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March 23, 2020 By Greg Nuckols

How to Make Gains Without a Gym

Maybe you’re trying to hold onto your gains during a pandemic, maybe you just want to be equipped for high-quality home workouts when it’s challenging to make it to the gym, or maybe you just want to save…

March 16, 2020 By Hayden Pritchard

Are Ammonia Inhalants Effective?

In this article, we are going to learn what exactly an ammonia inhalant is, examine whether they have been shown to be effective, and finish with some thoughts on their use.

March 2, 2020 By Greg Nuckols

Bench Press Range of Motion: An Exception to the Principle of Specificity?

Much of what we know about range of motion specificity comes from single-joint studies and squat studies. When we branch out to the bench press, things get more complicated.

February 17, 2020 By Andrew Patton

What Factors Influence Injury Risk in Powerlifters? (Injury series, Part 3)

In Part 3 of the series of articles based on our yearlong injury study, we’ll be digging further into the data, and examining how the factors that may contribute to injury risk interact.

February 10, 2020 By Eric Trexler

Antioxidants for Lifters: A Review of the Evidence

Do antioxidants really blunt hypertrophy? The evidence isn’t as conclusive as you may think.

November 26, 2019 By Greg Nuckols

Sarcoplasmic Hypertrophy is Real, but is it Relevant?

After years of people claiming that it was bro science, a recent study provides further evidence that sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is a real phenomenon. The details, however, are still murky.

November 18, 2019 By Danny Lennon

Chrononutrition: Why Meal Timing, Calorie Distribution & Feeding Windows Really Do Matter

A sizable amount of research is mounting to suggest that there are very real and important implications for when we eat. In this article, we will explore the intersection of circadian biology and diet (termed “chrononutrition”) and offer…

September 30, 2019 By Greg Nuckols

Using Velocity to Autoregulate May Increase Strength Gains

When the rubber meets the road, does autoregulating training using velocity targets and velocity stops ultimately lead to larger strength gains than percentage-based training? This study says “yes.”

September 9, 2019 By Greg Nuckols

The Evidence is Lacking for “Effective Reps”

The idea that the last 5 reps before failure are “effective reps,” and therefore the ones that REALLY matter for hypertrophy, doesn’t actually have much experimental support. In this article, I’ll re-examine the evidence for “effective reps” and…

July 1, 2019 By Greg Nuckols

Squats Are Secretly an Adductor Exercise

A new study lends pretty solid support to two of my more iconoclastic positions about squatting, for which I previously only had shaky, circumstantial evidence. This article digs into the research and tells you what you need to…

June 24, 2019 By Eric Trexler

The Lifter’s Guide to Caffeine

Caffeine has long been touted as a performance-enhancing supplement. This article discusses what caffeine does in the body, how it affects strength performance, and whether or not health and safety concerns about caffeine are warranted.

June 15, 2019 By Andrew Patton

Injuries in Powerlifting: Basic Results

This is part 2 of our series of articles based on a yearlong injury study we (semi) recently concluded. In the first analytical look at the injury study data, we will be focusing on whether the people who…