Greg was recently on the Data Driven Strength podcast to chat about their metaregression on proximity to failure and hypertrophy. In the episode, Greg, Zac, and Josh discuss what we know about the mechanisms underpinning muscle growth and the weaknesses of the "effective reps" model. We think it's a conversation worth sharing, so we're rereleasing it in our feeds today as a special bonus episode.

TIME STAMPS

0:00:00 Intro
0:07:31 Overview of New Proximity to Failure MetaRegression
0:19:41 Common Misinterpretations of the Results
0:22:41 The Resurgence of the Effective Reps Model
0:42:41 The Desire for a Proxy Metric of Hypertrophy
1:20:41 The Mechanistic Rationale of Effective Reps
1:52:41 Other Factors Influencing Muscle Growth
2:11:41 Metabolic Stress as a Mediator
3:07:41 Is Force on the Fiber Level High at the End of a Set?
3:42:41 Practical Applications

Papers Mentioned:
https://sportrxiv.org/index.php/serve...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30335...
https://www.strongerbyscience.com/res...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37382...
https://link.springer.com/article/10....
https://journals.plos.org/ploscompbio...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://journals.lww.com/nscajscr/Fu...
https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.co...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11102...
https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16282...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...


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