This article is a complete guide to lumbar flexion in lifting. We’ll cover neutral vs. flexion, research on how dangerous (or not) flexion really is, and how to educate your clients on safe practices.
There is a lot of debate about training frequency for muscle growth. See what the data actually say.
There’s a lot of debate about the effects of training frequency for strength gains. However, the data are surprisingly clear.
I used this search query to find sources: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=((((gender+or+sex))+AND+(strength+training+or+resistance+training+or+powerlifting))+AND+(strength+or+hypertrophy+or+1RM))+NOT+concurrent+NOT+children+NOT+adolescents+NOT+disease+NOT+cardiovascular+NOT+disease+NOT+review+NOT+supplement (thanks to Brandon Roberts for this) There were 662 results. From these results, I identified 54 relevant studies. From reference lists of those studies, I identified 24 more results, bringing the total up to 78 studies. Several of these studies were the result of multiple papers being published from the same experiment (i.e. one paper reporting the hypertrophy results, and one paper publishing the strength results).
There are a lot of misconceptions about strength training for women. This article clearly lays out what the research says about male vs. female strength and muscle growth, and the inferences we can draw from those findings.
In Part 2 of this concurrent training series, we will cover the molecular exercise physiology of concurrent training and provide some application for concurrent programming.
Hypertrophy can effectively occur at heavy, moderate, light, and even very light loads. But there can be a big difference between what produces results in the lab and what produces results in the gym. Here’s what you need to know.
Before discussing periodization, you should have a thorough understanding of what the research says. In this article, we provide a comprehensive, quantitative overview of the periodization research.
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