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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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