Muscle Building Blog

Washington, Mar 1 : Scientists have identified a family of protein transcription factors, called quot;Forkhead (Fox0)quot;, that plays a vital role in the regulation of skeletal muscle mass.

If you want big muscles without working out, there#39;s hope. Scientists report a family of protein transcription factors, called quot;Forkhead (Fox0),quot; that plays a significant role in the regulation of skeletal muscle mass. Interfering with Fox0 prevented muscle wasting associated with cancer and sepsis, and even promoted muscle growth. This is likely relevant to any disease, condition or lifestyle ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- A person familiar with the player told The Associated Press that Markus Zusevics#39; NFL combine workout ended Saturday after he injured a pectoral muscle doing bench presses. The person requested anonymity because league officials had not yet released details of the injury.

People do some crazy stuff to get rid of their post-workout muscle pain, which is known in the medical community as DOMS -- for delayed onset muscle soreness. DOMS occurs when an exercise causes stress to muscle tissue.

Quantifying how sore a person is after a long workout is a challenge for doctors and researchers, but scientists from Loma Linda and Asuza Pacific Universities think they may have figured it out. Their research article describing a new technique to measure muscle soreness will be published in the Journal of Visualized Experiments.