For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

If we’re lucky, we age. If we’re active, we may be able to avoid getting old. Increasing our physical strength and flexibility while improving posture and balance can pave the way for aging well and ...

One of the most consistently reported symptoms of long COVID is the tendency for strenuous exercise to make the condition worse. Not only does long COVID reduce a person’s capacity for exercise but ...

But what if I told you that you don't need to visit a fancy lab or use strange equipment to get an idea of how strong your leg muscles are? That's right! The answer might just be in the most common ...

Why do muscles get sore after exercise? We take a look at the research and ask an expert to explain When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Building muscle depends on several factors and isn't something that'll happen overnight after just one workout.

As many of us hit the gym or go for a run to recover from the silly season, you might notice a bit of extra muscle soreness. This is especially true if it has been a while between workouts. A common ...

As a new age of weight-loss therapeutics dawns, heralded by the likes of semaglutide (Ozempic, Wegovy), scientists are one step closer to creating a drug that can coax muscles into behaving as if they ...