What is the Main Stimulus for Muscle Growth?

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This video explains mechanical tension as one mechanism for muscle growth.

[@fortnex9972]

Mike Mentzer was right all the time

[@thebfrpros3070]

seems some of his ideas have held while others have not.

[@Zombies8MyPizza]

You fling enough shit at a wall, some of it will stick. He came out with a lot of whacky ideas which had no base of concrete evidence, he got some things right, but most of his ideas have been disproven in studies.

[@fortnex9972]

@@Zombies8MyPizza A lot of ideas? Let see... train super intense and have a lot of rest. That is basically all HIT

[@Zombies8MyPizza]

@@fortnex9972 He claimed that bodybuilders of his era were all training incorrectly with too much volume and that you should not train a muscle more than once per week, some muscles even no more than once every two weeks. It's been proven by studies that growth generally has a dose-dependent trend, where more sets per week = more growth. Obviously to a point, but that point is still being established and is far beyond what we once thought. A recent study showed that 50+ sets per muscle per week to failure saw subjects recovering and growing still. Studies also show that subjects typically respond better to higher frequencies than once per week, especially when weekly volume is increased. So his claims were totally false and based on nothing. Does HIT work? Yes, it does. Were Mike's methods even optimal? No, not at all, some of his volumes per muscle per week were far too low even for going beyond failure. Dorian Yates and Dante Trudel came up with far better variations of HIT based off Arthur and Mike's philosophies.

[@mattsharkey8437]

@@Zombies8MyPizza shut up phony

[@Asmodeus05]

So, no credits to The @HouseofHypertrophy ?

[@thebfrpros3070]

We commissioned this video and fully own it. We have credited HoH elsewhere. Thanks though, keeping us honest ;)