Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

Since muscle soreness comes from damage to your muscles ... chest press or when you lower the weight towards the floor in a bicep curl. That’s also called the “negative” part of the exercise.

A pulled (or strained) muscle could take a few days to feel better. Severe injury could take weeks to months. Find out what ...

Alarm goes off. Ugh, what the hell? It hurts to reach for the clock. Oh, my God! I don’t know if I can get up. Holy cow it hurts to walk!! Uh-oh, I don’t ...

It's not lactic acid (that's a myth), but rather a phenomenon known as DOMS, for "delayed onset muscle soreness." It's most likely to happen when you do something different than what you're used to.

Not only is it incredibly effective, hitting the biceps brachii muscles (the long and short head of the biceps), to improve their roundness and strength, but it’s also a suitable exercise for ...

Background Biceps femoris long head (BFlh) proximal aponeurosis (PA) size appears to be highly variable between individuals (Handsfield et al., 2010) and may not be proportional to muscle size and ...