Will Collagen Keep Your Joints Healthy and Your Skin Young?
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After working out, can you improve the strength and health of your tendons and joints by drinking a shake or bone broth? And will that also help your skin look more youthful and beautiful? That’s right, we have to discuss, looking into the hype and claims of collagen supplements! *** Do you like what you hear so far? Please leave a five-star review in your podcast player. And hit that follow button! You can also follow us on Instagram. You’ll find Daniel at , and Philip at . Become a part of . *** This podcast is brought to you by Styrkelabbet AB, Sweden. To support us, download . It's...
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Is Muscle Soreness an Indicator of a Good Workout? Q&A Part 2
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What is the correlation between grip strength and health? How do you keep yourself motivated when injured? And is muscle soreness really a good sign that your training is working? In this episode, we finish the Q&A we started last week, with five more listener questions on strength training! Timestamps: 01:30 - Question 1: Is muscle soreness a good sign that you've trained hard or just have unaccustomed muscles? And do you stop getting soreness when you reach a particular strength level/habit? 06:00 - Question 2: Is there any study on the connection between grip strength and health?...
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How Little Can You Train and Maintain Your Mass? Q&A Part 1
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Can you maintain your muscle mass with just one full-body workout per week? Are planned deload weeks necessary or overrated? How do you balance squats and deadlifts in the same training program? We’re in the midst of summer and it’s time to answer your best questions! We have five questions this week, and we’ll finish this Q&A round next week with five more. Timestamps: 01:50 - Question 1: How long can you maintain your muscle mass with just one full-body workout weekly? 07:15 - Question 2: Is there any benefit to regularly adding wall-sits to your training to increase your maximum...
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The Big 6 – Pull-Up: From First Rep to Upper Body Mastery
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is one of the most classic strength training exercises you can do, and also one of the best! But how do you manage your first rep if you can’t do pull-ups today, and how should you train to progress to 10+ reps? Or should you stick to instead? In this episode, we also discuss the biomechanics and muscles used in the pull-up and lat pulldown, as well as their pros and cons. This is the sixth and final episode in our series covering ”The Big 6” exercises: the bench press, squat, deadlift, overhead press, different kinds of rows, and pull-up/lat pulldown. *** Do you like what you hear so...
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The Big 6 – Row to Grow: Build an Unbreakable Back
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You don't see it, but everyone else does. Your upper back holds some of the biggest muscles in your upper body, and the way to train them is with rowing exercises. In this episode, we talk about and other common rowing variations, which muscles they work, best technique practices, biomechanics, and more. This is the fifth episode in our series covering ”The Big 6” exercises: the bench press, squat, deadlift, overhead press, different kinds of rows, and pull-up/lat pulldown. Up next week: The and ! *** Do you like what you hear so far? Please leave a five-star review in your podcast...
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The Big 6 – Overhead Press: Build True Upper Body Power
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(also known as a military or shoulder press) is a classic strength training exercise. Before the ascent of the bench press in the 1950s, it was the most important lift for upper body pressing strength. It mainly targets your shoulders and triceps, but it’s also great for the core muscles and athleticism in general. In this episode, we’ll examine this lift in depth, including its technique, biomechanics, muscles worked, and variations. We also spend a lot of time discussing why you shouldn’t give up on the lift once it gets harder and harder to add weight to the barbell. The overhead...
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The Big 6 – Deadlift: Raw Strength, Real Results
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is one of the most primal exercises in the gym and a true test of strength from head to toe. In this episode, we look into the muscles worked when deadlifting and how to perform the lift safely and effectively. We also break down the biomechanics of deadlifting, best practices for your technique, , a bit about how dangerous it actually is to deadlift with a rounded back, and . This is the third episode in our series covering ”The Big 6” exercises: the , , deadlift, overhead press, different kinds of rows, and pull-up/lat pulldown. Up next week: ! *** Do you like what you hear so far?...
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The Big 6 – Squat: King of All Exercises?
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is known among gym-goers as the king of all exercises. In this episode, we talk about whether it lives up to the hype and how to perform the squat if your goal is to maximize muscle and strength gain. We also discuss the biomechanics of squatting, best practices for achieving a technique that will help you become bigger and stronger, the muscles worked, some common mistakes, and a bit about our in the StrengthLog app. This is the second episode in our series covering ”The Big 6” exercises: the , squat, deadlift, overhead press, different kinds of rows, and pull-up/lat pulldown. Up next...
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The Big 6 – Bench Press: Master the Most Popular Lift
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How should you perform if your goal is to and build big and powerful pecs, shoulders, and triceps? In this episode, we discuss the biomechanics of bench pressing, the best practices for achieving a technique that will help you become bigger and stronger, the muscles worked, some common mistakes, and . This episode also kicks off a new series covering ”The Big 6” exercises: the bench press, squat, deadlift, overhead press, different kinds of rows, and pull-up/lat pulldown. Up next week: ! *** Do you like what you hear so far? Please leave a five-star review in your podcast player. And hit...
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The 7 Principles of Highly Effective Strength Training
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What determines if you get great results from your , or just spin your wheels without getting anywhere? In this episode, we present our seven principles of highly effective strength training. These principles are not written in stone, and they have considerations and exceptions. But if you listen to the whole show, you’ll be better equipped to in your training and reach your fitness goals faster. Timestamps: 03:00 - Principle 1: Progressive Overload 10:50 - Principle 2: Specificity 16:20 - Principle 3: Consistency 21:30 - Principle 4: Individualization 26:00 - Principle 5: Variation (but...
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The first mailbag of the year is here, and it’s a good one!
Read the timestamps below for every listener question we answered.
Timestamps:
- 01:45 - What’s your best tip to mentally handle periods without progress (in both strength and physique) for intermediate lifters?
- 08:00 - What are the most overlooked features in the StrengthLog app that you would like more people to know about?
- 14:10 - My current bench press PR is 135kg, but last week I had a great workout and did 10x10 with 100 kg in under 45 minutes. How much do you think I can bench press now if I shoot for a new PR?
- 19:45 - How would your training be different if you got paid for being in the gym?
- 23:40 - How can I measure progress without testing my one rep max?
- 27:15 - Is cuing straight wrists during the bench press misunderstood, over-, or underrated? Personally, I’ve recently had much greater success with a slight bend in my wrists.
- 31:25 - If you could choose one (and only one) behavior that would immediately be eliminated from public gyms, what would that be?
- 34:40 - The 80/20 rule! What are the major things to focus on when it comes to exercise frequency, volume, intensity, recovery, and diet that you should think of, and what are the things that people focus on that only have a small effect in relation to the effort?
- 41:10 - If you could remove one rule or thing from powerlifting, what would it be? I personally would remove the "press" signal. Or deadlifts.
- 47:10 - Thoughts on low-volume, high-intensity training for muscle hypertrophy?
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