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A Muscle’s Unique Mass Response, Part 1

Arnold in a tank top flexing his triceps

Recent studies seem to place stretch-loading and stretch exercises at the top of the mass-building food chain… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: blood-flow restriction, contracted position, European Journal of Sports Science, fiber recruitment, hypoxia, mass building, muscle building, research study, stretch loading

Contracted Exercise Builds Muscle-Fiber Size

Jonathan doing overhead extensions vs. pushdowns

Studies continue to show stretch moves create more hypertrophy than contracted-position exercises. And they do—over a 12-week period. But… [Read more…]

Filed Under: X Files Tagged With: blood flow blockage, blood-flow restriction, contracted position, hypertrophy, mass building, muscle building

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