hypertrophy

In beyond bodybuilding, pavel mentioned muscly men not being able 2 do simple presses. How do I avoid this when doing isometrics?

Just watched this Dan John video, the original question was about hypertrophy in your 40s but he gave an answer that covered 40s 50s 60s He emphasised doing more hypertrophy as you get older. Am thinking that emphasis on hypertrophy as you get older is to counteract the well known muscle...

Looking for some insight from this community on how to strengthen and improve my legs using kettlebells. At the moment my training time is limited and I’m focused primarily on Muay Thai. I’ve always been predisposed to more hypertrophy on my upper body and my legs always kinda lagged. I strength...

Comrades, Later this week I'll move to another town for one semester and want to achieve (or at least come close to) Timeless Simple AND put on some muscle, too. 1,86m at ~72kg isn't that much and while I look athletic I'd like to put a little frame on. Since the gym at the campus is closed...

Hi, Is it possible to get a good amount of hypertrophy while doing grease the groove? My main goal is to make the muscle bigger. Let's say for something like pullups to make my back bigger. I read some lactic acid is needed for hypertrophy but with grease the groove I always leave some reps...

In the StrongFirst newsletter from last Thursday it included a combination strength and hypertrophy plan and describes how it works specifically for one exercise (exercise selection choices were given but the program was only shown for a single exercise). To put that to work in a...

I have been enjoying the StrongFirst newsletters and the wealth of information there. On March 11 the SF email was titled "A state-of-the art technique for building muscle as strong as it looks." It was more secretive than other SF newsletter emails with parts blanked out like a redacted...

Was pondering this today - I understand that protein is required to build/repair slightly damaged muscle after the trauma of exercise. This is what makes muscles grow bigger. If Fred is "practicing" strength skills using "Strength is a Skill That You Practice" or the Easy Strength model then...

I haven't posted in a while. I'm at a crossroad in my training. I've been doing a simple upper/lower body split 4 days a week. My endurance has seemed to take a hit. I miss using my KBs because of the endurance factor. I have a couple of Geoff Neuport's and Hectors programs. Just for some...

For the past three or four months I’ve been gradually increasing calories trying to build muscle mass, and it has been working like a charm, I’m up 15kg and my body fat percentage has stayed pretty consistent even as I’ve gained weight. My trouble is this: as I’ve been getting into the...

Is it possible to gain both strength and size by using kettlebells and barbells at the same time? I apologize if this is a silly question, but from what I gather so far it seems like kettlebells are great for gaining strength without completely destroying your muscles in the process. I wonder if...

Time is the only control factor in life. We have a limited amount of it to use on training. I want to discuss the idea of waving time and load instead of total volume for the purpose of MASS GAIN. If we trained in linear fashion 6 days @ 1hr each session we have 360 minutes a week. Waving Time...

The idea I have is I'd train 3 days a week Mon, Wed, Fri, and alternate between training with barbells for hypertrophy and training with kettlebells for general athleticism and strength. With barbells, I'd perform deadlifts, bench presses, rows, squats, military press. So far I'm planning to...

Few years back, Fabio discussed his hypertrophy program -> If It Flies Right, It Looks Right: My Journey to a Bodybuilding Competition | StrongFirst I am hoping to give his program a try but all with KBs. He mentions near the end of the post here that the program can be done with just KB->...

Hello ! After reading a lot of strong first and Pavel work, I’ve been finally getting closer to find a more suitable protocol/routine to improve overall athleticism for BJJ/Wrestling practice, more particularly how to increase mitochondria density in slow twitch fibers. My goal was to increase...

Hello Everybody, I have read through this forum but I can not find any answers to the following questions with regards to the 6 Week Hypertrophy Cycle that I read on Beyond Bodybuilding. If you would be so kind, I would greatly appreciate your help. Please keep in mind that my vain goal is to...

Hi everyone, I have been lifting for 10+ years rather consistently and mostly towards hypertrophy. But I've plateaued for the last 4 years (or so), and being more lenient with diet. I started S&S 2.0, 5 weeks ago, but I had a 10 days holidays in between. I have lost a significant amount of...

I've read about Hypertrophy Specific Training (HST) but never tried it because (a) I can't go 9 to 12 days without going to the gym in order to 'decondition' and (b) it sounds too good to be true given that you workout submaximally almost all of the time. But I've also never spoken to someone...

I'm looking to build my quadriceps primarily to improve my weightlifting (also because I just want big ol' legs) and was wondering what exercises everyone here had found particularly effective (or particularly ineffective, for that matter). Obviously squats (particularly front squats) are the...