In bodybuilding, stretching routines are a double-edged sword: * Done right, stretching and mobility training leave you flexible, nimble, and feeling great. You’re warmed up, ready to smash new records. * Done wrong, stretching slows you down. It wears out your muscles, and makes you weak. You can’t lift as
Training programs don’t build muscle more than a few weeks without progressive overload. As a certified strength and conditioning coach with an MSc in exercise physiology, I can confirm that. Without progressive overload, your program lacks the oomph to get you in top shape. It’s like flooring the
Our smart workout app Dr. Muscle helps you build muscle and strength faster by automating progressive overload. Try it free or read on to see why our customers say “there is nothing else like it” (more reviews). What is progressive overload & why is it important? According to the American
The NEW “300” workout – 100 x 1, 10 x 10, 1x 100 Do you remember the 2007 action movie “300” about the 300 Spartan warriors who fought to the death in the battle of Thermopylae? The actors were shredded and had, according to magazines and websites, followed the so-called “300
Have you heard it’s impossible to lose fat while gaining muscle? An impressive number of studies demonstrate this to be false (see Benito et al. 2020 for a review and meta-analysis of 111 studies). I’ve seen it firsthand. In my own study, 20 women gained 3.31 lbs
“Will I ever recover enough to deadlift again?” When I injured my lumbar spine, anxiety plagued my workouts for months. But I finally managed to overcome my performance anxiety and even improve my workout performance. I’ll show you how in this article, with tactics sport psychologists and world-class trainers
Why should you listen to me? I have a background in exercise science (B.Sc) and epidemiology (PhD). Since the pandemic hit, I read and wrote a lot about the coronavirus, including a review of cost-effective interventions to suppress COVID-19 and a series of long-form articles with Tomas Pueyo that
Our letter to the editor is out! In August, Morton et al. (2019) published a review titled Training for strength and hypertrophy: an evidence-based approach. In that paper, they argue that “load does not mediate resistance-training-induced muscular hypertrophy.” Instead, they suggest that “the most potent regulator of resistance-training-induced muscular hypertrophy
A practical, science-based guide to building muscle faster with rest-pause sets, a technique used by the only bodybuilder to ever beat Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Mr. Olympia