Chris Beardsley·Sep 16, 2024What is the principle of neuromechanical matching?Is it an established phenomena that has been well-described in the exercise science or is it all just made up?A response icon5A response icon5
Chris Beardsley·Aug 27, 2024Does muscle loss happen within a training week?Yes, especially fascicle lengths and fast twitch muscle fibers.A response icon1A response icon1
Chris Beardsley·Aug 15, 2024Why slowing down the eccentric phase does not cause more muscle growthWhy is the eccentric phase much less stimulating than many bodybuilders claim?A response icon5A response icon5
Chris Beardsley·Jul 14, 2024Can passive mechanical tension stimulate increases in muscle fiber cross-sectional area?No, it can only cause sarcomeres to be added in seriesA response icon1A response icon1
Chris Beardsley·Jun 25, 2024Can muscle fibers grow without being activated?If you are doing static stretching, yes. Otherwise, no.A response icon1A response icon1
Chris Beardsley·Jun 24, 2024Does leverage determine muscle force (and does that matter for hypertrophy)?Investigating the implications of the active length-tension relationship for muscle growth.A response icon3A response icon3
Chris Beardsley·Dec 21, 2023What is stretch-mediated hypertrophy and how does it work?Passive mechanical tension created by elongating the stiff segment of titin causes the addition of sarcomeres (sarcomerogenesis)A response icon6A response icon6
Chris Beardsley·Jul 17, 2022When is strength training at long muscle lengths beneficial?These days, we tend to attribute the benefits of long muscle length training to passive tension. But is this always the case?A response icon1A response icon1
Chris Beardsley·Jun 24, 2022Why is longitudinal hypertrophy after strength training more limited than transverse hypertrophy?Do the gains caused by the stretched position of strength training exercises stop happening earlier?
Chris Beardsley·Jun 17, 2022Why does the number of sarcomeres in series differ between muscles (and why does this matter)?Passive tension is an important stimulus for muscle growth.
