Muscle Remembers: Why Gains Come Back Easy After Time Off
If you take time away from lifting, what will happen to your gains? And when you get back to training, how long will it take to get your muscle back? Researchers at Keele University looked into these questions. Hypothesis Skeletal muscle ‘remembers’ periods of muscle growth, making it easier to gain back muscle after taking time…
JACKEDTHLETE – High Frequency Training
JACKED [jakt] adjective – (of a person) having very well-developed muscles. ATHLETE [ˈaTHˌlēt] noun – a person who is proficient in sports and other forms of physical exercise. JACKEDTHLETE is meant for competitive athletes desiring both the physical development to compete at a high level (strength, explosiveness, etc.) paired with juicy muscularity (“look good to…
20 Takeaways: Strength Training and Coordination: An Integrative Approach
My key points from “Strength Training and Coordination: An Integrative Approach” by Frans Bosch: 1. Coordination must be taken into account during strength training “Most literature about strength training is highly mechanical in its approach, and Isaac Newton seems to have contributed more to strength training theory than all the neurophysiologists in history.” “Coordination at…
How I Squatted 500 and Deadlifted 600: Reflexive Performance Reset
You don’t know what you don’t know – Douglas Heel My body has seen its share of setbacks: Chronic Achilles tendonitis, patellar tendonitis, low back pain, a fractured collarbone, and too many groin strains and ankle sprains to count. After high school athletics, walking on to play college basketball was out of the question.…
Why Athletes Should Get Jacked
KEY POINTS: Muscle mass is correlated to both strength and sprinting performance Strength is limited by muscle size Training for muscle size can enhance gains in power (phase potentiation)
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