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Muscle failure in bodybuilding refers to the point during an exercise where a muscle group can no longer complete a repetition with proper form due to fatigue. This is often seen as a crucial aspect of muscle training, especially in hypertrophy-focused workouts. When you work a muscle to...

Recovery time in bodybuilding is crucial for several reasons: 1. **Muscle Repair and Growth**: When you work out, you create micro-tears in your muscle fibers. Recovery time allows these fibers to repair and grow stronger, leading to muscle growth. 2. **Prevention of Injury**: Overtraining...

New muscle fiber research reveals dramatic changes in morphology after decades of training. Where do strength and size have their upper limits? In the field of fitness and strength sports, we're living in an exciting moment. Lifting and participating in strength sports is becoming...

This method takes advantage of the post-activation empowerment of heavy lifting. By doing a heavy lift at the beginning, you activate the nervous system and the neuromuscular junctions, recruiting more fibers. If you immediately switch to hypertrophy work using the same movement pattern, you...

Stretching is a fitness staple, unfortunately for many bodybuilders, stretching is just an afterthought to their training regimen. Many people don’t see the value in stretching unless they actively want to improve their flexibility or mobility. But did you know that certain types of...

Why effort MATTERS for hypertrophy ⁣ Effort matters for hypertrophy, and if you think you can get away with no-effort based workouts, well... then you're likely not optimizing the efficacy of your training program, and probably 𝘍'𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥.⁣ ⁣ Don't get me wrong, there are scenarios in which we...

MYO REP TRAINING FOR HYPERTROPHY⭕️ ⁣ ⁣ Myo Reps have been popularized by Borge ***erli around 2008: it's pretty much a rest-pause training method, based on current research model on hypertrophy. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Personally I've been using this style of training for my accessory/isolation work and I would...

Fatigue is probably one of my favorite topics of resistance training science, and although we know something about it, there's definitely a alot of room for new research to enlighten us here. ⁣ ⁣ In today's post, I want to talk about whether or not it's a good idea to train while experiencing...

HOW DOES MUSCLE GROW, EXACTLY? ⁣ I mean, we know that eventually, if we train with weights we end up gaining some muscle mass.. but how ? Short answer: we don't know yet, exactly. And that's because we don't have a 100% clear answer. However, we have many pieces of the puzzle that can help us...

Metabolic Stress & Hypertrophy: do metabolites create muscle growth ? In the current model of hypertrophy, and the mechanisms behind it, 3 are the "main" ways through which hypertrophy occurs: ⁣ ⁣ 1) Mechanical Tension⁣ 2) Metabolic Stress⁣ 3) Muscle Damage (which we've already seen it actually...

WHAT IS CNS FATIGUE ?⭕️ ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ There are many myths surrounding CNS fatigue and one is certainly explaining what it is:⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ In fact feeling tired, sluggish, demotivated is typically misinterpreted as being CNS fatigued, but that's really not what's happening. ⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣ In reality, this type...

If you consistently lift weights, there are 3 main types of adaptations your body goes through: Neuromuscular, Muscular & Connective Tissue adaptations. - First, we have neuromuscular adaptations. Your body recognizes movement patterns and becomes more efficient as you perform certain movements...

Train Biceps Every Day for Fast Growth? – Yes, you can train biceps every day… if you’re smart about it. This works very well for people who have always struggled with biceps growth. Here’s how. . Pick one biceps exercise, the one you feel the most. I like the preacher curl, but you might prefer...

Muscle gains can also be specific to the range of motion used. This study found that quarter squats emphasized the upper thigh whereas full squats developed the entire thigh. Therefore, changing the range of motion in an exercise can be an effective method of targeting certain regions of the...

Muscles are made up of long cells known as muscle fibers, innervated by a nerve cell (neuron) which stimulates the muscle to contract. Stimulating the right type of muscle fiber can impact your physique! . One nerve cell can stimulate many muscle fibers to contract at once, known as a motor...

We focused on the healing of rat transected sciatic nerve and improvement made by stable gastric pentadecapeptide BPC 157 (10 microg, 10ng/kg) applied shortly after injury (i) intraperitoneally/intragastrically/locally, at the site of anastomosis, or after (ii) non-anastomozed nerve tubing (7 mm...

There will be days where you can’t even spend a full hour in the gym. Responsibilities pull for your attention, important events fill up your calendar, and annoying meetings seemed to be scheduled at the most inconvenient hours. Here’s are 3 scientific ways to condense your workouts while still...

OPTIMIZING ANABOLIC HORMONES WITHOUT DRUGS by Josh Hodnik Natural bodybuilders are constantly searching for any natural means of increasing their bodybuilding gains. They often spend hours a day in the gym and take every supplement known to man, only to be disappointed with their gains. There...

Should You Lift Weights Before Doing Cardio? Or Do Cardio Before Weights? You’re a busy man. So when you work out, you aim to get in both strength training and cardio exercise in a single session. But should you do weights or cardio first? To help me answer that question, I talked to my...

We’re all repeatedly reminded of the importance for proper intake of carbohydrates, fats and protein. What also needs to be remembered, however, is having a balanced intake of dietary fibers. Dietary fibers can mainly be found in cereals, fruits and vegetables. Most people are only eating about...