If you want to celebrate many more birthdays, new research suggests you should speed up your weight-lifting routine. Boosting muscle power, which is different than muscle strength, translated into ...

Muscles are crucial for body movement, posture, balance, and maintaining body temperature. Muscular power, the blend of strength and speed, plays a vital role in health, injury prevention, and ...

Objective: To investigate whether a 6-month neuromuscular warm-up programme could improve muscle power, balance, speed and agility. Design: Cluster randomised controlled study. Setting: 27 top level ...

Warming up before exercise may not increase your overall strength, but new research shows it gives your muscles the speed and explosive power needed for rapid movements. Study: The effect of muscle ...

New research on our internal trade-off when physical and mental performance are put in direct competition has found that cognition takes less of a hit, suggesting more energy is diverted to the brain ...

Creatine is the most effective supplement for increasing muscle mass and strength. Vegetarians and vegans may benefit the most from taking it, but getting proper workouts and eating a balanced diet is ...

Strength is an integral part of health. It’s required for many tasks throughout the day, such as getting out of bed, carrying groceries, or pushing a broken-down car off the road. It’s defined as the ...

Humans may have big, bulbous brains, but when it comes to pure muscle power, we’re often considered the weakest of the great apes. Even chimpanzees, who are significantly smaller than us, exhibit ...