The fitness equipment industry generates billions annually selling specialized machines that ultimately perform simple functions: creating resistance against muscle contraction. Resistance bands ...

So, here is a companion piece explaining the method and process of selecting The Athletic’s 2019 first-ever contraction draft and how it all unfolded. Advertisement The goal of our contraction ...

This functional piece of exercise equipment, also referred to as a pulley machine, is a staple in many gyms and athletic training ... concentric and eccentric contraction while exercising ...

Mahadevan, a professor of physics at Harvard University, created a theoretical model of water's role in muscle contraction ...

The list of reasons would be longer than Zdeno Chara. Anyway, we did this exercise at The Athletic, a sort of “contraction draft” to figure out: If the NHL contracted back to a 12-team league ...

"It's a body building muscle machine simulating 20,000 muscle contractions in 30 minutes. No pain whatsoever. No downtime with what. But aware that a healthy diet and lifestyle will complement it ...