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.
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
Alex Rogers of Proteinfactory.com has just ranked Dr. Muscle the #1 best bodybuilding app for maximum muscle growth. Big thanks to Alex for his review. He concluded: There are countless fitness apps to choose from. Truth be told, most of them are quite similar, as they allow you to
This new update brings custom programs to Dr. Muscle. Quick background story: A few years ago, I tried training Westside. If you don’t know Westside, it’s a training system for powerlifting where you change your main lift often. You also have strength days (“max effort”) and power days
Researchers from Brazil have found you should build muscle faster (about 2.47% in 9 weeks) if you swap in exercises you feel like doing when you work out (Rauch et al. 2017). Study Highlights In that study, 17 strong males were randomly assigned to 2 groups: * One group had
It seems too good to be true. With the rest-pause technique, you can build muscle just as fast (or faster) with 1 set than you would with 3 normal sets, according to a study published in 2017 by researchers from Brazil (Prestes et al. 2017). Here’s a quick overview
How I found the "secret" to building muscle—plus, the science behind the app's autopilot
Find out what you should do when your 1RM goes down to break your plateau, recover, and start building strength and muscle again. Summary Cut sets 50%. Cut weights 10%. Slowly work back up. With Dr. Muscle, you’ll do that automatically. Highlights * In a study, Ogasawara et al. (2013)
Find out how much time you should rest between sets when you lift weights to build muscle faster. Summary How long you should rest depends on what you’re training. For hypertrophy, rest at least 2 minutes between sets. For strength, rest at least 3 minutes. Science highlights * “When training
If you liked this presentation, and you want to build muscle faster with science automatically, you may like our new workout app Dr. Muscle (get early access). Dr. Muscle is like a personal trainer in your phone. It tells you what to do when you work out to build muscle
We are proud to announce that Dr. Mucle version 2.0 has just been released on Google Play and the App Store. Version 2.0 includes: * New user interface and bug fixes * Improved algorithm to compute your next weights, reps, and sets * Exercise log (you won’t have to enter