Muscle Building Blog

Many patients with advanced cancer suffer from cachexia, a condition also called body-wasting or wasting syndrome, which causes significant weight loss, extreme fatigue and reduces quality of life.

Many people experience varying degrees of muscle weakness and muscle fatigue. To address these issues, we recently conducted two studies on increasing muscle strength and decreasing muscle fatigue that compared strength training alone with strength training plus electrical stimulation.

Exercising with kettlebells can be very beneficial for an athlete, especially if he or she is looking to gain muscle strength in specific areas. Kettlebell exercises can improve the muscle tone of an athlete, and can also boost his or her athletic performance.

Multiple sclerosis (MS), a neurodegenerative disease, causes periodic attacks of neurologic symptoms such as limb weakness and mobility defects. And while MS patients#39; walking abilities and muscle strength are examined on a regular basis, doctors have yet to determine when the lower limb muscles begin to deteriorate.

Many people experience varying degrees of muscle weakness and muscle fatigue. To address these issues, we recently conducted two studies on increasing muscle strength and decreasing muscle fatigue that compared strength training alone with strength training plus electrical stimulation.