Muscle Building Blog

Eating or drinking protein after exercise, experts agree, can help muscle recovery and growth.

Although aerobic exercise -- things like running, bicycling, swimming, and dancing -- are good workouts for your heart and lungs and help you lose weight, these aren't going to help you maintain your strength.

The iMuscle app helps you plan your workouts and teaches you more about the muscles that help your body move.

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz admitted mistakes Wednesday in his handling of the hospitalization of 13 players with a rare muscle disorder, but he said their workouts were safe and he remains puzzled about the cause. Ferentz said he could have delayed an out-of-state recruiting trip and visited the players in the hospital a day earlier last week.

The 13 Iowa football players who were hospitalized last week with a muscle disorder will not be allowed to return to workouts until blood tests show they have recovered adequately to resume training, a family source said.