When a muscle contracts involuntarily and stays contracted, you end up with what’s commonly known as a muscle cramp. If you’ve ever had to stop exercising because of a muscle cramp, you know how painful these can be. The top sights for muscle cramps are the calf, hamstrings, thigh (quadriceps), feet, hands and arms. Four of …
There are a number of studies that show the best way to produce muscle soreness and inflammation is through eccentric contractions (muscle lengthening; a good example is lowering a dumbbell after a set of biceps curls). And some soreness is natural, after all, you have to challenge your muscle tissue to get stronger and bigger. …
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I love playing detective and sitting down with clients and figuring out what their diet is missing, what they are consuming too much of and helping them shift their food and supplement intake to meet their goals. But when it comes to women, I can sit down, look at their 3-day diet record and over …