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.
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
We've added the ability to swap an exercise mid-workout.
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
We've improved the algorithm powering Dr. Muscle: * You'll never do more than 5 sets (down from 6) * You'll never do fewer than 5 reps (up from 4) * You'll improve 30-50% when you lift <= 12 kg 30-50% may sound like
We've improved the history screen, with charts for any or all exercises, from your last 3 workouts to all time. You can now also scroll through your logs for individual exercises.
We've added 14 new workouts to the app. These add new exercises in rotation when you level up your workouts.
We've added a superset feature to the app. You can now superset 2 exercises or more.
New update! With more advanced deloads. The app now understands in more detail what's going on with your training and cut sets 50% and load 90% when you plateau—it will also let you know when its making these changes and link to an article on our blog
How I found the "secret" to building muscle—plus, the science behind the app's autopilot