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By House of Hypertrophy on December 11, 2022December 20, 2022Leave a Comment

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Does Lactic Acid (Lactate) Cause Muscle Growth?

By House of Hypertrophy on October 9, 2022October 9, 20222 Comments
lactate and muscle growth

Lactic acid is crucial, essential, mandatory for maxing muscle growth?

The burn is where pain turns into gains.

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Posted in: Mechanisms of Muscle Hypertrophy

The Benefits of Combining Rep Ranges

By House of Hypertrophy on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022Leave a Comment

It’s not uncommon for individuals to train with only a single rep range in their whole program. 

Of course, this isn’t bad, positive adaptations will unquestionably still take place.

But as we’ll examine in this article, training with different rep ranges may provide a variety of potential benefits.

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Do Low Reps Produce Dense Muscles and High Reps Puffy Muscles?

By House of Hypertrophy on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022Leave a Comment
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Previously at the House of Hypertrophy, we saw the scientific literature strongly indicates a wide range of rep numbers are similarly effective for muscle hypertrophy, provided those reps are performed to or close to failure.

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4 vs 8 vs 12 Reps for Strength & Hypertrophy

By House of Hypertrophy on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022Leave a Comment
4 vs 8 vs 12 reps for strength & hypertrophy

4 reps vs 8 reps vs 12 reps for strength and hypertrophy

We’re going to examine a recent study from Japan exploring this.

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Can Antagonist Supersets or Stretching Benefit Weight Lifting Performance?

By House of Hypertrophy on September 25, 2022September 25, 2022Leave a Comment

In this article, we’re examining antagonist supersets, which have you perform two exercises that train opposing muscle groups back to back. We’ll also touch on antagonist stretching too.

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Does Muscle Growth Plateau Faster Than We Think? (16 Studies)

By House of Hypertrophy on August 22, 2022August 28, 2022Leave a Comment

How long does it take for muscle growth to plateau?

According to this 2017 review study out of the USA, it plateaus quicker than you think.

Based on an array of experiments examining the time course of muscle growth, the authors make some bold statements.

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Underrated Exercise Selection Principles for Muscle Growth

By House of Hypertrophy on August 22, 2022August 22, 2022Leave a Comment

What determines whether a muscle or muscle region is recruited during an exercise?

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Do Microtears in the Muscle Cause Growth? Science Analysis

By House of Hypertrophy on August 22, 2022August 22, 2022Leave a Comment

When you train hard and create microtears in your muscle fibers, you’ve created the primary stimulus for muscle hypertrophy.

Your body will repair the micro tears and ultimately create a bigger and stronger muscle.

How many times do you think you’ve heard this?

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Posted in: Mechanisms of Muscle Hypertrophy

Overhead Extensions vs Pushdowns for Triceps Hypertrophy (Research)

By House of Hypertrophy on July 24, 2022August 10, 2022Leave a Comment
overhead extensions vs pushdowns

A brand new study out of Japan by Maeo et al. has recently come out, comparing overhead extensions to pushdowns, and its findings have important implications for maxing triceps hypertrophy.

Let’s dive into this great new paper.

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