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Eccentric training is great for maximal hypertrophy development and it can also help increase upper body power. This is great news for athletes and recreational trainees who want to develop both muscle...

Squatting to a level that is below parallel is a well-known training method to work the gluteus maximus and hamstrings but it is always surprising how often trainees fail to go all the way down. If you...

Use a circuit training program for hypertrophy, save time, and get better results. Circuit training won’t work if your training for strength or doing Olympic lifting, but two new studies indicate that it can be effectively used for a hypertrophy/basic strength program.

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Take L-carnitine to burn fat and build muscle. A groundbreaking study has shown that supplementing with L-carnitine taken with a carbohydrate solution has a profound effect on muscle fuel utilization.

Take a magnesium supplement and get the most out of vitamin D, while reducing stress and sleeping better at the same time. New research shows that magnesium plays a crucial role in the body’s effective...

Knee dysfunction is often due to a weakness of one or more of the quadriceps muscles, which include the rectus femoris, vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, and vastus intermedius. New research shows that...

Got low back pain or sciatica that just won’t go away with exercise and rehab? Take gamma linolenic acid, called GLA, to decrease pain and improve your mobility. Low back pain is a widespread and disabling...

Want to mix your training up a bit? Need a training protocol to trigger further tissue adaptations? Try a weighted chain or heavy elastic band program for strength and power development. Using weighted...