Muscle building and strength gains go hand-in-hand. If a muscle becomes bigger, it will get stronger. If a muscle gets stronger, it will become bigger. Jumping, sprinting and near-maximal weight training induce the fastest gains. Why? Muscles come in two types and three categories. Type I muscles are “slow-twitch” muscles. These muscles are not very […]
Legs, along with the core, are the foundation for functional strength. Muscles achieve proper function with exercises that simulate the body’s basic movement patterns: squat, bend, lunge, push, pull and twist. Big legs start with big hips. Perhaps the athletes with the most powerful hips are hockey players. Hockey players constantly work the gluteus maximus […]
One of the most anabolic hormones that is created in the body is testosterone. This steroidal hormone is seen more predominately in males than in females and is one reason why you typically see a larger degree of muscle mass in men compared with women. Finding ways to increase testosterone naturally is one of the […]