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UrduWhen lifting weights, do you wonder how pushing yourself to the point of failure—where you can’t do another rep—impacts your results? New research finds that if you’re aiming for muscle growth, training closer to failure might be more effective.
Tag: Strength Training
The great weight debate: Researchers find all forms of weightlifting build strength and muscle, details matter less
Whether you use heavy or light weights, lifting them as many times as you can builds strength and muscle. The details of how you go about it are less important than simply making a habit of it, researchers have determined.
Blood Flow-restricted Resistance Exercise Could Help Counteract Age-related Muscle Loss
Low-load blood flow-restricted resistance exercise helped counter age-related muscle decay “with a modest exercise volume and in a very time-efficient manner.” The study is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology. It was chosen as an APSselect article for May.
Personalized Exercise Program Improves Long COVID Symptoms
A supervised, eight-week exercise program improved symptoms of patients with long COVID better than the current standard self-managed rehabilitation recommendations. The study is published ahead of print in the Journal of Applied Physiology and was chosen as an APSselect article for February.
Blood-flow Restriction Training Delay the Progression of Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is recognized as a public health problem, affecting more than 15% of the population. Although CKD can drastically impair health, it is rarely diagnosed early due to its silent revelation. Identifying and proposing treatments to attenuate…
Online Training is New Top Fitness Trend for 2021 according to ACSM Annual Forecast
ACSM’s annual fitness trend forecast, now in its 15th year, predicts what you’ll see in fitness in the next year and helps the health and fitness industry make critical programming and business decisions that ultimately affect consumers.
Strength Training Improves Muscle Strength, Neuromuscular Function in Parkinson’s Disease
Article title: Maximal strength training in patients with Parkinson’s disease: Impact on efferent neural drive, force generating capacity, and functional performance Authors: Jan Helgerud, Simon Nørskov Thomsen, Jan Hoff, Arild Strandbråten, Gunnar Leivseth, Runar Jakobsen Unhjem, Eivind Wang From the…
High-Intensity Strength Training Improves Strength and Functional Performance During Early-Stage Breast Cancer Treatment
Although adjuvant breast cancer therapy (including chemotherapy and radiotherapy) increases survival rate, its side-effects can adversely affect patients’ health and functional performance. This study, which randomized 55 newly diagnosed early-stage breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant treatment into 12 weeks of…