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Does Tempo Impact Strength and Muscle Gains?
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 9/26/23 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 9/26/23

Does Tempo Impact Strength and Muscle Gains?

Dissecting an old idea to see how much it matters

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Should You Train With Higher or Lower Reps?
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 9/15/23 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 9/15/23

Should You Train With Higher or Lower Reps?

What the science says and how to apply it to your training

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Vegan Diets Are Fine to Support Muscle & Strength Goals
Muscle Building, Nutrition, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 4/6/23 Muscle Building, Nutrition, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 4/6/23

Vegan Diets Are Fine to Support Muscle & Strength Goals

Some additional barriers may be met, but this diet can still support your gains

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Ice Baths Post-Training May Help Recovery While Hurting Your Gains
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 4/2/23 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 4/2/23

Ice Baths Post-Training May Help Recovery While Hurting Your Gains

This popular tool has some utility but also has a potential cost

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Exercises to Train Your Oft-Neglected Hip Muscles
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 3/28/23 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 3/28/23

Exercises to Train Your Oft-Neglected Hip Muscles

Add these into your program to get your hips stronger in diverse ways

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Lifting Weights Can Increase Flexibility Similar to Stretching
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 3/6/23 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 3/6/23

Lifting Weights Can Increase Flexibility Similar to Stretching

Caveats apply, but this is good news for my fellow meatheads

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Why Strength Training is Crucial During Fat Loss
Strength Training, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 9/27/22 Strength Training, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 9/27/22

Why Strength Training is Crucial During Fat Loss

Lifting to preserve muscle > training to burn calories

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Could Life Stress Be Impacting Your Strength Gains?
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 9/20/22 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 9/20/22

Could Life Stress Be Impacting Your Strength Gains?

Another instance where less can be more

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What Are The Key Training Variables For Building Muscle?
Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 8/25/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 8/25/22

What Are The Key Training Variables For Building Muscle?

Breaking down what is and isn’t worth fussing over.

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Wait, So Foam Rolling Does Increase Range of Motion Over Time?
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 8/10/22 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 8/10/22

Wait, So Foam Rolling Does Increase Range of Motion Over Time?

We know it can change short term ROM, but does it change long term ROM?

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How to Get Your First Pull-Up
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 6/20/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 6/20/22

How to Get Your First Pull-Up

Simple strategies and considerations to help you up your pull-up game.

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How Many Sets Should You Do Per Week to Maximize Muscle Growth?
Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 6/7/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 6/7/22

How Many Sets Should You Do Per Week to Maximize Muscle Growth?

Plus some practical strategies & considerations to apply to your muscle building workout programs.

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Body Recomposition — Can and Should You Aim For It?
Muscle Building, Strength Training, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 4/4/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training, Weight Loss Dylan Dacosta 4/4/22

Body Recomposition — Can and Should You Aim For It?

We often want it all, but let's look at if and when this goal makes the most sense.

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Crunched For Time? Try Using Rest-Pause Sets.
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/16/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/16/22

Crunched For Time? Try Using Rest-Pause Sets.

A practical strategy that could yield similar gains in less time.

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Simple Strategies For Applying Progressive Overload to Your Programs
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/6/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 3/6/22

Simple Strategies For Applying Progressive Overload to Your Programs

A practical guide to managing your load progressions to gain strength and muscle.

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Do We Need to Train to Failure?
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 2/17/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 2/17/22

Do We Need to Train to Failure?

Study review looking at hypertrophy and strength outcomes from failure vs non failure training in high load and low load groups.

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What We Get Wrong About Stretching
Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/9/22 Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/9/22

What We Get Wrong About Stretching

Study review looking at the effects of a 6 week static stretching protocol on flexibility and strength

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Move the Weight or Squeeze the Muscle? Internal Vs. External Cues For Strength Gains
Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/3/22 Muscle Building, Strength Training Dylan Dacosta 2/3/22

Move the Weight or Squeeze the Muscle? Internal Vs. External Cues For Strength Gains

Meta-analysis review comparing internal and external cues for acute and long-term strength outcomes

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Training at Long Vs Short Muscle Lengths For Hypertrophy
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 1/18/22 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 1/18/22

Training at Long Vs Short Muscle Lengths For Hypertrophy

Does more range = more gains?

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Short VS Long Rest Periods For Building Muscle & Strength
Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 12/27/21 Strength Training, Muscle Building Dylan Dacosta 12/27/21

Short VS Long Rest Periods For Building Muscle & Strength

Study breakdown looking at outcomes from different rest periods

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