners or for building muscle endurance? Yes and no. High-rep training does increase muscle endurance but it has other fitness benefits as well. Find out what they are.
You have two main types of muscle fibers – fast twitch muscle fibers and slow-twitch. Most people, as they age, do more training that activates slow-twitch rather than fast twitch muscle fibers. Yet, that’s not the best approach. Here’s why.
Exercise has benefits at every age, but a new study shows older people may not respond in the same way to exercise. Find out how younger people and older people differ in their response to aerobic exercise at the cellular level.
There are lots of variables you can change with regard to your resistance workouts. One of them is the speed with which you do a rep. You can slow down the tempo or lift a lighter weight explosively. Find out how explosive training can challenge your muscles in a different way.
If you want to get the most out of weight training, it’s important to understand the size principle and how muscles are recruited when you lift. Read on and discover how this principle can help you fine-tune your training.
Aging muscles? Yes, they age along with the rest of you – but how? This article looks at the three main things that happen to your muscles as you enter the second half of life – and what you can do to prevent these changes.
Exercise recommendations are usually based around aerobic exercise training – but there’s another form of exercise called anaerobic exercise. This article looks with more detail at what anaerobic training is and how it differs from aerobic exercise.
Plyometric training – do you really need it? There are benefits to power training that go beyond improving your jump height and athletic skills. Find out what even non-athletes can benefit from plyometric drills.
Get the low-down on fast and slow-twitch muscle fibers. The difference between the two, how they impact your training, and why it’s important to train fast-twitch fibers with intensity as you age.
Most people do high-volume ab work by doing high rep crunches, leg lifts, and other mat exercises – but is this the best approach – or could your ab workouts benefits from more resistance? Find out why a combination of the two may be the ideal approach.
Do strong muscles say something about your health and how long you’ll live? Find out what research shows about health, muscle strength and aging. You’ll also discover how to reduce loss of muscle strength as you age.
You have two main types of muscle fibers – those adapted to strength and power and those best suited for endurance activities. You’re born with a certain ratio of these fibers, and the ratio you have may be a factor in how strong you are or how much endurance you have – but are these fibers “fixed” or can you change the ratio through training? Find out what research shows.
