When it comes to building muscle, hypertrophy doesn’t just happen on its own. It has to be triggered by a physiological need.

Building muscle isn’t just a matter of showing up and working out however and whenever you want. Looking in the mirror ...

Uncovertebral hypertrophy is swelling or enlargement of the uncovertebral joints. These are joints in the neck that stabilize and allow for movement. Symptoms often include stiffness and pain.

New research has indicated that the conventional wisdom around rep ranges for building muscle might not be se in stone.

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is an abnormal thickening of the left ventricular myocardium that occurs as an adaptive mechanism to increased afterload. The left ventricular myocytes ...

Right ventricular hypertrophy occurs when the right ventricular wall thickens due to chronic pressure overload, similar to that of left ventricular hypertrophy. RVH is diagnosed on ECG in the ...

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Aim Differentiating physiological cardiac hypertrophy from pathology is challenging when the athlete presents with extreme anthropometry. While upper normal limits exist for maximal left ventricular ...

Should you do more sets? Researchers explored the effects of increasing resistance training weekly set volume by 30% and 60% ...

Cardiovascular system Cardiac hypertrophy; increased stroke volume (SV); decrease in resting heart rate (HR); increase in maximum cardiac output (Q); capillarisation at the lungs and muscles ...