A deload allows your body more recovery than you get in your usual training. Every workout incurs a bit of fatigue, and if ...

A deload week is a planned period of time (typically a week) during which you reduce the intensity or volume of your workouts and focus on active recovery and lower-intensity workouts instead. Lower ...

We've all been there: we've been in the gym for months and want to know how to build muscle, but we feel stagnant and we don't break our personal records. If this is the case for you, maybe you should ...

When you find a consistent fitness schedule, it can be difficult to take a break for fears it will turn into a full stop. You may also worry you’ll lose the gains you have already built. However, ...

Working hard in the gym without seeing results? A short rest may help you break that plateau, according to a doctor who set state and national records in powerlifting. Dr. Shernan Holtan, a ...

Daniel Brayson has recieved funding from The British Heart Foundation and Muscular Dystrophy UK. He is on the board of Trustees of the Physiological Society. If you were to think about the key to ...