Not a day that goes by… Anyway… Here is why a leg press, squat, conventional deadlift, sumo deadlift, hip thrust OR ANY EXERCISE with hip extension and knee extension occurring at the same time will NOT grow the hamstrings.... I don't know if this will ever going away because even when you present people with the biomehanics about this they still argue because they don't have the brain capacity to learn new information. It is due to antagonist inhibition. Antagonist inhibition is a spinal reflex where activation of the agonist muscle (the prime mover) automatically inhibits the antagonist muscle (the opposing muscle) so they don't fight each other during the motion. This allows smoother, more efficient movement. It works like this: When the agonist contracts, its muscle spindles (Ia afferents) send signals. These excite Ia inhibitory interneurons in the spinal cord. Those interneurons then inhibit the alpha motor neurons of the antagonist muscle -> antagonist relaxes. So when there is an antagonist joint torque created during a two joint muscle exercise, that muscle has to relax and allow the true agonist muscles to do the work. This is why.. - the long head of the triceps doesn't grow in a press - the rec fem and hamstrings don't grow from leg press, hip thrusts, squats, deadlifts etc - the gastroc during squats and leg press Facts don't care about your feelings on this
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1. I went from push pull legs to upper lower. This took my average frequency per muscle from 1.5 to 2 times a week. - 2. In turn this took my volume per muscle from around 5-6 sets in a session to 2-3. So if you broke down the “weekly volume” it probably wasn’t much different but it made a big difference in my recovery to do that rather than put all 5-6 sets into a single session. - 3. Drop sets are literally dumb. And I feel dumb for ever having done them. You should too if you understand anything about how motor unit recruitment and fatigue works. - 4. Never programmed or picked loading that was more than 8 reps. More on this down further. - 5. Stopped training to failure. It still happened occasionally but 90% of all my sets went to 1 RIR. Task failure is massively overrated. Especially when using heavy loads. It’s literally not even needed. - 6. Used a 4 to 8 double progression method. Found a load I could get 4-5 reps in good form at 1 RIR, and just added reps as often as I could feel that it turned into 2 RIR. Then I’d increase load once I got to 8. - I didn’t use creatine. I think it’s a great supplement I just don’t use it. It doesn’t increase MPS or MYOPS and actually does not increase muscle growth. My sleep is often horrible because I’m a lifetime insomniac. I covered the fact that sleep doesn’t impair recovery and depending on other factors, sleep doesn’t impair training the way people fear monger it out to be. With that said, sleep is important and if I could get amazing sleep nightly I absolutely would. And yes I think my training would improve if it did. I ate less protein than in years past because protein power shoveling does zero to increase gains. I took my protein down to 0.7-0.8 grams per pound and increased carbs and training improved tremendously.
It's me. I'm MFERS Nio redundancy No junk volume All sets within a rep of failure Yes, 3 sets for quads 2 sets for calves 2 sets for hamstrings/glutes The goal should always be getting the maximum amount of progressive overload happening with the least amount of work. Not doing endless sets for the sake of it
Source "trust me bro" - Nah, I always come with the receipts - PMID: 20300012 - Kreiger meta on volume, longer rest periods show a plateau at 6 sets for hypertrophy PMID: 27433992 - Schoenfeld volume meta, takes 5 more sets to equal the stimulus from the 1st set (diminishing returns in volume) PMID: 31268828 - Damas, 12 sets vs 8 sets, 12 sets did not cause more growth than 8 despite higher MYOPS (damage repair) PMID: 27126459 - short rest periods blunt the stimulus compared to longer rest periods DOI: https://doi.org/10.51224/SRXIV.460 - Pelland et al, Strength gains stop at 5 sets under hypertrophy studies PMID: 37414459 - Currier et al, highest rating for muscle growth is multi set programs done twice a week
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