Why "Muscle Confusion" Might Actually Work for Hypertrophy | Ep 470

About this episode

This episode explores the concept of muscle confusion and its validity in relation to hypertrophy based on recent research.

Is "muscle confusion" just bro science, or does recent strength training research actually back it up? You might be surprised... We get into how muscles grow, why exercise selection changes which regions of a muscle develop, and the role of muscle length in hypertrophy. This episode covers the last decade of research on exercise variation and hypertrophy. These include studies on leg press vs. leg extension and on triceps and hamstrings at different muscle lengths. We distinguish the original...

People in this episode

Host: Philip Pape

Topics covered

• muscle growth
• exercise variation
• hypertrophy research
• strength training
• muscle length
• exercise selection

Keywords

• muscle confusion
• hypertrophy
• exercise variation
• strength training
• muscle length
• leg press
• leg extension
• triceps
• hamstrings

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: muscle confusion, hypertrophy, leg press, leg extension, triceps, hamstrings

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