Most abdominal exercises are recommended based on their ability to work your abdominal muscles. However, while some exercises may be good for your abs, they also have the potential to be bad for your back. You may know someone whose back “just went” while they were in the middle of a simple everyday task – […]
How Long Does It Take to Build Muscle… Really?
If you want to know how long it takes to build muscle, as well as the best way to go about doing so, this page will show you how. How long does it take to build muscle? That’s a difficult question to answer, because there’s no single correct answer that will apply to all people, […]
Low Testosterone Levels: What Are The Symptoms?
Maybe you’ve got a slight paunch, and find it hard to climb a flight of stairs without feeling out of breath. You’ve got less muscle and more fat than you did in your twenties. You might be one of the many who experience problems with their love life, ranging from problems getting an erection to […]
The Central Governor Theory
When your lungs are locked in a desperate struggle for oxygen, your mind tormented by pain, and your skin blanketed with sweat, the mechanisms of muscle fatigue are probably the last thing on your mind. Scientists and athletes have always thought that your muscles tire because they reach some kind of physical limit. Either they […]
How Deep Should You Squat?
Few questions divide opinion more than “how deep should you squat?” On the one hand, you have people saying that you should go to parallel or slightly below. What this means is that the femur – the large bone in your thigh that runs from your hip to your knee – should end up roughly […]
Does Stretching Prevent Injury?
Over the years, stretching before exercise has come to be viewed by many trainers as “essential” when it comes to reducing the risk of injury. However, despite what you might have been told, the link between stretching and injury prevention is a long way from being as clear-cut as some would have you believe. In […]
