Episode #83: How Do Muscles Grow?

Show highlights include:

The counterintuitive way strength training makes you a better triathlete (6:00)  Why you don’t have to look like the Hulk to become much stronger than you are now (9:45)  The weird reason why your muscles don’t grow when you lift weights (and the hidden place responsible for all your gains) (10:54)  The only 3 mechanisms that make your muscles stronger (and how to maximize each mechanism for the best gains) (13:07)  Why you don’t have to feel sore after every workout to get bigger and stronger (14:13)  Worried about getting too bulky when you lift weights? Here’s why you won’t unless you inject steroids into your body (17:44)  Why going to bed 30 minutes earlier results in more gains than spending 2 hours in the gym every day (19:28) 

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