For fitness-minded folks, muscle testing can sound pretty intriguing. But it turns out that it has little to do with fitness...or even muscles. On a basic level, muscle testing looks at a muscle and ...

When I was trained as an American physician, I was never exposed to the concept of muscle strength testing that is utilized as part of the pseudo-scientific field of applied kinesiology (AK). To be ...

If you can excel in these nine tests, it’s highly likely you have a fit and functional body that’s built to last ...

People who are overweight but have good muscle strength may be less likely to develop obesity-related heart, liver or kidney damage, new research has suggested. Despite a growing body of evidence that ...

You’d be forgiven if you thought someone with massive arms was super strong. After all, when you get stronger it’s because your muscles are getting bigger, right? Not necessarily. While strength can ...

Cancer patients with high muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) had a significantly lower risk of death from any cause, including those with advanced cancers, a large retrospective ...