Endurance
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Not Training to Muscle Failure May Enhance Muscle Endurance
Researchers found that not performing repetitions to failure may be more effective at increasing muscle size and endurance in untrained individuals.
New Music and Exercise Research Findings
New details have emerged on how to use music to enhance training. Tunes with a fast tempo—between 170–190 BPM—are most beneficial for endurance exercise
Muscle Cramps? Find Out Why
Muscle cramps can stop athletes in their tracks. Although they usually self-extinguish within seconds or minutes, the abrupt, harsh, involuntary muscle contractions can cause mild-to-severe agony and immobility, often accompanied by knotting of the affected muscle (Minetto et al. 2013). And cramps are common; 50%–60% of healthy people suffer muscle cramps during exercise, sleep or pregnancy or after vigorous physical exertion (Giuriato et al. 2018).