A personal trainer outlines the benefits of isometrics and 10 of the best isometric exercises to build muscle.

But take a look at your body under a microscope, and you’ll see that your working muscles are actually contracting in completely different ways depending on the phase of the exercise you’re in ...

Background Most studies of exercise-induced muscle injury have focussed on eccentric contractions, which are known to produce damage and delayed soreness. It is less well known that isometric ...

of the quadriceps muscle during isometric, concentric and eccentric muscle actions. Conclusion Data suggest that caffeine ingestion induced acute adaptations that were responsible for the increased ...