Muscle Science

Which is better? Carbohydrate alone or an isocaloric amount of carbohydrate plus protein? Those old-school fools will tell you that all...

Q: All your workouts seem to rely on supersets for fat loss. Is there any scientific research to back up your...

Exercise may prevent stress on telomeres, the protective caps on the ends of chromosomes that are a measure of cell age...

You have been eating complex carbs in the morning and afternoon, but you may need to get them throughout the day....

That’s the whole point of weight training and explains why you can build muscle by lifting weights but not by doing...

As a rule of thumb, I would say that the musculature grows best when both high-volume phases, known as accumulation phases,...

Q: What would you consider a mistake you made in your early years of coaching? A: Extending the variety principle too...

To get that full development, you need to train the deltoid complex through its full range of motion as well as...

Research shows that preadolescent athletes can improve their strength by as much as 50 percent after eight to 12 weeks on...

Few bodybuilders appear to pay much attention to how fast they do an exercise. A typical repetition consists of a raising...

I’ve always wondered about the rule that you need to constantly vary training programs, sets, exercises, frequency and so on.

The training load can be manipulated through a number of variables, including intensity, volume, frequency and the duration. The most important...