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Please, do me a favor and read the info in the red box. Hypoxia ≠ Kaatsu Assuming that you've read the headline of this article first, you should already have realized what makes this study special: A realistic training regimen that's relevant for to the "average gym context". "10 reps to failure" - and that is actually pretty close to what the average trainee does on one of his / her "arm days" at the gym. Against that background I can live with the minor downside that the subjects were 13 healthy men (mean age, 23 years; height 169 cm; body mass 60 kg) who were assigned to train either under normoxic or hypoxic training conditions were a little "too average" (=untrained) for my liking. You can learn more about Hypoxia at the SuppVersity EPO Effect of Low Oxygen -11% Fat in Three Weeks! Training & Living in Hyopoxia Strength Up, Size Down W/ Kaatsu Hypoxia vs. Occlusion Blood Flow Restriction Update A...

Image 1: Although Tom Platz had massive arms, as well, there is little conclusive scientific evidence that this was a result of leg training. Usually I am offering you my thoughts and comments on the results of the studies I am presenting here at the SuppVersity. In this case however, I am going to rely on the insightful analysis of Stuart M. Phillips, head of the Department of Kinesiology, Exercise Metabolism Research Group at the McMaster University , who spotted some interesting inconsistencies in a recently published paper by Ronnestad et al. who had reported that (contrary to conclusive findings from dozens of study by Phillips and others) endogenous hormone release from leg training had a major impact on the anabolic response in the arm flexors (cf. news from March, 2nd / I plead guilty of not having seen these inconsistencies, though I must say in mitigation that back in March I only reported, not commented on studies). As Phillips points out, Ronnestad's c...