Exercises with a stretch tend to be great hypertrophy exercises, like decline push ups on handles, Romanian deadlifts, fly's, biceps curls on a reclining bench etc
If you wanted to stack the odds in your favor it should probably involve a muscle that is easier to grow. If they had done this with a sternocleidomastoid muscle and stretch mediated hypertrophy was a thing you would probably get better results that way. Neck muscles are normally not even trained so they would probably have lower resistance to growth. They don't normally take on a lot of stress in normal every day life so you would know it isn't stretch in combination with other things. Unlike the calf which is on the bottom of absolutely everything else, and certainly had to support some load after being stretched. And this could actually have utility, necks are not the safest joints to load. It would be nice if you could get them bigger just by stretching them. Also I wonder how many less calories you could burn by just training the stretched position. Or maybe you burn an equal amount of calories for more stimulus. Both scenerios would be of interest to bodybuilders.
Glad you clipped this into a video. I been hearing a bunch about this stretch mediated hypertrophy. How do I use it? Hopefully this will help on a second listen.
I started stretching my calves religiously when I developed bad Achilles tendinitis from too much boxing drills (jump rope, footwork drills mostly). I can’t say I’ve noticed any appreciable size gains but I already had big calves, but I have definitely noticed massive mobility improvement in dorsiflexion especially. It’s certainly possible I’ve attenuated the rate of muscular atrophy or halted it entirely despite not actively stimulating it nearly to the degree I had been during high level training camp.
I think the most practical application here is getting "volume" without the fatigue factor. If I could snip out all of my calf training, and just stretch them, that would be great. That's 10-12 sets per week that add to my fatigue. It's not a huge amount, but it's also not nothing.
Ι personally have used 8,5 mg of caffeine/per kg of body weight (I just now calculated how much it was per kg, since I only knew the absolute quantity which was 600 mg) and 9 mg per kg isn't too far away from that . . . . . . . . . . it didn't work by the way (from a stimulation standpoint at least).. and it not working is what took me at such high numbers... no person with normal reaction to caffeine would get that high, especially in such short time span (except if he was in an experiment)
this sounds like something that might work for very specific muscles that very rarely fully stretch in everyday life and working out. I mean, if we look at the biceps or the lats for example, this would mean the bottom part of a pull up - even just a dead hang - is the most hypertrophy promoting part of the pullup movement. this may turn out to be right, but doesn't sound right at all. if that was true, I would expect this to be something the training community would have caught on by now, as gym goers who do terrible form ceating-at-the-top partial ROM pulls are in abundance but rarely have big back and biceps.
Greg, an easy way to remember dorsiflexion is to think of a dolphin's dorsal fin being on top of the dolphin like the top of your foot. If that's not trendy enough imagine Jack Dorsey impatiently waiting behind you in a grocery store tapping his foot from neutral to a "Dorsey-flexed" position. And if he whips out that heavy wallet of his to flex on you, he's also raise it in the same direction "up", and that would be a Dorsey Flex in more ways than one. 💪🤑
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Exercises with a stretch tend to be great hypertrophy exercises, like decline push ups on handles, Romanian deadlifts, fly's, biceps curls on a reclining bench etc
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If you wanted to stack the odds in your favor it should probably involve a muscle that is easier to grow. If they had done this with a sternocleidomastoid muscle and stretch mediated hypertrophy was a thing you would probably get better results that way.
Neck muscles are normally not even trained so they would probably have lower resistance to growth. They don't normally take on a lot of stress in normal every day life so you would know it isn't stretch in combination with other things. Unlike the calf which is on the bottom of absolutely everything else, and certainly had to support some load after being stretched.
And this could actually have utility, necks are not the safest joints to load. It would be nice if you could get them bigger just by stretching them.
Also I wonder how many less calories you could burn by just training the stretched position. Or maybe you burn an equal amount of calories for more stimulus. Both scenerios would be of interest to bodybuilders.
Glad you clipped this into a video. I been hearing a bunch about this stretch mediated hypertrophy. How do I use it? Hopefully this will help on a second listen.
I started stretching my calves religiously when I developed bad Achilles tendinitis from too much boxing drills (jump rope, footwork drills mostly). I can’t say I’ve noticed any appreciable size gains but I already had big calves, but I have definitely noticed massive mobility improvement in dorsiflexion especially. It’s certainly possible I’ve attenuated the rate of muscular atrophy or halted it entirely despite not actively stimulating it nearly to the degree I had been during high level training camp.
Yes, but its about stretch under challenging loads.
I think the most practical application here is getting "volume" without the fatigue factor. If I could snip out all of my calf training, and just stretch them, that would be great. That's 10-12 sets per week that add to my fatigue. It's not a huge amount, but it's also not nothing.
That haircut is looking clean Greg
Ι personally have used 8,5 mg of caffeine/per kg of body weight (I just now calculated how much it was per kg, since I only knew the absolute quantity which was 600 mg) and 9 mg per kg isn't too far away from that
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it didn't work by the way (from a stimulation standpoint at least).. and it not working is what took me at such high numbers... no person with normal reaction to caffeine would get that high, especially in such short time span (except if he was in an experiment)
Really interesting stuff thanks
do a Q&A please
Wow Greg you’re looking great! Weight loss is doing well! 💪🏽 😊
this sounds like something that might work for very specific muscles that very rarely fully stretch in everyday life and working out. I mean, if we look at the biceps or the lats for example, this would mean the bottom part of a pull up - even just a dead hang - is the most hypertrophy promoting part of the pullup movement. this may turn out to be right, but doesn't sound right at all. if that was true, I would expect this to be something the training community would have caught on by now, as gym goers who do terrible form ceating-at-the-top partial ROM pulls are in abundance but rarely have big back and biceps.
Greg, an easy way to remember dorsiflexion is to think of a dolphin's dorsal fin being on top of the dolphin like the top of your foot. If that's not trendy enough imagine Jack Dorsey impatiently waiting behind you in a grocery store tapping his foot from neutral to a "Dorsey-flexed" position. And if he whips out that heavy wallet of his to flex on you, he's also raise it in the same direction "up", and that would be a Dorsey Flex in more ways than one. 💪🤑
How can one effectively damage the entire muscle without using full range of motion?
How long do I need to stretch my calves? An hour a day sounds impractical for most
For the algorithm
To sum up the video. It may help some people. It may not help other people. The verdict is still out. What we do know; exercise is good.
Lol saved me 30 minutes thanks bro
Video is summed up at 21:55 and is not even close to what you said lol