Muscle Building Blog

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a life-threatening genetic muscle disorder, most commonly triggered in those at risk by certain types of drugs used during anesthesia. Heat stroke, on the other hand, most commonly occurs in individuals in response to physical exertion in hot/humid environments. While their common triggers may differ, the signs associated with MH and heat stroke are remarkably ...

If you abandon your strength-training program, will your muscles turn to fat? The answer is no: muscle doesn't turn to fat, but we do tend to lose muscle tissue and add fat as we age, according to the experts at Life Fitness.

If you're among the 1-in-3 heavy adults at risk for diabetes, don't wait for weight loss to slash your odds of developing the Big D. Pretend you're an NFL player who's been slacking off (suspecting a contract might never get signed), and suddenly you need to shape up!

If you're among the 1-in-3 heavy adults at risk for diabetes, don't wait for weight loss to slash your odds of developing the Big D. Pretend you're an NFL player who's been slacking off (suspecting a contract might never get signed), and suddenly you need to shape up!

Study shows building muscle can lower person's risk of insulin resistance A recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism (JCEM) found that the greater an individual's total muscle mass, the lower the person's risk of having insulin resistance, the major precursor of type 2 diabetes. With recent dramatic increases in obesity ...