Article recommendations week #19 2022

The most interesting and valuable articles of week #19 2022.

Strength Training Articles

Fitness & Power explained The Truth About Building Big Arms, and why big arms won’t come from curls.

Garage Strength listed Top 4 Hypertrophy Exercises For Athletes, the different types hypertrophy, why you should train for hypertrophy, and the best exercises. Check it out

The Strength Sensei asked Should You Race the Pump? The origins of ‘racing the pump’ and the practical application.

T-Nation outlined How To Build a Superhero V-Taper, the body parts to focus on and the best exercises to train these body parts.

Jeremy Ethier demonstrated how to get to a point where you can do 10 Pull-Ups. Check it out

Elite FTS discussed

  • Do This for Muscle Growth! Check it out

Bodybuilding.com presented a 6 Step Pull Up Progression, a progression plan to master the Pull-Up. Check it out

Lift Big Eat Big listed 11 Best Quad Exercises For Mass, the best exercises, their’ benefits, and how to do them.

Dr. John Rusin shared Full Range of Motion Forever, discussing full range vs. partial range, and how to use the full range of motion effectively in your training.

Calisthenicmovement demonstrated 4 Bodyweight Exercises You Need To Do. Check it out

The Bar Bend looked at

Complementary Training described the Problem With (Perceived) Reps-In-Reserve. how arousal can influence the perceived rating and what to do instead.

Stronger By Science discussed Body-fat set points and dual intervention theory, what it is and how it works. Check it out

Men’s Health took a critical look at the Weider Principles in the article Four Updated Training Principles.

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Science for Sport asked

Bonvec Strength listed 3 Random Thoughts on Delayed-Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS), discussing whether DOMS should be a training goal, can you train with it, and can you accelerate the recovery process from DOMS.

Renaissance Periodization shared

  • Does More Cardio Equal More Weight Lost? Busting the myth of more is better. Check it out
  • Detect and Perfect The Muscle Pump, what the pump is and what contributes to a pump. Check it out

Nutrition Articles

Men’s Health explained Why The Anabolic Window Is a Myth. Here’s What You Actually Need to Do to Gain Muscle. What the anabolic window is, what it is supposed to do, and what you should really focus on.

PictureFit asked Are Plant Proteins Really Worse Than Animal Proteins? Are they really worse than animal protein? Check it out

Biolayne compared Sugar Sweetened Beverages VS. Low/No Calorie VS. Water, what the research says. Check it out

Olympic Lifting Articles

Aleksey Torokhtiy released an interview with 2 legends of the sport of Olympic Weightlifting George Asanidze And Kakhi Kakhiashvili. Listen in

Lift Big Eat Big shared a guide on Hang Clean: Technique, Benefits, & Alternatives, the technical execution, the benefits and muscular activation, common mistakes and how to correct them, and Hang Clean alternatives.

Deadlift Articles

Elite FTS released Deadlift Till Failure with Chains. Check it out

Squat University shared

  • How to Deadlift Like The World’s Strongest Man. Check it out
  • Offset “Fulcrum” Deadlift, what it is and why you should do it. Check it out