Muscle Science

Exercise may prevent stress on telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell age...

You have been eating complex carbs in the morning and afternoon, but you may need to get them throughout the day....

That’s the whole point of weight training and explains why you can build muscle by lifting weights but not by doing...

As a rule of thumb, I would say that the musculature grows best when both high-volume phases, known as accumulation phases,...

Q: What would you consider a mistake you made in your early years of coaching? A: Extending the variety principle too...

To get that full development, you need to train the deltoid complex through its full range of motion as well as...

Research shows that preadolescent athletes can improve their strength by as much as 50 percent after eight to 12 weeks on...

Few bodybuilders appear to pay much attention to how fast they do an exercise. A typical repetition consists of a raising...

I’ve always wondered about the rule that you need to constantly vary training programs, sets, exercises, frequency and so on.

The training load can be manipulated through a number of variables, including intensity, volume, frequency and the duration. The most important...

Of course, if you’re on steroids, you can throw all of the above out the window. You can stand a lot...

Squats are often called the king of exercises—and for good reason. Squats work the largest muscles in the body, the thighs,...

You can increase your body’s natural production of testosterone with hard work on the big, compound movements, especially those on which...

When scientists look at factors associated with longer life span, stress is always one of them. In the brain, lifetime release...

Using extended-set techniques—such as X Reps, supersets and drop sets—is one of the ways I have continued to improve my physique...