Vitamin D – you know you need it for bone and immune health, but can it also help you improve your body composition? Discover another reason why you should optimize your levels of vitamin D.
In the beginning your muscles also grew in size fairly quickly during the first year. Then, progress slowed and you stopped seeing rapid gains and it became harder to build muscle.
One of the biggest concerns for women after menopause is avoiding sarcopenia. Unfortunately, it’s an all too common health problem that can lead to frailty, metabolic problems, and even death due to falls and hip fractures. Can a vitamin help you avoid this fate?
How strong are your hamstrings? If you’re a female, they may not be strong enough to avoid injury. Read on and find out why you need to target your hamstrings more and why squats and lunges aren’t enough for hamstring strength.
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.
The female hormone, estrogen, is important for a variety of reasons, and even helps preserve bone health. Since women lose strength after menopause, you might wonder whether estrogen plays a role in muscle strength and hypertrophy gains. Find out what research shows.
One of the signs of vitamin D deficiency is muscle weakness. Restoring normal levels of vitamin D can improve muscle strength and function in people who are deficient, but what about normal people? Can vitamin D make you stronger if you’re not already deficient? Find out what research shows.
There’s an ongoing epidemic of metabolic syndrome and it shows no signs of letting up. Lifestyle changes like diet and exercise can lower your risk for metabolic problems – but which one is best – diet or exercise? Find out what a new study shows.
If you’re trying to get that long, lean look, will high-intensity strength training make it harder? Can you develop strength without building significant muscle tissue? Read on and discover the answer and why strength training is important even if you don’t want muscle definition.
It’s no secret that we lose strength and muscle mass as we age – but why? A new study recently looked at what’s happening at the cellular level that might promote muscle aging and loss of strength. Find out more about what they discovered.
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.
Is your primary goal to become stronger? This article discusses the difference between strength and hypertrophy workouts and how to maximize strength with or without building muscle. It also points out the importance nutrition plays in strength-training gains.
