Muscles

Muscular endurance refers to the ability of a muscle or a group of muscles to repeatedly contract over a long period of time and withstand fatigue. Improved muscular endurance is associated with health benefits.

There are health benefits associated with improving your muscular endurance, but if you think that you need to work out with weights to improve your muscular endurance think again.

Shoulder strength and endurance are important for many activities of daily living. Your shoulder and shoulder girdle muscles stabilize and move your shoulder as well as contributing to your posture. Learn how to keep your shoulders healthy and strong.

Yoga and Pilates are well established and popular activities which are thought to benefit health. To date scientific evidence which supports health benefit claims is limited, but has identified some interesting areas for further study.

You observe your muscles working for you in all your physical actions, but what occurs in your body to achieve muscle action? How do the nutrients you consume contribute to your daily physical activities?