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00:05:58 - Question 01 - Strength & Longevity00:25:23 - Question 02 - Progressive Overload and Bodyweight
00:34:40 - Question 03 - Resistance Curve vs. Range of Motion
00:41:43 - Question 04 - Bulking, Metabolism and Weight Gain
00:51:15 - Question 05 - Hypertrophy vs. Rest Times
01:03:15 - Question 06 - PEDs in Professional Sports
01:27:05 - Question 07 - Training/Nutrition Program for Teens
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BMR article series: https://macrofactorapp.com/articles/bmr/
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0:00:32 – Important announcement0:12:00 – Why discuss BMR?
0:16:00 – What is BMR (terminology)?
0:20:40 – Determinants of BMR
https://macrofactorapp.com/best-bmr-equations/
https://macrofactorapp.com/determines-basal-metabolic-rate/
0:24:05 – The (In)accuracy of BMR prediction equations
https://macrofactorapp.com/metabolism/
0:40:00 – Impact of Sex on BMR
https://macrofactorapp.com/sex-basal-metabolic-rate/
49:05 – Impact of age and weight loss on BMR
https://macrofactorapp.com/aging-and-metabolism/
https://macrofactorapp.com/weight-loss-bmr/
Brief aside: total variability and PCOS:
https://macrofactorapp.com/range-of-bmrs/
https://macrofactorapp.com/pcos-bmr/
58:00 – Impact of weight gain on BMR
https://macrofactorapp.com/weight-gain-bmr/
1:08:10 – Why athletes have higher BMRs
https://macrofactorapp.com/athlete-bmr/
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In this episode, Pak and Milo break down the research around how to warm-up for maximum muscle growth and strength. What should your warm-up strategy be? Finally, they cover some questions asked by listeners.
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00:15:30 - Warming Up for Hypertrophy - Overview, Existing Research and Limitations
00:27:26 - Warming Up for Hypertrophy - Studies in Detail
00:38:20 - Takeaways
00:47:44 - Audience Q&A
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In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo cover the research on warming-up. Does warming-up reduce injury risk? Does stretching help you stay healthy? How solid is the evidence for warming up?
TIME STAMPS
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00:06:30 - Personal Experience With Warm-Ups
00:15:52 - The Purpose of Warming Up
00:24:13 - Warm-Up Effects
00:45:30 - Stretching and Injury Prevention
01:14:13 - Warm-Ups and Injury Prevention
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00:10:26 - Forcing Advanced Periodization
00:38:42 - High Reps for Hypertrophy
00:49:00 - Getting Strong to Get Big
01:01:17 - All You Need Is A Few Exercises
01:07:18 - Audience Q&A
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In this episode, Pak, Greg, and Milo gear up for another round of Battle Royale debates. They cover aggressive fat loss, cheat reps vs strict reps, whether studies in beginners should apply to advanced lifters, exercise stability for building muscle, optimal doesn't exist, experimenting for best progress, science vs broscience, the pump, and the overhead press being the one true lift.
TIME STAMPS
00:02:51 - Aggressive Fat Loss
00:18:38 - Cheat Reps vs. Strict Reps
00:27:21 - Studies in Beginners
00:40:58 - Exercise Stability for Building Muscle
00:49:49 - Optimal Doesn't Exist
00:57:49 - Experiment With What Works for You
01:28:31 - Science vs Bodybuilder Knowledge
01:44:00 - The Pump
01:55:55 - Overhead Press
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In this episode, Greg, Pak & Milo go over the current literature on bulking and whether you actually need to bulk to maximize muscle growth.
Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on strongerbyscience.com/podcast-episode-138
TIME STAMPS
00:03:47 - Personal Experiences with Bulking
00:12:42 - Most relevant studies
00:52:08 - Other Studies
01:13:32 - Audience Q&A
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In this episode, Pak and Milo discuss time-efficient training strategies for hypertrophy and strength, debunking the myth that you need to spend countless hours in the gym to see significant gains.
TIME STAMPS
00:07:40 - Why is Time Efficiency Important?
00:14:21 - Antagonistic Paired Supersets
00:30:42 - Drop Sets
00:43:03 - Additional Tips
01:07:07 - Strength Training Tips
01:10:48 - Audience Q&A
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In this episode, Pak and Milo break down some of the research surrounding how to powerbuild. Can you grow muscle and get stronger simultaneously? How can you best do both? What are the differences between hypertrophy training and strength training?
TIME STAMPS
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00:06:00 - Intro to powerbuilding: personal experience and existing studies
00:29:11 - Criticisms and benefits of powerbuilding - muscular imbalances and progressive overload
00:49:54 - How much potential gains are missed?
