Muscle Building Blog

DEAR DR. GOTT: I would appreciate your advice. I am a 72-year-old Caucasian female with treated high blood pressure and high cholesterol (362)/triglycerides (403). Using a statin drug, I am able to get them down to 231 and 288, respectively. My problem is that I react poorly to statins. My legs have become weak, I have a nightmare of leg cramps, my muscles hurt, and I cope with nausea and gas ...

Its been a month since a 2,600-pound car fell on Randy Richeys legs, breaking a bone and tearing muscles and a tendon.

Beneath helmet and glasses, Jim Jueneman is wincing. The muscles in his legs are contracted and stretching. His left foot has been wedged into a stirrup, his right hand grappling the horn of a saddle. Jueneman pulls with the forearm around the saddle's...

Beneath helmet and glasses, Jim Jueneman is wincing. The muscles in his legs are contracted and stretching. His left foot has been wedged into a stirrup, his right hand grappling the horn of a saddle. Jueneman pulls with the forearm around the saddle's...

Kids & Horses Executive Director Alexis Hill and Carson City resident and riding center regular Jim Jueneman, right. MINDEN, Nev. Beneath helmet and glasses, Jim Jueneman is wincing. The muscles in his legs are contracted and stretching.