Science of Muscle Growth, Increasing Strength & Muscular Recovery
May 31, 2021 2h 4m 41 chapters
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0:00 Introduction 10:58 Protocol For Fat Loss: (Zero-Cost) PDF Available At: thecoldplunge.com 12:45 Muscle Is A Slave To the Nervous System 16:23 Why We Have A Brain 17:55 Flexors, Extensors, & Mutual Inhibition 20:16 How Muscles Move, Making & Using Muscle Energy: Making ATP 23:48 The “Burn” Is Not Lactic Acid. Lactate: A Buffer (Prevents Acidity), Fuel, & Hormone 26:25 Feeling the Burn For 10% of Workouts Is Good For Brain, Heart, Liver 27:42 Leveraging Lactate To Enhance Brain Function 29:41 Breathing Properly Through “The Burn”— For Sake of Performance & Brain Function 30:57 Neurogenesis (New Neurons) & Exercise: Not Much, In Humans… Which Is Good. 33:39 How To Contract Muscles, Make Them Bigger and/or Stronger: Henneman’s Principle 37:07 A Large Range of Weight (30-80% of One Repetition Maximum) Can Be Used 38:59 What Makes Muscles To Grow? Stress, Tension, & Damage; Myosin Balloons 45:32 Figuring Out Which of Your Muscles Will Grow & Get Stronger Easily (Or Not)
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