hypertrophy

Bodybuilding frequency, or how often you train, depends on several factors including your experience level, recovery ability, and overall goals. Here's a general guide: 1. **Beginners:** Starting with 3-4 workouts per week is common. Focus on full-body workouts to allow for adequate recovery...

Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 Long Arginine 3 (IGF-1 LR3) is a modified form of the naturally occurring Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1). It plays a significant role in muscle growth and has gained popularity in bodybuilding for its potential to enhance muscle development and recovery. Here's...

The debate between low-repetition and high-repetition training is an ongoing one in the fitness world, and both have their advantages depending on your fitness goals. **Low Reps (Strength Training):** - Typically involves lifting heavier weights for fewer repetitions (usually 1-6 reps per...

Functional training and traditional bodybuilding represent two distinct approaches to fitness, each with its own focus, goals, and methodologies. **Functional Training:** - **Focus:** Prioritizes movements and exercises that mimic real-life activities and improve overall functional abilities...

Kettlebell bodybuilding is a training approach that combines the principles of traditional bodybuilding with the use of kettlebells as the primary training tool. Bodybuilding, as a discipline, focuses on developing muscle size, symmetry, and aesthetics, typically through resistance training and...

Bodybuilding and strength training are two distinct approaches to resistance training, each with its own goals, techniques, and principles. While there is some overlap between the two, they primarily focus on different aspects of physical fitness. Here's a comparison of bodybuilding and strength...

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Understanding the Preference of Bodybuilders: IGF-1 LR3 vs. MK-677 Introduction: In the world of bodybuilding and muscle growth, various compounds and substances are used to enhance performance and achieve desired results. Among these, IGF-1 LR3 and MK-677 have gained popularity for their...

Harnessing CRISPR Technology for Muscle Mass Development: A Promising Frontier Introduction Advancements in genetic engineering have opened up exciting possibilities for manipulating our genetic makeup to enhance various aspects of human health and performance. One area of interest for many...

Amplifying Muscle Growth with IGF-1 LR3: Unleashing the Potential for Building Mass Introduction Achieving significant muscle growth requires a comprehensive approach that encompasses various factors, including diet, training, and supplementation. Among the supplements that have gained...

Training for STRENGTH vs. SIZE **MYTH: Low reps is for strength, high reps is for size.** Although this contains a grain of truth, it leads to wrong thinking - the classic problem we get on this forum is the legion of novices who don't want to do novice routines because they contain 5 rep...

The surprising truth about muscle memory has now been revealed, and it's great news for steroid users and even natties. USE IT OR LOSE IT... UNTIL THE NEXT TIME YOU USE IT Gym teachers, physical therapists, and nursing home directors frequently use the phrase "use it or lose it" to...

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...

⭕️How often should we train "to failure" ? Introducing the Pheasyque Effort-Volume Model⭕️⁣ ⁣ I created this model by putting together the data available on the topic but also the understanding that we have on volume and its correlation to hypertrophy, and fatigue (more importantly CNS fatigue)...

Advices Radio 146: Ben Pollack. Ben Pollack aka @phdeadlift, talks about his journey from the world of powerlifting, into the world of hypertrophy and bodybuilding. Hosted by Scott McNally. For full updates please follow below link - Advices Radio :: Advices Radio, 146: ben pollack

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...

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...

This graphic is just a guideline, not a law. As long as you're pushing yourself, keeping great technique, and progressively lifting more weight over time.....You will get stronger, more defined, and increase your endurance. There's no way around it.⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⠀ 🔸 STRENGTH movements (squats...

The Basics of Training for Size, Part 1: The High Rep Approach The First of a Four Part Series POSTED BY JOHN ROMANIELLO BODYBUILDING, MUSCLE GAIN Want More Awesome Shit?Sign up for our newsletter and get automatically notified when we post new face-meltingly rad articles. I’ve often said...