Recently, I wrote a column about using the pre-exhaustion method during resistance training and was surprised by the high response. The advantage is being able to tax the muscle sufficiently to ...

Blood flow restriction training—once a niche rehabilitation method used primarily by physical therapists—has quietly transformed into one of fitness’s most intriguing innovations. This technique uses ...

She says she's also found it particularly useful at certain points of her menstrual cycle. 'There are days where you just don’t feel strong. BFR helps me get a good pump without the fatigue or ...

Blood flow restriction bands are devices which are used by the patients who have undergone surgery or any other condition which led to weakened physical strength of limbs to lift the body weight. The ...

The prevailing wisdom is that if you intend to add muscle mass and get stronger, you need to overload the muscles, challenging them with heavyweights. Let's look at what happens to your body during a ...

“Blood flow restriction” isn’t only a search term that might appear on the dark web. It’s a powerful performance enhancer, too. “Restricting blood flow when working at low intensity creates the same ...

Objectives Blood flow restriction (BFR) resistance training enhances muscle growth in restricted limbs, but its effects on non-restricted muscles remain unclear. This scoping review, accompanied by an ...

Every Women’s Health article is characterised by an undercurrent of ‘train smarter, not harder’. It’s not practical to spend 60+ minutes in the gym a day, and science shows this isn’t always the route ...