Fitness Articles

Below are the PDFs to my publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as links to various online articles I've either written or been interviewed in. I will continue to add to this list as additional articles are published.

• 3 total body programs for big arms
  
• 4 reasons you're not gaining muscle
  
• 5 muscle-building mistakes (and how to make gains)
  
• 5 Strategies for Choosing Exercises
  
• 5 things we can learn from Arnold about building muscle
  
• 6 lessons learned from the master blaster
  
• Accentuating muscular development through active insufficiency and passive tension
  
• An interview with Brad Schoenfeld - the hypertrophy specialist
• Applications of kettlebells in exercise program design
• Are all hip extension exercises created equal?
  
• Are deep squats a safe and viable exercise?
  
• Are leg extensions good or bad, safe or dangerous, effective or a waste of time, functional or non-functional?
  
• The biomechanics of squat depth
  
• Barbell hip thrust
  
• Blood Flow Restriction Training
  
• Demolish your genetic limits
  
• Do pain pills impair muscle growth?
  
• Do single joint exercises enhance functional fitness?
  
• Does cardio after an overnight fast maximize fat loss?
  
• Does exercise-induced muscle damage play a role in skeletal muscle hypertrophy?
  
• Effect of exercise on appetite regulating hormones in overweight women
  
• Effect of hand position on EMG activity of the posterior shoulder musculature
  
• Exercise and blood flow restriction
  
• High-intensity interval training: applications for general fitness training
  
• Is functional training really functional?
  
• Is Post-Exercise Muscle Soreness a Valid Indicator of Muscular Adaptations?
  
• Is There a Minimum Intensity Threshold for Resistance Training-Induced Hypertrophic Adaptations?
  
• Light Weights for Big Gains
  
• Metabolic resistance training: build muscle and torch fat at once
  
• Nutrient timing revisited: is there a post-exercise anabolic window?
  
• Omega-3 fatty acids: a novel fat-burner
  
• Omega-3 fatty acids and exercise: a review of their combined effects on body composition and physical performance
  
• Post-exercise hypertrophic adaptations: a re-examination of the hormone hypothesis
  
• Post-rehabilitation exercise considerations following hip arthroplasty
  
• Potential mechanisms for a role of metabolic stress in hypertrophic adaptations to resistance training
  
• Q&A: Brad Schoenfeld on Maximizing Muscle Growth
  
• Resistance training promotes increase in intracellular hydration in men and women
  
• SNI Interviews Brad Schoenfeld, MSc, CSCS
  
• Squatting kinematics and kinectis and their application to exercise performance
  
• The biomechanics of the push-up: implications for resistance training programs
  
• The biomechanics of squat depth
  
• The effect of protein timing on muscle strength and hypertrophy: a meta-analysis
  
• The hypertrophy specialist
  
• The long-lever posterior-tilt plank
  
• The mechanisms of muscle hypertrophy and their application to resistance training
  
• The muscle pump: Potential mechanisms and applications for enhancing hypertrophic adaptations
  
• The myth of cardio before breakfast - debunked!
  
• The role of fiber types in muscle hypertrophy
  
• The science of muscle growth
  
• The use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for exercise-induced muscle damage: implications for skeletal muscle development
  
• The use of specialized training techniques to maximize muscle hypertrophy
  
• To crunch or not to crunch: an evidence-based examination of spinal flexion exercises, their potential risks, and their applicability to program design.
  
• To crunch or not to crunch (consumer version)
  
• The upright row: implications for preventing subacromical impingement
  
• What makes muscles grow?
  
• Why bodybuilders are more jacked than powerlifters