If your fitness goal is to up the ante on endurance, pack more power into your sprint, or supercharge your strength gains in the gym, it’s worth exploring – what are the different muscle fiber types?

THE subject of this lecture is an inquiry into “The Nature of Muscular Contraction.” Like all vital phenomena, muscular contraction is a most complicated process, composed of mechanical, chemical, ...

Good news for those who struggle to fit a gym workout into their day: you may be able to cut your weights routine in half and still see the same results. New research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) ...

A new study out of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia, suggests that a few seconds of focused muscle training each day might be enough to increase strength — a surprising finding that could ...

MICKLETON, N.J. (WPVI) -- Nearly everyone gets a muscle cramp from time to time. When muscle contractions won't stop and can't be controlled, that's called dystonia. A South Jersey man is now sharing ...

IT is well established that an increase in the intracellular concentration of ionized calcium after excitation in the membrane is the key factor for initiation of contraction of various types of ...

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Ariana Ince, 35, is an engineer, 2021 Olympic javelin thrower and bronze medalist at the 2019 Pan American Games. She can heave a 600-gram (21-ounce) javelin more than 200 feet, thanks in large part ...