Many gym influencers believe eccentric contractions lead to greater muscle growth. This stems from research showing that eccentric-only training produces larger post-workout mTOR signaling responses ...

Muscle growth, or hypertrophy, is more than just lifting heavy weights. For beginners, understanding the science behind bulking can make the process safer, faster, and more effective. Here's a ...

Researchers explored whether slowing down those reps in the gym affects hypertrophy (muscle growth), and it turns out it ...

For decades, lifters were told there was a "magic" rep range for hypertrophy — traditionally 8–12 reps. While this range is indeed effective, modern research has shown that muscle growth can occur ...

Exercise researcher Nicholas Burd says there was a long-held belief in his field that making gains in the gym required eating meat or other animal products. This wasn't a matter of bro science — the ...

Using genetic approaches, researchers have demonstrated how a certain protein is involved in skeletal muscle growth. The findings open new avenues to develop drug targets for neuromuscular diseases ...