Protein is the main component of all your body’s tissues, including your muscle tissue. Lifting weights causes damage to your muscles that breaks down the proteins; to combat this, your body makes new ...

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Research shows people who do weight training a few days a week live longer. Women get the biggest boost in longevity. Strength training is also good for mood, and it helps protect joints and bones. A ...

Athletes know the essentials: protein builds muscle, sleep recovers it, and training with weights is the driver. We need to add this as new research suggests one more key player in muscular ...

GVT is a high-volume workout that builds strength and muscle mass quickly. But a personal trainer says it's not a safe ...

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Strength training for a marathon helps you prevent injury and chase faster miles, but can you actually build muscle in the process? While it’s technically possible to build muscle while running many ...

Strength training for seniors should emphasize posterior muscles like the glutes and upper back rather than mirror muscles to ...

Pumping iron has some surprising health benefits. A study, recently published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, found that resistance training — such as weight training — strengthens muscles ...

New research offers potential good news for those who've lapsed at the gym. The study found that mice that voluntarily ran on ...

A study has tracked the acute muscle-building response in adults engaged in weight-training exercise who were fed either high-fat or lean ground pork burgers with the same amount of protein in each.