Do you want to change the shape of your body through exercise? Or maybe you’re an athlete who wants to improve your swing or throw. If so, building your chest muscles can help achieve these results.

A team of researchers has developed a simple lab-based system for growing human muscle cells that are capable of vigorously contracting. A team of researchers at Tohoku University have developed a ...

The pectoralis major muscle is a large muscle in the upper chest, fanning across the chest from the shoulder to the breastbone. The two pectoralis major muscles, commonly referred to as the ‘pecs,’ ...

Engineers have grown the first functioning human muscle from non-muscle cells -- skin cells reverted to their primordial stem cell state. The ability to start from cellular scratch using non-muscle ...

An international research team studying why some weightlifters’ muscles grow much more quickly than others’ has identified a set of 141 genes that appear to regulate growth of the body’s skeletal ...

With the intensification of global population aging, muscle atrophy, characterized by the loss of muscle mass and function, has become an important health issue affecting the elderly. Researchers have ...

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As a result of pent-up chest muscle tension, “your shoulders might hurt, your neck might become tight, or you might experience stiffness in the back,” says Carrie Lamb, PT, DPT, OCS, board-certified ...

Weightlifters and football players can injure their chest muscle known as the Pectoralis Major, which allows you to reach strongly across your body. Surgery may be required to repair the tear.

Chest pain can be disconcerting, but it's important to remember that not all discomfort signals a serious health condition like a heart attack. In fact, the culprit behind the pain in your chest may ...