00:56:59 - Implementation
01:06:37 - Common mistakes
01:15:02 - Audience Q&A
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From back training anecdotes to practical recommendations, this episode has got your....back when it comes to back training (apologies for the pun). In this podcast episode, the SBS team goes over back training, including why the current literature directly examining changes in the back musculature is so limited.
Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on https://strongerbyscience.com/podcast-episode-135
TIME STAMPS
00:45:45 - Fiber orientation and neuromechanical matching
01:41:36 - Ad Break
01:41:41 Why the lack of direct evidence for back training?
02:01:09 - Practical takeaways
02:17:59 - Audience Q&A
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In this podcast episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo enter the impromptu-debate arena for the first SBS Battle Royale. Mental gymnastics, science, drama, and the signature SBS banter you all know and love are all packed into a pilot episode that will either be remembered forever or forgotten in a few weeks.
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00:22:03 - Topic 01 - Are the "big 3" mandatory for strength and size?
00:37:24 - Topic 02 - Always training to failure to maximize hypertrophy
00:53:52 - Topic 03 - Sumo deadlifts for non-powerlifters
01:06:53 - Topic 04 - Old-skool "YOLO" bulking for maximum gains
01:19:42 - Topic 05 - Lifting weights for over 60 mins per week for health
01:37:51 - Battle Royale recap and Q&A
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Greg, Pak, and Milo review the literature on lifting for mental health. Does exercising improve your mood? How long does this last? What about lifting? Can we improve our long-term mental health through physical activity and lifting weights?
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00:10:02 - Impact of exercise on mood overview
00:38:55 - Best forms of exercise for mood improvement
00:47:00 - Long-term effects of exercise on mental health
01:26:04 - Lifting impacts on mental health
01:41:17 - Audience questions
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In this episode, Milo, Greg, and Pak sit down to discuss the concept of stretch-mediated hypertrophy, from the foundational animal studies, to human stretching studies, to present day hype around stretch-mediated hypertrophy and lengthened partials. They also discuss how they're currently implementing lengthened training into their workout routines.
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00:00:00 - Intro and Plugs
00:11:33 - Stretch-mediated hypertrophy and hyperplasia in animals
00:44:59 - Stretch-mediated hypertrophy in humans/how muscle fibers grow
00:56:08 - Impact of stretching interventions on hypertrophy in humans
01:44:28 - Results vs lengthened resistance training
02:11:08 - Recap/takeaways from resistance training literature
02:42:47 - Audience questions
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In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo delve into research on sleep's impact on lifting and sports performance, recount sleep-related anecdotes from their college days, and explore strategies to counteract poor sleep when enhancing sleep quality is not feasible.
Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on strongerbyscience.com/podcast-episode-131
TIME STAMPS:
00:06:34 - Effects of acute sleep loss on physical performance00:22:20 - Sleep anecdotes from our time at College
00:54:23 - Impact of sleep interventions on athletic performance
01:11:19 - Napping
01:25:42 - Mitigating some of the damage caused by poor sleep
01:40:37 - Sleep impact on protein synthesis
01:51:11 - Can exercise offset the cognitive impacts of sleep deprivation?
02:00:50 - QnA & closing thoughts
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In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo take a deep dive in the research around sleep and health, from sleep duration to the latest data on sleep regularity and shift work.
00:00:00 - Intro & Plugs
00:20:48 - Sleep duration and all-cause mortality
00:42:58 - Sleep regularity and all-cause mortality
01:15:13 - Shift work & sleeping irregular hours
01:26:40 - Chronotypes & health
01:41:47 - The effect of sleep on weight regulation
02:23:24 - Practical takeaways
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In this episode, Greg, Pak, and Milo tackle the research around body fat spot reduction. First, they tackle the research on various ointments, creams, garments, and whole body vibration. Following this, they discuss the evidence for spot reduction as an adaptation to different exercise types such as endurance and resistance training.
TIME STAMPS
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00:00:00 - Intro & plugs
00:17:41 - Spot reduction history, whole body vibration, garments & ointments
00:46:04 - Training & spot reduction: the first studies
00:58:09 - Recent evidence on training and spot reduction
01:32:42 - Studies not supporting spot-reduction
01:52:52 - Practical takeaways
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In the second and final part of the extreme volume for hypertrophy series, Greg, Pak, and Milo delve into the research on volume for hypertrophy. They review the remainder of the evidence and practical concerns, then answer audience questions.
TIME STAMPS
Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on strongerbyscience.com/podcast-episode-128 here.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:11:13 - Evidence for high volumes
01:02:53 - Evidence with neutral outcomes
02:04:51 - Discussing other volume review papers
02:33:07 - Diminishing Returns of Volume for Hypertrophy
02:48:58 - Can you use high volumes for multiple muscles at once?
