Plus, exactly how to train to sculpt your muscles.

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

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 ...

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 ...

Based on the research published in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the belief that we just need to increase training ...

It might be more than you think.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...