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Category: Build Muscle

Why Time Under Tension is Overrated

We have previously talked about the importance of Time Under Tension (TUT) when lifting. However, reevaluating the research made us realize that TUT actually is overrated. Here’s why. TUT gained popularity after Burd et al found more leg

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Does cardio effect strength gains?

If your goal is to maximize strength gains, ideally you’d avoid cardio (regardless of intensity) altogether. However, if you need to add conditioning work into your program, it seems that high and low intensity conditioning work have similar

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Can Body Weight Training Build Muscle?

You do not need a gym to build muscle! The principles of resistance training can be applied using bodyweight exercises. This is evident when looking the bodies of gymnasts, who almost solely use bodyweight exercises in their training.

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A Good Workout Is When Your Muscles Get Sore?

We often hear people freak out because they AREN’T getting sore, thinking that their workouts were a waste. Here’s why you don’t need to be worried. –    Delayed onset muscle soreness (DOMS) is the muscle ache experience

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Should You Workout When Sore?

DOMS (Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness) is a phenomenon experienced when you perform an exercise you are not used to. We have previously mentioned that it is okay to train with DOMS, albeit that your performance will be reduced

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How To Train All Muscle Fibers

Muscles are made up of long cells known as muscle fibers, innervated by a nerve cell (neuron) which stimulates the muscle to contract. Stimulating the right type of muscle fiber can impact your physique! One nerve cell can

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How To Maximize Muscle Activation

In most situations, you should try to apply maximum speed to the concentric portion of each rep, rather than focusing on “the mind muscle connection”. With light weight bench press (50% of 1RM), trained participants slightly increased pec

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Spontaneous Physical Activity

Why do some people struggle with losing or gaining weight? “Hardgainers” claiming that they have a “high metabolism” are generally mistaken when they blame their base metabolic rate (BMR) for the troubles with gaining weight. Spontaneous physical activity

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What Makes You A Hardgainer?

The effectiveness of how much energy your muscles use for a given movement varies depending on your calorie intake. TEA (Thermic Effect of Activity) refers to how much energy your muscles use for a given activity. In a

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