Strength Science
Does muscle damage matter for growth?
Muscle damage was long assumed to be one of the mechanisms driving hypertrophy. The evidence increasingly suggests it is a side effect that carries a cost.
Topic
hypertrophy
Every Entire Strength article tagged hypertrophy — 4 pieces across 2 sections.
Strength Science
Range of motion and the case for training muscles long
One of the more interesting recent lines of research suggests that where in the range you load a muscle affects how much it grows.
Programming
Strength and size: related, not identical, and the training differs
Bigger muscles have more potential force. But the strongest people are not always the biggest, and the training that maximises one is not quite the training that maximises the other.
Programming
Volume: how many hard sets a muscle actually needs
The research on training volume is messier than the confident infographics suggest, but it does support a workable range and a clear principle about how to move within it.