The Mythology of Hypertrophy

As always, another interesting article, you always seem to say what the good trainers think and what the 'salesman' trainers don't want to hear!
If though, as we are led to believe, hypertrophy is more about TUT than overload then surely doing 20 reps at a 1-0-1 pace will produce the same TUT and therefore hypertrophy as ten reps at 2-0-2? Are there any studies that test TUT vs. rep speed? My instinct is to question the 'science' behind it...

This was an interesting article, however I actually disagree about how difficult it is to put on muscle mass. With hard and correct training some individuals can put on muscle mass VERY quickly and others have a much harder time. Genetics, hormone levels, and body frame play a huge role. I personally have put on 10 pounds of muscle in less than 2 months and have added 4 pounds of muscle mass in the last 3 weeks while decreasing body fat. I have never used performance enhancing drugs of any kind.

great article, can you tell me how many exercises & total sets you would recommend one did on any given day, if hypertrophy is the goal??

Do you have, or have you found any research that validates your new theory on Tempo for Hypertrophy?

I love this article... Muscle does one of two things, it gets bigger, or it doesn't. Muscle is not going to change appearance of length and tone fromr esistance training, it is loss of fat that provides the illusion of a more "toned" muscle. Love it. Whenever my clients say I want longer muscles, I explain to them that they would need to dedicate large quantities of continuous time stretching a single muscle before sarcomere length will change, weight training grows muscle. It grows or it doesn't easy as that. People always underestimate the CNS involvement in strength, power, and speed gains.