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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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Podcast: Simple Periodization For Muscle Hypertrophy

Absolutely stoked to have been featured on Juma Iraki ’s podcast. I’ve been a fan from day 1 and now I’ve been on myself! Topic was Simple Periodization For Muscle Hypertrophy. Juma is a class act and a true leader in educating people about exercise and science. If

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How To Build Muscle In Your 60s And 70s

Can you still build muscle in your 60s? John (a customer) was struggling. Steve (another customer aged 74) offered the following tips. I’m reposting them here with his permission. Hi, Sorry you are experiencing difficulty via implementing the Dr. Muscle program. Carl’s findings and programs are very valid

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Update 877: Your Program Now Levels Up With You, Adding New Exercises As You Become More Experienced, Bigger, And Stronger

It is said that Milo of Croton gained enormous strength by lifting and carrying a newborn calf daily as it grew to a mature bull. Now you can do almost the same thing: with this update, your program will level up automatically as you do it. You’ll also always

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Bodybuilding Videos: Do You Watch Them?

Do you watch bodybuilding videos? To me, they’re like a guilty pleasure. Zero learning, tons of entertainment. One of my favourite channel is Nick’s Strength and Power. Take this new video on Jay Cutler for example: I like Nick’s tone. His bodybuilding videos have no hype and

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Update 874: 18 New Workouts With New Exercises That Will Help to Hypertrophy Your Muscles in Full

New workouts! This update brings 18 more advanced (level 3) workouts that include new exercises. These new exercises will stimulate growth in different regions of your muscles and help to hypertrophy them in full. This is supported by research from Brazil, in which hypertrophy of the quads (vastus medialis and

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Volume for muscle hypertrophy: the #1 trend in research in 2017

The year is almost over. Looking back at the science, I’d say 2017 was the year of volume for muscle hypertrophy. Volume is a key driver of hypertrophy, and the bulk of the evidence is starting to suggest it may be the most important variable. The authors of a

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Intermittent fasting: lose fat while keeping the muscle

If you want to: * Sculpt your body * Lose fat * Build (or maintain) muscle You may want to try intermittent fasting. It’s actually how I diet when I want to lean out and show that six-pack to the world. Some studies have found this new science-based diet strategy could help

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Looking for new exercises to build muscle?

If you’re looking for new exercises to build muscle, I think you’ll like this post. I’ve started lifting weights before Gmail, YouTube, and Facebook even existed. Can you imagine? The net was not what it is today, and coming across great exercises to sculpt your body was

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MASS: Greg Nuckols, Eric Helms, and Michael Zourdos help you understand the science of strength, hypertrophy, and nutrition

3 world-class exercise scientists and coaches (Greg Nuckols, Eric Helms, and Michael Zourdos) teamed up to bring you MASS. If you like my newsletter (the Bodybuilding Science Review), I think you’ll like it a lot. MASS is one of my #1 ressources. It stands for Monthly Applications in Strength

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Update 860: Big easy "Workout now" button on your home screen

Ever forget which workout is next? Happens to me all the time. You’re ready to train, but you first have to fumble through your workouts, frowning while you remember which one is up today. Big hassle. This update fixes that with a large easy “Workout now” button on your

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