Traditional lifting often fails as we age; discover the "continuous tension" method that firms skin and muscle without the ...

Excess muscle tension is a normal occurrence that can be caused from a variety of activities. Whether you’re instructing on the mountain or in the office working at a computer all day, muscle tension ...

At some point in their lives, most people develop some kind of muscle tension or pain in their neck. The cause could be unknown (idiopathic), or might be tied to a specific event—like sleeping on a ...

It’s not just how much you lift, but how you lift it. Controlling every second of a repetition can completely change your ...

Progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) is a technique where a person tenses and relaxes different muscles in their body to relieve tension and induce a relaxation response. The relaxation response is a ...

Tension is typically experienced in our bodies as tightness or stiffness in our muscles. This kind of tension can be quite painful and can sometimes severely restrict your ability to move. Tense ...

Skeletal muscles are built from small contractile units, the sarcomeres. They are connected in a well-ordered series to form myofibrils that span the entire muscle. Contractions of these sarcomeres ...