In her new book, “On Muscle,” Bonnie Tsui investigates the other stuff our thews remember—like how to grow when you exercise.

Department of Medical and Translational Biology, UmeÅ University, 90187 UmeÅ, Sweden Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy, UmeÅ University, 90187 UmeÅ, Sweden School of ...

Scientists are looking for answers about how these confounding trips, known as metastases, occur throughout the human body ...

A pulled or strained abdominal muscle — which some people call the stomach muscle — can occur during exercise, heavy lifting, and other activities. Ice packs, stretches, and pain relief ...

Small tears in the muscle fibers cause the pain. Gastrocnemius strains often happen during sports or activities that involve sprinting or jumping, including tennis and soccer. If you strain your ...

so your body can build more muscle fibers. Eager to make big changes, people often try to achieve both at the same time. The question is: Is it even possible to both lose fat and gain muscle ...

Previous studies have shown that protein expression of DOCK7 is increased in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading researchers from the University of ...

The hidden spring in your step The human leg adjusts stiffness during hopping, uncovering a surprising muscle behavior that could impact sports training, rehabilitation and robotics Date: March 27 ...

We’re often taught that eight to 10-rep sets are the key to unlocking hypertrophy, the increase in the size of our muscle fibers that results in what we know as muscle growth. But new research ...

“The closer you get to failure, the more motor units and muscle fibers you recruit, and the greater chance you have to increase the size of your muscle,” says Carlson. “The most important ...