The anabolic window has long been considered a worthwhile tool for maximizing muscle growth. The concept suggests that the body is more receptive to nutrients, particularly protein, for 30 minutes to an ... Continue Reading
Training in the Stretched Position for Muscle Growth: Experts Explain Why It Works
Built With Science founder Jeremy Ethier and Dr. Milo Wolf, PhD, of Sport Science, collaborated in early August 2024 to unravel research suggesting that training in loaded stretched ... Continue Reading
The Most Important Thing To Do After a Knee Injury (From an Expert)
Injuries, be they small or serious, happen to just about everybody. For super-jacked rehab specialist Jordan Shallow, rehab starts on day one. "The real danger in the rehabilitation process is losing ... Continue Reading
How to Acclimate to Heat Before You Compete
While competitive athletes often have no control over the conditions they compete in, failing to acclimate to hot weather properly can have detrimental consequences, including dehydration, cardiovascular ... Continue Reading
Is Collagen Protein Effective For Muscle Gains?
Collagen protein’s popularity is increasing. There is support that it can improve skin, hair, and nail health. (1) But is there any scientific evidence that supports collagen protein promotes ... Continue Reading
New Study: Intermittent Fasting and Continuous Feeding Provide Similar Weight Loss Outcomes
The ongoing debate about meal timing roars. Some argue that intermittent fasting, when one consumes most or all of one's daily calories in a tight time window, is superior to continuous feeding, when one ... Continue Reading
Should You Lift Faster to Increase Strength?
When training at the gym to increase strength, some lifters might conflate it with hypertrophy. However, they are not the same. Hypertrophy is the thickening of muscle fibers so they are aesthetically ... Continue Reading
Your Bench Press Grip Doesn’t Matter for Muscle Growth, Study Suggests
Bodybuilders love their little rules. “Does your row grip matter?” — pitch that question to any science-based gymgoer and you’ll get an earful about biomechanics and optimized training techniques for ... Continue Reading
New Study: Swishing Sugary Drinks in Your Mouth Can Immediately Increase Strength
It sounds too good to be true — and it might be. But a new study out of the academic journal Nutrients is suggesting exactly that; if you want to increase your strength in the weight room, you might not ... Continue Reading
Can Less Than 1 Hour of Weekly Resistance Training Reduce Anxiety & Depression?
Anxiety and depression have become increasingly prevalent, significantly affecting individuals' lives and contributing to difficulties in their careers, personal relationships, and overall ... Continue Reading
Strength Training Works as Well as Stretching for Flexibility, Study Shows
It's time to let the myth of the muscle-bound bodybuilder die. While there's certainly an element of truth, you shouldn't worry about strength training limiting your flexibility. Quite the opposite, in ... Continue Reading
Does Drinking Water Actually Help Weight Loss? New Study Casts Doubt
Want to lose fat? Drink more water. That's what you'll hear from just about every personal trainer, diet pamphlet, or online guru. But a new study analyzing the effects of increased water intake on obesity ... Continue Reading
Is Knee Caving During the Squat Dangerous? Exercise PhD Explains New Study
The optimal squat form is often a hotly contested topic. Conventional wisdom has long held that pushing the knees out (i.e., external rotation) while squatting is necessary to protect the joints. A March ... Continue Reading
Pre-Bedtime Protein Does Not Preserve Muscle Mass, Suggests New Study
Bodybuilders are a ritualistic bunch. For the muscle-minded, weighing food, drinking water from a gallon jug, or chugging a protein shake right before bed are cultural norms. But a Nov. 2023 study ... Continue Reading
This Study Tells You How Much Rest You Need During the Bench Press to Build Muscle & Strength
Every Monday and in gyms worldwide, tribes of teenagers congregate on one of the bench press stations at their local gym. They take turns performing sets to, basically, failure. Sometimes, it's four or ... Continue Reading
Recent Study Suggests Intermittent Fasting May Increase Mortality Risk by 91%. Should You Be Worried?
For about a decade now, the practice of intermittent fasting — a type of time-restricted feeding that typically entails fasting for around 16 hours of every 24-hour day — has been a popular method for ... Continue Reading
New Study Argues That Today’s Children Are Weaker Than Previous Generations
The kids are not alright, at least according to a new literature review published in Dec. 2023. The paper, cheekily entitled "May the Force Be with Youth: Foundational Strength for Lifelong Development," ... Continue Reading
New Study: Standing Calf Raises Grow More Than Twice as Much Muscle as Seated
Calf workouts can suck. Some regard calve aesthetics and capacity for growth as entirely up to genetics; someone either has them, or they don't, but that argument won't fly on the bodybuilding stage — if ... Continue Reading
New Study on Protein Timing: Even 100 Grams Per Meal Isn’t Wasted
As you're reading these words, somewhere out there, an overly meticulous gym bro is shaving fine specks of protein powder off the top of his measuring scoop before taking it from the food scale to his ... Continue Reading
A New Study Reveals 2 Training Techniques to Maximize Muscle Growth
Muscles can stretch and contract. That might seem like an oversimplification, but who hasn't seen the gyms with countless members trying to get huge by slinging dumbbells around without loading their ... Continue Reading
Is Motivation Enough to Achieve Long-Term Weight Loss?
Losing weight and keeping it off is a long-term endeavor. There are many ways to accomplish sustained and consistent weight loss over time to positive results and they vary from person to person. A Dec. ... Continue Reading
Should You Fast In the Morning or Evening?
Intermittent fasting is among the most popular dieting protocols for weight loss and other health benefits, including decreasing fasting blood glucose and insulin resistance, leptin levels, and increasing ... Continue Reading
Vegan or Omnivore Diets – Which Is Better for Cholesterol Levels?
In November 2023, a randomized control trial delving into different types of diets and their impacts on cholesterol levels was published in the JAMA Network Open. Specifically, it ... Continue Reading
Do All High-Carb Diets Lead to Weight Gain?
Dr. Layne Norton routinely offers his audience insight into the latest research on training and nutrition. In the Nov. 29, 2023, video on his YouTube channel, Norton tackled a 2023 cohort study ... Continue Reading
