sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoDo short rest periods help or hinder muscle growth?Bodybuilders have traditionally used short rest periods during strength training, often to help them achieve a greater…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhat determines mechanical tension during strength training?Many strength coaches will tell you that heavy loads produce the high levels of mechanical tension that trigger…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoHow does exercise order in a workout affect hypertrophy?Except in certain rare cases, each workout in a training program includes a number of exercises. When writing the…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoDoes keeping constant tension on a muscle increase hypertrophy?Bodybuilding experts sometimes recommend that we “keep a constant tension on the muscle” during each set of a workout…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoExplaining how hypertrophy works using only basic principles of muscle physiologyHypertrophy is an increase in muscle volume, or mass. Moreover, since there is little evidence that human muscles…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhat determines training frequency?Training frequency for bodybuilding or recreational strength training with the purpose of increasing muscle size is a…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoDoes muscle damage cause hypertrophy?Strength training, which causes increased strength and muscle size, involves producing force through repeated muscular…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoDo eccentric and concentric training produce different types of muscle growth?During normal strength training, we lift and lower weights repeatedly. Sometimes, as in the squat exercise, we begin…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoHow does the weight on the bar affect hypertrophy?Traditionally, it was assumed that lifting heavy weights was necessary to achieve muscle growth. Indeed, a simple…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhat is regional hypertrophy, and how does it happen?We know that muscles increase in size after strength training, but it is less clear to what extent they also change…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoCan the mechanical tension, metabolic stress, and muscle damage model explain all of the ways in which hypertrophy could occur?Recently, I shared a study showing that the size of the central motor command in a strength training exercise with a…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoDoes metabolic stress cause muscle growth?Strength training, which leads to increases in maximum strength and muscle size, involves producing force through…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoHow can exercise strength curves affect hypertrophy?Exercise strength curves describe the way in which the difficulty of a movement changes over its range of motion.…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhich muscle groups do exercises stimulate (and which do they just work)?When we design a bodybuilding program, we choose exercises that are intended to increase the size of specific muscles.…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoDoes a full range of motion always produce more muscle growth?It is widely believed that greater gains in muscle size are always achieved after strength training with a full range…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhy does lowering tempo affect muscle growth, but lifting tempo does not?Contrary to the claims of hundreds of bodybuilding articles written over the last decade, the tempo of the lifting…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhat determines whether a muscle fiber increases in length or diameter?After strength training, whole muscles increase in volume, and therefore also in mass. In humans, this happens largely…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhat is time under tension?Time under tension is one of the most commonly discussed concepts in the science of hypertrophy, and yet it remains…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoHow does training volume differ between training to failure, avoiding failure, and using advanced techniques?Muscle growth happens through an increase in the volume of individual muscle fibers. Individual fibers increase in…sandcresearch (25)in #bodybuilding • 6 years agoWhat is training volume?Strength training volume is a key determinant of the amount of muscle growth that happens after a sequence of…