If you tend to breeze through the "easy" part of an exercise—like lowering into a squat or letting your dumbbells drop after a curl—you might be missing a major opportunity to build strength. That ...

New research has shown one type of muscle contraction is most effective at increasing muscle strength and muscle size -- and rather than lifting weights, the emphasis should be on lowering them. Good ...

A new meta-analysis, published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, aimed to determine the effect that repetition tempo has on hypertrophy. It reviewed 14 separate studies to decipher ...