Muscle

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Are You Strong on Muscle Knowledge?

Sep 22, 2009 - Your body is full of them — in fact you house more than 650 of them — but how well do you know your muscles? Take this short quiz to see if your muscle facts are your strong suit. Take the quiz - 3 Comments

Muscle Types: Slow Twitch vs. Fast Twitch

Jul 24, 2009 - Don't like sprinting? Blame it on your muscles. Deep within your skeletal muscles you have different twitch fibers. - 2 Comments

How Muscles Are Made

Aug 09, 2007 - With all this talk about strength training and weight lifting, I was curious to know how muscle is truly made. Here's what I learned from the trainer at eDiets, and I am going to share it with you. Training effectively by using enough weight to sufficiently overload a muscle, micro trauma and micro tears are created in the muscle. - 7 Comments

Does Muscle Turn to Fat?

Jun 14, 2007 - True or False? If You Stop Exercising, Your Muscle Turns to Fat True False - 3 Comments

Get in Gear: PlateMates

May 30, 2007 - If you're looking to tone up this summer, using dumbbells is a great way to get results. I've noticed that for certain exercises, like bicep curls, I can use a heavier weight, but since I have a torn rotator cuff, I need a lighter weight when doing side dumbbell raises. I've discovered something that has solved my problem. - 1 Comment

A Week In Review: FitSugar Round up

May 05, 2007 - You have got to try this yoga pose: Extended Side Angle. Work your legs while stretching your side - it feels great. Today, May 5th is Pilates Day. - 1 Comment

Definition: Isometric Exercise

May 04, 2007 - We all have exercises we avoid and for me it is isometrics. Isometrics basically means holding the taxing positions so the joint angle and muscle length do not change during the contraction, the work. Holding a yoga pose, holding an elbow plank, holding bridge pose, holding a bicep mid-range, trying to push a wall. - 1 Comment