Barbell 1 Show — Progam Design

  Like any topic – say volume means the most gains, or undulating perioidization always means better gains, I think the biggest proponents of these stances would lead you to believe there is no debate and all strength and conditioning professionals agree. I like to show studies like today where there are some people that continue to challenge the “accepted” conventions. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25760153 . http://traffic.libsyn.com/appliedmusclescience/454_-_final.mp3

  With bodybuilders branching out into powerlifting training splits there are so many splits to choose from these days, but is there any research on which one actually builds the most muscle over the long term? Today’s research study is on just that! John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://journals.humankinetics.com/ijsnem-in-press/ijsnem-in-press/effect-of-two--versus-three-way-split-resistance-training-routines-on-body-composition-and-muscular-strength-in-bodybuilders-a-pilot-study .   http://traffic.libsyn.com/appliedmusclescience/448_-_final.mp3

  You know I am always stressing that the response to any training or diet intervention is very individual and that studies actually show this, but no one ever talks about it, people only talk about the mean or average finding of everyone in the study. Well today’s study looked at baseline strength level and then used that to compare responsiveness to different styles of training – that is – do those with less strength respond differently than those with more strength. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here:...

  As you know if you’re a regular listener of the show I typically review original research articles, but occasionally I do cover reviews of research and we have one of those articles today. Often times the reason I don’t cover reviews is because I was to avoid a potential extra layer of bias in interpreting the research, but reality is most people writing an in depth review of a topic are going to be quite while versed in the content and I think reading a few reviews gives a little bit of checks and balances – more than likely...

The debate on whether or not you can shape a muscle seems to be dead for most people, but I keep it alive and so do researchers of articles like in today’s study reviewed on the show. John always reviews the full-text of every article, but you may view the free abstract by clicking here: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25811947 .  http://traffic.libsyn.com/appliedmusclescience/424_-_final.mp3