strength

From a study I found on Pubmed: Muscular adaptations in response to three different resistance-training regimens: specificity of repetition maximum training zones. Thirty-two untrained men [mean (SD) age 22.5 (5.8) years, height 178.3 (7.2) cm, body mass 77.8 (11.9) kg] participated in an 8-week progressive resistance-training program to investigate the “strength-endurance continuum”. Subjects were divided [...]

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Have you ever wondered what makes someone strong? What is the correlation between size and strength? For the most part it comes down to just a few factors. 1. Muscle cross sectional area. A bigger muscle, in general, will be capable of exerting more force because the muscle will contain more contractile proteins. Strength training [...]

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It amazes me to no end when someone asks me why I workout. Why I take care of my body. Why I eat healthy. Why I want to be strong. For the most part, I never really give an answer. I kind of just shake my head and roll my eyes in a way that [...]

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