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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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Dr. Muscle ranked #1 best bodybuilding app by Proteinfactory.com

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

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Update 852: Custom programs and connection error/timer fix (step 1/2)

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

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Swap In Exercises You Feel Like Doing To Build Muscle Faster (2.47% In 9 Weeks)

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

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How to Build Muscle in Half the Time With The Rest-Pause Technique Inside Dr. Muscle

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

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Building Muscle With Dr. Muscle's AI: The Science Behind The App (And The Secret To Building Muscle)

How I found the "secret" to building muscle—plus, the science behind the app's autopilot

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Deload: How To Break Your Plateau And Start Building Muscle Again

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)

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