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Intro (0:00)
Fat bear week champion reveal (0:23)
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How close do you need to be to your macro targets? (11:15)
Do some people simply have muscles that are stronger per unit of size? And is that genetic, or trainable? (22:00)
- First article on the topic: Size vs. Strength: How Important is Muscle Growth For Strength Gains? • Stronger by Science
- More recent article on the topic: Does Muscle Growth Increase Your Potential for Strength Gains?
- Muscle growth IS important for strength gains: Exercise-Induced Myofibrillar Hypertrophy is a Contributory Cause of Gains in Muscle Strength | SpringerLink
- Muscle growth is NOT important for strength gains: Exercise-Induced Changes in Muscle Size do not Contribute to Exercise-Induced Changes in Muscle Strength | SpringerLink
Advice for minimalistic workout routines (37:03)
- Hayden and Pak’s article: Effective Strength Training for the Time-Poor • Stronger by Science
- Exercise quantity and longevity: How do exercise volume and intensity impact longevity? • Stronger by Science
- Bickel paper: Exercise dosing to retain resistance training adaptations in young and older adults
- Other relevant articles: A Guide to Detraining: How to Mitigate Losses and Get Back to Full Strength
- Minimum effective dose meta: The Minimum Effective Training Dose Required to Increase 1RM Strength in Resistance-Trained Men: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Pak’s PhD research on the topic: The Minimum Effective Training Dose Required for 1RM Strength in Powerlifters
Thoughts on training to failure (both hypertrophy and fatigue) (57:16)
- Recent meta-regression: View of Exploring the Dose-Response Relationship Between Estimated Resistance Training Proximity to Failure, Strength Gain, and Muscle Hypertrophy
- Prior article on “Effective Reps” (main point – distinction between studies on trained and untrained subjects): The Evidence is Lacking for “Effective Reps”
- Martorelli study: Strength Training with Repetitions to Failure does not Provide Additional Strength and Muscle Hypertrophy Gains in Young Women – PMC
- MASS article on eccentric vs. concentric muscle damage over time
- Study covered in the MASS article: Eccentric exercise per se does not affect muscle damage biomarkers: early and late phase adaptations
Will CrossFit training help me continue to get stronger and improve endurance? (1:26:48)
- CrossFit systematic review: The Benefits and Risks of CrossFit: A Systematic Review – Jena Meyer, Janet Morrison, Julie Zuniga, 2017
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