If you’re on this article, there’s a good chance this is because I referred to this link during a video on chest hypertrophy (https://youtu.be/wa8vJg-h_a8).
Read MoreIn recent years, the scientific literature is increasingly finding that achieving a stretch of a muscle during an exercise is powerful for building muscle.
However, some people have proposed that not every muscle will grow more when exposed to a stretch during an exercise. More precisely, they believe that the working sarcomere length of a muscle can inform us of whether that muscle will grow more when exposed to stretch.
Read MoreHow effective is calisthenics (that’s bodyweight training) for muscle hypertrophy?
Can someone theoretically maximize hypertrophy using nothing more than their bodyweight?
Read MoreLactic acid is crucial, essential, mandatory for maxing muscle growth?
The burn is where pain turns into gains.
Read MoreIt’s not uncommon for individuals to train with only a single rep range in their whole program.
Of course, this isn’t bad, positive adaptations will unquestionably still take place.
But as we’ll examine in this article, training with different rep ranges may provide a variety of potential benefits.
Read MorePreviously at the House of Hypertrophy, we saw the scientific literature strongly indicates a wide range of rep numbers are similarly effective for muscle hypertrophy, provided those reps are performed to or close to failure.
Read More4 reps vs 8 reps vs 12 reps for strength and hypertrophy
We’re going to examine a recent study from Japan exploring this.
Read MoreIn this article, we’re examining antagonist supersets, which have you perform two exercises that train opposing muscle groups back to back. We’ll also touch on antagonist stretching too.
Read MoreHow long does it take for muscle growth to plateau?
According to this 2017 review study out of the USA, it plateaus quicker than you think.
Based on an array of experiments examining the time course of muscle growth, the authors make some bold statements.
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