TRAINING EFFECTIVELY MEANS training smart. There are plenty of gym-centric terms floating around the fitness zeitgeist that won’t necessarily help you become stronger or build more muscle, especially ...

SPEND ENOUGH TIME in the gym (or consume enough fitness-related content online), and you’re sure to encounter plenty of physiology terms. If you’re not a trainer yourself or you never took any type of ...

Your elbow is important because it allows you to move your hand into almost any position so you can perform various activities. When your forearm moves toward your body by bending at your elbow, it’s ...

Wrist flexion is the action of bending your hand down at the wrist, so that your palm faces in toward your arm. It’s part of the normal range of motion of your wrist. When your wrist flexion is normal ...

To examine changes in the magnitude of the flexion reflex following functional electrical stimulation (FES) of the rectus femoris (RF) muscle. The flexion reflex was evoked by electrical stimulation ...