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.
We're making Dr. Muscle even more flexible! You can now customize sets at the workout level to create Heavy, Low, Medium days (and other popular routines). Full release notes (v1250) * Added: Customize sets at the workout level * Added: Recommended weekly workouts to reminders * Improved: New user onboarding (demo
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
Bands are cheap, lightweight, and portable. Unlike dumbbells, you can do pushing and pulling exercise with them. You can also train your legs pretty hard with bands (normally, you'd need a bar and plates for that). Have a look: Bands Exercises to Build Muscle at Home Build muscle
Bands are great to work out at home. So we're excited to release new bands programs! "Buffed w/ bands" levels 1 and 2 are now available inside Dr. Muscle, with videos for all exercises. Full release notes (v1234) * Added: Bands programs level 1 and 2 (Workouts
Updated March 20 with new US cases by time and predictions based on 5 countries. It’s here. COVID-19 hit China, Europe, and is grinding America to a halt. On March 13, President Trump declared a national emergency. Still, as a PhD in Public Health who specialised in epidemiology, I’
By default, Dr. Muscle does not include cardio in your program. You don’t have to do cardio to get lean and doing too much can slow down your mass gains. But you may want to do cardio for other reasons (e.g. it’s like medicine for your health)
As you may already know, varying reps every workout has been shown to speed up progress (Rhea et al. 2002). But what about covering a wide range of reps in the same workout? You can do it with pyramid sets, a time-tested technique coach Martin Berkhan says is "the
No plates? No problem! Toggle them off under Settings, and the app will swap out all plate exercises from your workouts. In most cases, you'll get dumbbell variations instead. Update also includes two more top requested features: plate calculator shows on fullscreen timer now, and easy/medium exercises
Workout reminders are here! Set them up in Settings (or when you create your account) to get a notification reminding you to work out on the days and times of your choosing. Also, you can now turn deloads and challenges on and off. Simply open an exercise and tap the
The secret to building muscle is to get stronger over time. But as you work out and build strength, you also accumulate fatigue. When you accumulate too much fatigue, your progress slows down, or stalls. That's when you should deload. Dr. Muscle automates that for you, but some