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What Causes Growth?
In this piece we cover the latest science on the determinants of muscle hypertrophy and how you can apply this information in your own training.
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Intensification Methods
Intensification Methods are strategies designed to push a muscle past failure and maximize growth. Do they work? Is there any science behind them?
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What is Broscience?
Broscience is a term we often hear thrown around, but what does it actually mean? How is a broscientist different from an evidence-based practitioner? Let’s discuss.
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Lats in the Bench Press
Many in the fitness and lifting communities have claimed that the lats are important for bench press performance. Is this true, or do we need to dig deeper?
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Quantifying Mechanical Tension
Mechanical tension has quickly become the main accepted stimulus for muscle growth. What is mechanical tension? Can we measure it? Why would this be important for growth?
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Common Supplement Mistakes
Lifters often use supplements for assisting in their bodybuilding goals, but we often see supplements get misused. What are the most common mistakes we see?
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Protein and Sleep
This study found that consuming a high protein diet lead to fewer waking episodes during a night’s sleep. This can be a helpful tool to improve sleep!
Toe Angle and Calf Raises
Bodybuilders have long altered toe angles in calf raises in order to emphasize either the inner or outer calf. Does this actually work?
Calories for Cutting
Reducing calorie intake is necessary to drop significant fat during a cut. What’s the best deficit for maintaining muscle mass during a cut?
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.
Sleep and White Noise
Improving sleep quality is an important factor in the recovery process for athletes and bodybuilders. This study found that using white noise strategies significantly improved sleep quality.
Lifting Tempo
Many trainers and coaches advocate for tempo training but this review found that lifting tempo has no effect on muscle growth or strength. In fact, slow tempos may actually impair gains.
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What Should You Focus on As a Bodybuilder?
What should you focus on as a bodybuilder? Dr. Wilson will discuss the number one thing that will get you the results you want.
What Should You Have in Your Pre-Workout?
What should you have in your pre-workout? Can you buy the perfect blend? or can you make your own? Dr. Wilson will go over his favorite stack
The Muscle PhD Academy Live #015: Autoregulation
In this episode of the Muscle Ph.D. Live Academy we will discuss autoregulation. How do you implement autoregulation into your routine?
TRAINING HACKS – Looking For A Easier Way To Dropset? Watch This!
This week we’ll talk about mechanical dropsets. Most people work out in a commercial gym and doing dropsets on busy days is nearly impossible, unless you’re doing them on a weight stack machine. Here’s an easy way to get the benefits of a dropset without using every weight in the gym.
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?
Top 3 Ways to Increase Thick Dense Muscle
Dr. Jacob Wilson will discuss the top 3 research-based ways for bodybuilders to increase thick, dense muscle.
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