What's the first thing that comes to mind when you think about the words twitch and muscle? Spasms, perhaps. You'd hardly be alone in thinking that. But when it comes to fitness, it's most commonly ...

Speed training with resistance focuses on improving sequencing, not brute force. The weighted vest adds load that forces efficient movement. Fast-twitch muscles engage more aggressively. When the vest ...

A few years back, Golf Digest Best Young Teacher Steve Buzza (above) authored a terrific article on techniques that boost swing speed. His message is to give it all you got when you swing the driver.

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Tsukuba, Japan—Muscle fibers, which constitute skeletal muscle, are classified into two main types: slow-twitch (Type I, red muscle) and fast-twitch (Type II, white muscle). Slow-twitch fibers are ...

In Part I of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR), we reviewed the history of the technique and the evidence of its use during physical therapy and rehabilitation when ...

Time under tension (TUT) is a weightlifting technique designed to build muscle mass by increasing the time muscles spend activated during an exercise. We cover if it works and what its benefits are.