Muscles & Body


Testosterone and Exercise: Unlocking Strength, Speed and Stamina

Testosterone and exercise plays a crucial role in enhancing exercise performance, muscle growth, fat loss, and overall well-being...

Harness the Hormonal Edge: Ignite Your Fat Burn with Catecholamines

To fully utilize fat burn with catecholamines, choose exercise types and routines that maximize their release, such as HIIT, fasted exercise, and strength training with short rest periods...

Adrenaline vs Cortisol: Battle of the Stress Hormones

Adrenaline vs cortisol; Understanding the differences between adrenaline and cortisol is crucial for appreciating how our bodies respond to both immediate challenges and longer-term pressures...

How Exercise Impacts Cortisol Levels: A Closer Look

It is important to know how exercise impacts cortisol levels to have a balanced and healthy body. While its acute rise during exercise is beneficial, prolonged or excessive elevation of...

Adrenaline release and adrenaline metabolism with and after exercise

Adrenaline release in the body starts almost immediately upon initiating a sprint, with noticeable effects occurring within seconds and peaking within a few minutes...

Understanding the role of Adrenaline in the body

The role of adrenaline is multifaceted in nature and is a powerful hormone that are released during exercise.. Its effects on heart rate, blood pressure, energy mobilization, respiratory function...

Understanding Tennis Elbow: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

Tennis elbow, or lateral epicondylitis, is a painful condition affecting the outer part of the elbow. Despite its name, it is not limited to tennis players; it can affect anyone who engages in...

Best time of the day to do exercise for weight-loss

You may wonder if there are any benefits from exercising during early morning hours for weigh-loss or muscle building instead of the evening after work for example, or maybe if there is a difference...

The three different skeletal-muscle fibers

The amount of thick and thin filaments per unit of cross-sectional area is more or less the same in all types of skeletal muscle fibers. This means that the larger the diameter of the muscle fiber the...

The Importance of your gluteus muscles

The glute muscles are one of the biggest and strongest muscles in your whole body. This group of muscles controls the movement and rotation of the hip joint, as well as the extension and abduction of...

What is my Lumbar Spine and where is it located?

The lumbar spine provide stability to your back and spinal column and is the balancing centre of your body. Many ligaments and muscles are attached to the lumbar spine and together they are...