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muscle activation
4 Weeks to a Complete Muscle Up: Master the Tuck Pop
The tuck pop up requires both specific motor skills and specific strength. You'll make strides with your muscle up performance.
Breaking Muscle HQ
Effective Cross-Training for Yoga and Running
Some basic muscular awareness can help you avoid potential imbalances created by yoga and running.
Willow Ryan
Use Eccentric Training to Improve Max Lifts, Says New Study
The eccentric portion of your lifts might be underloaded and holding you back.
Doug Dupont
Using Intensity to Increase Strength, Power, and Endurance
Believe it or not, lesser loads have the potential to recruit a larger number of muscle fibers compared to a 1RM.
Tom Kelso
A Scientific Analysis of the Quads During Leg Extensions
New research examined how toe angle, range of motion, and rep schemes affect the quads.
Doug Dupont
Study Compares Hamstring Muscle Activation During the Deadlift and Leg Curl
A new study investigated some of the more mysterious details of muscle recruitment.
Doug Dupont
Pull Up vs. Chin Up: A Comparison and Analysis
Let's explore the chin up in depth and how it activates our muscles, as well as how it differs from the pull up.
Amber Larsen
Build a Better Warm Up for a Better Work Out
Warm up may not the sexiest part of your day, but you know what else isn’t sexy? Being an immobile and injured ball of meat.
Michael Zweifel
Ultimate Guide for Lean Gains, Part 2: Your Lifting Program
An iron junkie like yourself can’t train all the movements at high intensity in one session because, ironically, you’re too strong to maintain that.
Mike Samuels
Why a Little Resistance Training Gets Better Results Than a Lot of Conventional Exercise
Why does heavy resistance training get better results than riding a bike? This video breaks it down through science.
Jonathan Bailor