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It was bound to happen. The man who had the most power to try and stop the trajectory of the COVID-19 pandemic, who chose instead to ignore it, to lie to the American public, to misinform, to mock and ridicule everyone who tried to do the right thing, heads to the hospital with COVID-19. Trump's …
I've loved the game of baseball for half a century, and have followed the Major Leagues for the bulk of that time. Other sports have come and gone over the years, but MLB is the only one that has had staying power for me. Yet I have never, ever, not even once, completed a bracket. …
I saw a stat on the final game of the 2020 Mets season today, before it became a blowout and I moved on to other things. It showed the Mets performance in recent years and I had to check my own blog to confirm when I took up fandom. As it turns out, I started …
Of the many fitness, strength and hypertrophy voices I've listened to, read and followed over the years, Dr. Eric Helms stands head and shoulders above the rest. Since I abhor unsupported opinions, I will provide robust evidence to support mine. First, he has the educational credentials to establish himself as an expert in his field. …
The Mets are officially eliminated from post-season contention as I write this, having lost to the Nats with 3 games to play, when they needed to win them all. They also needed a lot of losses by the Giants, Phillies and Brewers, so the odds were against them, but losing today sealed their fate. Last …
Body Recomp; i.e. adding muscle and losing fat simultaneously, is often called the Holy Grail of bodybuilding, because like the Grail, neither probably exist. However, multiple studies have shown that gaining muscle while losing fat happens all the time. By how much varies by the individual, with folks newer to weight training with a lot …
In the midst of 2020, our dystopian nightmare, the national pastime returned with an all-to-welcome shortened season. The Metropolitans of NY started with the high hopes of every MLB team, but they struggled from the outset, unable to drive in runs. They proudly bring out the best pitcher in the National League every 5th day, …
This is a concept that was so ingrained in my mind since the first time I picked up a barbell that it never even occurred to me that it could be incorrect: You must add weight to the bar to continue to grow. In my earliest days of training, I recall making ridiculous attempts at …
In my continued obsession over refuting Dr. Mike Israetel's untested hypothesis for the Maximum Recoverable Volume for hypertrophy, and his resulting recommendation that one should use volume increases as the primary programming variable for improving hypertrophy outcomes, I will demonstrate, using evidence, logic, reason and math, the obvious flaws in his guesswork. In Dr. Mike's …
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Let's start with what we've established to a reasonable degree of certainty. Muscular hypertrophy is a biochemical reaction by the body to an application of mechanical tension to muscle fibers that cause the fibers to distort and deform. The size principle indicates that the body will recruit muscle fibers to produce the force needed to …
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