First study comparing hip thrust and squat on gluteus hypertrophy and strength gains. Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift.

Daniel Plotkin Mike Roberts Bret Contreras, PhD
biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Important data by ⁦Daniel Plotkin⁩ and our Auburn team and fantastic collab with ⁦Bret Contreras, PhD⁩ and ⁦Menno Henselmans⁩. Similar glute hypertrophy with hip thrust vs back squats and cool strength data to boot. #truth !!! biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Regional regulation of focal adhesion kinase after concentric and eccentric loading is related to remodelling of human skeletal muscle.

Martino V. Franchi
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29438584/

LMFAO! So true

Sprint acceleration⚡️🏃‍♂️& Ground Reaction Force
Yes the vertical component magnitude is higher, but is it the most important to generate forward ⏩motion?
Force plates numbers & explanations in this 🎥 experiment👇
Magnitude vs Importance⚠️
youtu.be/35sy9SPjbiU via YouTube

Interesting new sprint and/or hammy studies this week:
1. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36650696/ Shayne Vial Anthony Blazevich et al
2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36651683/ Sancase Anne Delextrat et al.
3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36651719/
Behan David Opar Ryan Timmins Rod Whiteley et al.

Divergent remodeling of the skeletal muscle metabolome over 24 h between young, healthy men and older, metabolically compromised men sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New meta shows no interference for hypertrophy at whole muscle level from concurrent training. However, HIIT impaired hypertrophy at the fiber level (both type 1&2) but continuous steady-state did not. Majority of studies were in untrained individuals
journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/Abst…

I've done a lot of podcasts over the years; this is one of my favorites 💪

Gene testing for muscle growth?

Myostatin gene (negative regulatory of muscle growth): 'convincingly demonstrates an association between the studied polymorphism (MSTN rs1805086 - R minor) and strength phenotype of athletes'

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36360291/

This review investigates the benefits of exercise on tissue regeneration in diverse organs, mainly focusing on musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system, and nervous system, while discussing the underlying molecular mechanisms and emerging therapeutic exercise mimetics.

I'm often asked who to trust for fitness info. This image provides a blueprint for determining whether someone's legit. 💪🏽

Contrary to popular opinion, this review showed that bilateral strength training transferred better to sprinting performance than unilateral training.
link.springer.com/article/10.100…

So proud to finally have my honours work fully published in ⁦Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise⁩ !
📌 ECC hip training ⬆️ BFlh fascicle length, eccentric strength, BFlh & SM volume
📌 ISO hip training ⬆️ isometric strength, ST volume, but not BFlh fascicle length pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35941515/

Understanding the female athlete: molecular mechanisms underpinning menstrual phase differences in exercise metabolism. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

AJP-Cell Physiology, ‘PCM1 labelling reveals myonuclear and nuclear dynamics in skeletal muscle across species’ Daniel Owens ClaireStewart Coirault Catherine Abigail Mackey & JC Jarvis LJMU Sport Science UF Postdoc Affairs Institute of Sports Medicine Copenhagen Centre of Research in Myology (UMRS 974) journals.physiology.org/doi/abs/10.115…

📢🧑‍🔬🔬💪We really put our blood, sweat, and tears into this one. #myotwitter .

#Titin force in muscle cells alters lattice order, thick and thin filament protein formation | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…

🚨Broke another World Record! 🚀
Highest Seated Jump! 🙏🏽🇲🇾❤️

Are high rep resistance training protocols superior to increase muscle capillarization?

A thread 🧵👇

#capillarization #highrep #resistancetraining

New Preprint
Skeletal muscle DNA methylation and mRNA responses to a bout of higher versus lower load resistance exercise in previously trained men

From @caseysexton1 Joshua Godwin Shelby Osburn, PhD Tim Ziegenfuss, Ph.D. Professor Adam Sharples Mike Roberts

doi.org/10.1101/2022.1…