Here's how muscle growth, or hypertrophy, works and four ways to optimize hypertrophy including nutrition and resistance ...

Plus, exactly how to train to sculpt your muscles.

A bowl of oats may be a healthy breakfast staple—but without the right pairings, it might not do as much for your muscles as ...

Understanding how muscles grow is the key difference between training hard and training effectively. Muscle hypertrophy is ...

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Are you looking to grow your muscles? Growing your muscles is often a goal for many of us. Some of us would like to grow our muscles to obtain a particular physique, while others just want to become ...

As any bodybuilder can attest, muscles grow when we make them do more work. Now, new research explains how muscle cells translate weight-lifting overload into bulk. The secret lies with a chemical ...

I’ve always been bookish. I spend most of my time in the lab rather than running, jumping or climbing. But I still have super strong muscles. They’re way bigger than when I was a young. I asked my ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

MIT scientists find that motor neuron growth increased significantly over 5 days in response to biochemical (left) and mechanical (right) signals related to exercise. The green ball represents cluster ...

Many dedicated gym-goers find themselves frustrated after months of consistent heavy lifting with minimal muscle growth to show for their efforts. The answer often lies beyond the weight room, in ...