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Progressive Overload
Just about every bodybuilder knows the importance of progressive overload, but what exactly is progressive overload? How can you plan and achieve it?
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A Tale of Three Bodybuilders
There’s many different pathways one can take when attempting to achieve bodybuilding glory. Let’s examine three such of these paths and how they eventually converge.
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Time Under Tension
Time Under Tension has become a massive catchphrase in the fitness community. Is it really the most important variable for maximizing growth?
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Exercise Variation
Attitudes towards exercise variations in the bodybuilding community are pretty split – some swear by variation while others decry its importance. What’s the science say?
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Range of Motion and Growth
Many often advocate for using a full range of motion when lifting weights. How important is this? Does science agree with this advice, or is there more to it?
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Accommodating Resistance
Are bands and chains just a cool-looking gimmick, or are they actually effective in improving strength gains? Let’s see what the science says and how to use this info.
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What Deadlift Style is Best for You?
If your goal is to deadlift as much as possible, one way to improve your deadlift is by ensuring that you’re using the right stance for your individual anthropometrics.
Food Quality and Energy Balance
We often hear that energy balance is simply the difference between calories in and calories out. Is it really that simple?
Training Experience and Adaptations
It is well-known that novice lifters make gains more quickly than more reasoned trainers. Why is this the case? Can we accelerate gains as gym veterans?
Tongue Position and Strength
There are many tricks one can use to increase strength but, interestingly enough, the position of your tongue in your mouth may play a massive role!
Is Training Frequency Muscle Group-Specific?
How often should you workout? Does this depend on what muscle groups you’re training? This study found that muscles in the lower body typically recovered more quickly than upper body muscles.
Pre-Exhaustion Training
Many bodybuilders employ pre-exhaustion training in an attempt to increase muscle activation in compound movements. Research doesn’t support this theory, but there are other ways to achieve this effect.
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The Muscle PhD Academy Live #031: Calorie Cycling
In this episode of the Muscle PhD Live we will go over ways to manipulate your calories to maximize fat loss
How to Prevent Fat Gain Post Contest
How to prevent fat gain post bodybuilding contest? What are the best techniques to avoid gaining fat after a long cut?
How Bad do you Want it?
What are the main traits that separates the pros from the Joes? Motivation and effort. How can you quantify these traits?
What Are Pre-Activation Warmups?
What does Dr. Jacob Wilson think about pre-activation warmups for injury prevention and to get greater activation?
Do you Need to Train to Failure to Make Gains?
Do you need to train to failure to make gains? Will taking all your sets to failure be an advantage or detriment to your training goals?
The Muscle PhD Academy Live #058: Training Frequency
In this MPHD Live, we discuss Training Frequency to maximize gains and help you achieve the best overall results
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