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Dr. Carl Juneau, PhD

A University of Montréal, London, and Harvard alum, Dr. Juneau is a former trainer for the Canadian Forces with a PhD in Public Health/Epidemiology.

Wrote 153 posts
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Bodybuilding Injuries: 5 Steps to Faster Recovery and Prevention

Based on 21 years of lifting and coaching experience

2 min read

Independent Fitbod Bodybuilding Review: User Results—Before and After Photos

Real users of Fitbod for bodybuilding share results

8 min read

Bodybuilding Stretching Routine: 7 Exercises for Flexibility, Muscle & Strength

In bodybuilding, stretching routines are a double-edged sword: * Done right, stretching and mobility training leave you flexible, nimble, and feeling great. You’re warmed up, ready to smash new records. * Done wrong, stretching slows you down. It wears out your muscles, and makes you weak. You can’t lift as

Science 5 min read

Is It Safe to Go to the Gym During COVID-19? A Randomised Trial Tells Us

If you like going to the gym as much as I do, you may be wondering if it’s safe to go during the COVID-19 pandemic. But depending on where you live, you may not actually have a choice. For better or worse, officials around the world have been closing

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A Progressive Overload App to Build Muscle & Strength On Autopilot (It's Like a Trainer in Your Phone)

Our smart workout app Dr. Muscle helps you build muscle and strength faster by automating progressive overload. Try it free or read on to see why our customers say “there is nothing else like it” (more reviews). What is progressive overload & why is it important? According to the American

Science 13 min read

How to Use Drop Sets to Build Muscle & When to Avoid Them

A step-by-step guide based on science and personal experience

How to build muscle 3 min read

Coronavirus, Exercise, and Health: An Evidence-Based Guide for Athletes & Lifters

Why should you listen to me? I have a background in exercise science (B.Sc) and epidemiology (PhD). Since the pandemic hit, I read and wrote a lot about the coronavirus, including a review of cost-effective interventions to suppress COVID-19 and a series of long-form articles with Tomas Pueyo that

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Working Out & Lifting Weights With a Face Mask: What Do the Experts Say?

Why should you listen to me? I have a background in exercise science (B.Sc) and epidemiology (PhD). Since the pandemic hit, I read and wrote a lot about the coronavirus, including a review of cost-effective interventions to suppress COVID-19 and a series of long-form articles with Tomas Pueyo that

Science 3 min read

Evidence-based, Cost-effective Interventions to Suppress the COVID-19 Pandemic: a Rapid Systematic Review

How can we control the COVID-19 pandemic cost-effectively? I worked with Tomas Pueyo’s group around the clock to answer that question. We found that some interventions are way more cost-effective than others (e.g. for H1N1 influenza, contact tracing was estimated to be 4,363 times more cost-effective than

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Coronavirus: The Hammer and the Dance

Update: Since translating The Hammer and the Dance, I have joined Tomas Pueyo’s volunteer team. We have published 3 more articles on Medium (one, two, three) and we’re publishing a scientific study of Cost-effective Interventions to Suppress the Covid-19 Pandemic. Tomas Pueyo, the author of Coronavirus: Why You

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