Visceral fat: Exercise vs. calorie restriction
Although BMI is used to classify overweight and obesity, visceral fat mass is a more accurate risk indicator of cardiometabolic disease. But exercise or calorie restriction, which method offers the greatest weight loss?
Resistance training and improving joint mobility
Stretching is often criticized for having a negative impact on performance. Yet they are often necessary to improve joint range of movement. Resistance training is emerging as an alternative way of improving joint mobility, but is it as effective as stretching?
Effects of drop sets on muscle hypertrophy
Drop Set is a very popular technique in bodybuilding. It consists of performing set until failure at a given load, then reducing the load and immediately continuing the set with as many repetitions as possible. The aim is to maximize motor unit recruitment. But are hypertrophy gains better than traditional sets?
Caffeine : Daily consumption and performance
Although not considered doping, caffeine is recognized for its ergogenic effects when taken before exercise. However, when consumed on a daily basis, does it have the same impact on physical performance?
Strength & hypertrophy: free-weights or machines?
In the quest for strength and hypertrophy, free-weights are often considered superior to machines, as they involve greater agonist/synergist activation and also allow much greater use of the core muscles. But is this really the case?
Muscle gains : are animal proteins superior to plant-based proteins?
Plant-based proteins are often considered “inferior” to proteins of animal origin. They would stimulate a lower rate of myofibrillar protein synthesis and they would not allow to sustain a good hypertrophy on the long term… But is this really the case?
Increase training frequency to improve strength and hypertrophy?
Training frequency is one of the most important variables. It allows modulation of the total training volume. However, the results of studies are not always convincing because of the level of training and the natural variability that exists between each individual.
Triceps hypertrophy: impact of arm position
There are several variations of exercises to recruit the triceps brachii. But because of its bi-articular nature, not all exercises will have the same impact in terms of hypertrophic stimulation.