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Why "Muscle Confusion" Might Actually Work for Hypertrophy | Ep 470
Most lifters dismiss muscle confusion as fitness marketing. But variation can play a role in hypertrophy when it's applied strategically within a strength-training program.
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 P90X version of "muscle confusion" from the systematic…
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