PARIS—Holder Rafa Nadal, who has missed the French Open this year due to injury, is undergoing surgery on his hip muscle, the Spaniard’s representative said on Friday. The 14-time winner in Paris, who has won a men’s joint-record 22 majors, has been out of action since January after hurting his hip flexor in his second-round…
Why Your Muscles Deteriorate With Age
Healthy muscles enable you to move throughout life and support the rest of your body. Without functioning muscles, your body would have trouble stabilizing itself and would be more prone to slipping and falling. Muscles also help to keep your joints in good shape, allowing you to enjoy playing sports, dancing, walking your dog, and…
Want to Maintain Muscle? Frequency of Workouts Is Key
Whether the goal is bulging biceps or just a bit more strength and mass, a relatively light workout several times a week beats a more intense one done just once a week. That’s the conclusion of a small Australian study in which researchers spent a month tracking muscle-building progress among 36 college students. “We have…
Maintain Your Muscle
You’ve likely heard that exercise can help you live a longer, healthier life. When you hear the word ‘exercise,’ you might think of going for a run or hopping on a bicycle. Or maybe playing soccer with your kids or basketball with your friends after work. But these activities don’t include all the types of…
How to Become Stronger: Weight Training for Middle-Aged and Older People
Just exercising will not make you stronger. If it did, marathon runners would have the largest and strongest muscles. If you want to make your muscles stronger, you have to exercise them against resistance strong enough to damage the muscle fibers and when they heal, they will be stronger. A review of 22 studies on how…
NAD+ Helps Restore Age-Related Muscle Deterioration
If you don’t engage this inner bulldog, you can expect to drop about 15% of your muscle mass between your 30s and 80s, leading to a debilitating condition called sarcopenia. Several studies have proposed that mitochondrial dysfunction in your motor neurons drive the development of sarcopenia (age-related muscle loss) Scientists recently discovered that Alzheimer’s-like protein…
Loading up on These Vegetables Increases Muscle Strength, Even Without Exercise
Who would have thought that the zany cartoons we grew up with could contain accurate nutritional information? Viewers of a certain age might remember “Popeye the Sailor Man,” who gobbled cans of spinach whenever he needed a boost of muscular power to fight the villainous Bluto. As it turns out, Popeye’s strategy was surprisingly sound….
How Much Protein Intake Is Needed to Gain Muscle and Lose Fat and What Is the Best Source?
How much protein do we really need to consume in order to help build muscle and lose body fat? We know that too much or too little daily protein intake is not good, but in general most people aren’t eating enough protein for muscle gain. A common recommendation is 1.6 grams of protein per kilogram…
Human Muscle Fights Inflammation All by Itself
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwU1AlAhASc&feature=youtu.be Human muscle has an innate ability to ward off the damaging effects of chronic inflammation when exercised, according to a new study. Researchers made the discovery using lab-grown, engineered human muscle, demonstrating the potential power of the first-of-its-kind platform in such research endeavors. “Lots of processes are taking place throughout the human body during…
If You Want Strong Bones, You Absolutely Need This
What do you need for strong bones? Of course, calcium and vitamin D are essential in building and maintaining bone mineral density. But you can’t draw the line there. To really optimize bone strength, you need something you can’t supplement: real muscle. You don’t need a ton of it, either. Being jacked-up and muscle-bound isn’t…
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