Maximize Muscle Hypertrophy
The data is in and now unlike ever before in histiry we are talking bout the best way to grow a muscle with exercise. The best data we have suggests "activating type 2 mucles" while lifting and then resetting the weight easily and gently, giving a full stretch in the muscle if possible. Let's use a bicep curl as an example. We will pick up our weight and get into poition for optimized form. Our hard is in a daed hang holding ontot the weight. We will then, with all the speed and stregth we have, give that weight a solid rep. Moving as quick and fast and getting it up as strign as ssible will activate your type 2 muscles. I call this the explosion. So, we want a nice and explosive rep. Fast and powerful as possible. We have form, we have disicipline, we have controil, explosive rep. Then, we reset our weight. So we let it down, nice and smooth. Relax a bit as we let it down and we are going all the way down to a dead hang. We want ti flat, we want it hanging in our hand and stretching the bicep muscle. Science says that adding a full strecth or a stretch increases hypertrophy, which is the mucle mass gained from the exercise.
Now is the most important part that I would have to say most miss. Muscle tissue recoevery. It is paramount, after your reps and sets... to strecth your msucles. Give them a real good strecth. Tjhis will help your gains, not hurt them. While your muslces are still hot and fresh from the lfiting, stretch deep and well. Then, it's ideal to give a 24 hour recovery window. Avoid excess work and avoid stretching a cold muscls. In the 36-52 hour mark, it is beneficial to grab some light weights and do some light weight reps to get the muscles all warmed up and primed. This circulates blood and nutrients to the muscles and warms them up so you can do some more stretching. Don;t hurt yourself now, you are in an integral healing period. So, we want to stretch, but we do not want to be pushing for mobility. We are not gaining flexibility now, we are helping the muscle in the peak of DOMS to rest while the strongest part of the healing is occuring. Repeat this per msucle group weekly.
this is the data. I know I didn't cite anything, but I'm a restoration and repair maosn. I also happen to be honest and trustworthy, but look it up yourself if you don't believe what you've read and if there has been a new revelation, you will know.
Peace, Love and God Bless,
Craig Lamach
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