Muscle Building Blog

RICHMOND — About a quarter of the way through the state#39;s General Assembly session, Republicans thus far have flexed their strengthened muscles to advance legislation on redistricting, abortion and gun rights — with many Democrats left simply to stand and protest. The GOP#39;s force was on full display last week ...

Current medical imaging technology misses important data regarding muscle contraction, including the ways in which a muscle’s shape changes when it contracts, how the muscle bulges, and how its internal fibers become more curved ... or at least, so Simon Fraser University (SFU)’s associate professor James Wakeling tells us. In order to remedy that situation, he has developed a new method of ...

New research is adding to the arsenal of increasingly sophisticated medical imaging tools with a new signal-processing method for viewing muscle activation details never seen before. A novel method using ultrasound imaging, 3-D motion-capture technology and proprietary data-processing software can scan and capture 3-D maps of the muscle structure in just 90 seconds. Previous methods took 15 ...

A restaurant chain is flexing its muscles in Lehigh County. The Muscle Maker Grill is officially open for business on Catasauqua Road in Hanover Township. The restaurant offers a variety of salads, burgers and wraps..all freshly prepared with healthy ingredients. The Muscle Maker Grill also sells protein smoothies and a full line of supplements.

( Cell Press ) We take it for granted, but the fact that our muscles grow when we work them makes them rather unique. Now, researchers have identified a key ingredient needed for that bulking up to take place. A factor produced in working muscle fibers apparently tells surrounding muscle stem cell higher ups that it's time to multiply and join in, according to a study in the January Cell ...