Hypertrophy and strength training are both types of resistance training. Focusing on one area doesn’t mean you won’t see gains in the other, but varying your workouts can optimize your results.

A deload week is a planned period of time (typically a week) during which you reduce the intensity or volume of your workouts and focus on active recovery and lower-intensity workouts instead. Lower ...

You’ve been crushing your health and fitness goals recently: Eating protein at every meal, getting seven to nine hours of sleep, and hitting the heavy weights at the gym. But in the past few days, you ...

If you take a look at a standard training plan, you may notice a rhythm: It’s typically a slow progression in a four-week cycle. Workouts build in intensity, volume, or a combination of the two, from ...

Daniel Brayson has recieved funding from The British Heart Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy UK. He is on the board of Trustees of the Physiological Society. If you were to think about the key to ...

While you might have heard the phrase “go hard or go home” in the gym, there are plenty of benefits to slowing down. Going hard isn’t recommended all the time. Fitness pros often recommend deload ...