"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD big guys at the gym tossing around the word "hypertrophy" when they talk about ...

My name is Cori Ritchey, and I am an exercise physiology nerd turned fitness journalist, and the fitness editor at Women’s Health. When I’m not writing, editing, and researching fitness, I’m teaching ...

Range of motion (or movement) is a term you may have heard frequently used in the gym. It's one of the key variables to optimise your lifts, muscle growth and also (while not quite as exciting), your ...

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Hypertrophy; you hear the term bandied about constantly on Instagram, and it's likely the reason you started lifting weights in the first place, but what does it actually mean? The scientific term for ...

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From DOMS to concentric and eccentric exercises, fitness lingo is a minefield. The latest terms to have gained attention? 'Stretch-mediated hypertrophy' and 'long-length partials'. Nope, you haven't ...

You might have seen your favorite Instagram trainer mention hypertrophy on her strength training posts. Or maybe you heard the term in a fitness class or while ...