Gym lore says that rep range determines whether you'll build strength, muscle, or endurance. However, load, speed, and "time under tension" are actually more important than the number of reps. Your ...

Whether you enlist the help of a coach to create your programme or 'DIY' — one thing that can be agreed upon is that the organisation of rep ranges is crucial to nail. And with so much conflicting ...

BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES a plan. If you schlep to the gym four times a week, pick up a random pair of dumbbells, and do a few sets of random reps for a handful of exercises, your results aren’t going to ...

Most people are somewhat familiar with the association between exercise reps ranges and their targeted effect on the body while resistance training. The heaviest load one can lift at a given weight ...

Here, five workout mistakes that are holding you back from serious muscle growth—and some simple ways to get right back on ...

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Everything you’ve been taught about building muscle and getting stronger might be completely backwards. While you’ve been religiously counting reps and pushing through sets like a human calculator, a ...

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"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES a plan. If you schlep to the gym four times a week, pick up a random pair of ...