Have you ever worked out and watched your muscles grow before your very eyes? You probably have, and while this is a fun, satisfying sight, it doesn't last. What you experienced is known as a muscle ...

Walk into a serious gym in the 1970s, and you’d often see lifters cranking out 21s — partial and full reps combined for a brutal, muscle-frying pump. These sets weren’t a gimmick; they created tension ...

As we age, muscle loss, known as sarcopenia, accelerates, increasing risks of falls, fractures, and heart disease. Experts ...

Chronic lower-limb edema (CLE) -- the permanent accumulation of fluid in the leg -- often occurs in elderly people. The condition leads to various physical and mental problems, including difficulty in ...

Bodybuilding legend and former seven-time Mr. Olympia Arnold Schwarzenegger discussed whether muscle turns into fat after not ...

When heart muscle gets damaged, the result is often permanent. Unlike other muscles in the body, the heart has long been believed to lack the ability to heal itself. But recent research suggests that ...

As I’m typing these words, I don’t think about the synchronized muscle contractions that allow my fingers to dance across the keyboard. Or the back muscles that unconsciously tighten to hold myself ...

Here’s one of those weird-yet-fascinating, quirky-yet-perhaps-helpful research findings: People who clench their muscles—by, say, making a fist or tensing their biceps—show a brief spurt of improved ...

QWould you please speak to the astonishing noise levels in cycling studios? This blare from "music" can also be found in any group classes (at least at my gym: Sport & Health at Tysons). I would like ...