03:04:07 - Are participants really training hard in these studies?
03:18:27 - Hypertrophy vs. Muscle Swelling
03:35:25 - What role does rest time play?
03:46:01 - Practical Strategies to Increase Training Volume
04:24:35 - Audience Questions
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In this episode, the SBS team begins their deep dive into the data around really high training volumes and hypertrophy, going over the history of training volume practices and research while also taking an in-depth look at the latest high volume study by Enes et al.
Most of the research discussed in this episode can be found here:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27433992/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37796222/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35291645/Note: The full list of sources and notes can be found on the episode page on strongerbyscience.com/podcast-episode-127
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 - Intro
00:20:18 - Historical context: High Volume vs. High Intensity
00:48:53 - An overview of the volume research
01:14:11 - The recent study by Enes & Colleagues
01:39:15 - Interpretations of Study, Context Dependency, Applications and Criticism
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In this Q&A episode of the podcast, Greg and Lyndsey answer questions about how to research a new subject, the effect of diabetes or insulin resistance on hypertrophy, how a pump might affect moment arms in movements, how much is too much isolation work, and more. They also give an update on the future of the podcast and announce that Dr Pak and Dr Milo Wolf are teaming up with Stronger By Science.
TIME STAMPS
00:00:00 – Podcast Updates
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/future/00:21:29 – Q&A Intro and "How do you go about researching a whole new subject?" (Q1 from Teo)
00:39:29 – "Does T2DM make hypertrophy impossible?" (Q2 from Jon)
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/p-ratios/https://www.strongerbyscience.com/p-ratios-rebuttal/https://www.strongerbyscience.com/p-ratios-rebuttal-2/For more direct data on diabetic populations: Beyond general resistance training. Hypertrophy versus muscular endurance training as therapeutic interventions in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Acosta-Manzano et al. (2020)Another 2020 systematic review: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis of the Effect of Resistance Training on Whole-Body Muscle Growth in Healthy Adult Males. Benito et al. Average increase of about 1.51kg.Metformin: optimism that it would help with hypertrophy: Metformin to Augment Strength Training Effective Response in Seniors (MASTERS): study protocol for a randomized controlled trialBut, that didn’t pan out. Didn’t stop hypertrophy altogether, but did seem to reduce it: Metformin blunts muscle hypertrophy in response to progressive resistance exercise training in older adults: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial: The MASTERS trial00:55:18 – "Does getting a pump increase strength?" (Q3 from Alexander)
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/size-vs-strength/https://peerj.com/articles/1462/01:05:20 – Stimulant metabolism (Q4 from Connor Smith)
01:17:40 – "How much can BMR vary between individuals?" (Q5 from Jon)
Do People Really Have “Fast Metabolisms” or “Slow Metabolisms”?01:29:35 – "Is it possible to taper down activity levels (steps) without reducing calories?" (Q6 from Angela)
Constrained energy expenditure01:41:10 – "How do you incorporate plyometrics and explosive training for jump height" (Q8 from trugor)
01:54:29 – "Is there any research showing damage to the blood vessels or whatnot in the longer term due to the blood pressure increase, because of bracing/Valsalva maneuver?" (Q9 from No_Performer_8133)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23231790/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33737330/https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38142405/02:00:51 – "How much isolation work is too much?" (Q10 from tompa01)
02:10:05 – "Favorite and least favorite things I’ve cooked" (Q11 from Ali Shah)
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In this episode, Greg sits down with Dr. Milo Wolf to discuss long muscle length training. Long-length partials are a hot topic, and Dr. Wolf is one of the folks doing research in this area, and popularizing long-length partials as a training method to increase muscle growth. Enjoy!
TIME STAMPS AND NOTES
Most of the research discussed in this episode can be found here:
https://journal.iusca.org/index.php/Journal/article/view/182https://www.strongerbyscience.com/rom/00:00:00 - Episode Intro - Einstein, Toothpaste, and Plugs
00:18:18 - Intro - Dr. Milo Wolf
00:31:03 - Research: Impact of Muscle Length and Range of Motion on Hypertrophic Response
00:54:49 - Mechanisms / Explanation of Research
01:24:23 - Implications for Different Muscle Groups and Exercises
01:40:39 - Long Muscle Length Training Myths
01:56:17 - Limits of Long Muscle Length Training/Effects Over Time/Novelty
02:33:16 - Analysis of Existing Studies / Conflicting Results / Criticism
02:47:20 - Application of Results in Training
02:53:45 - Audience Questions and Final Thoughts
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