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Revisited: Squatting W/ Weightlifting Shoes and "Elevation Masks" - Results of New Studies Appear Initially Surprising

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Weight lifting shoes don't make a difference and "elevation masks" (those things that simply impair your ability to breath) work... they increase your cerebral oxygenation - don't rely on the potentially misleading abstracts, alone... read SuppVersity ! Stronger, faster, leaner, ... and obviously more muscular. If you want to achieve all that, you got to invest the effort it takes to trigger the adaptational processes that will get your skinny-fat Western a** into Instagram-ready pre-Olympic shape. But what about the myriad of training gadgets will they take you there any faster? A cursory look at the latest scientific evidence seems to suggest that weight lifting shoes may not be as beneficial and - more surprisingly - elevation masks not as useless as many people believe... a cursory look, that is ;-) Hitting a wall? Try one of these exercises , workouts , and programming techniques : 30% More on the Big Three: Squat, DL, BP! Mix Things Up to Make Gains...
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Weightlifting Shoes: What Does Research Tell Us About WL-Shoes' Effect on Performance, Form & Muscle Activity?

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Nice gimmick or must have gym equipment? Answer: "it depends". People are investing more in gym-gear than ever before. $150, for example, for 25% discounted Adidas Weightlifting Shoes  - is that a bargain or just a waste of money? Today's SuppVersity  review will help you decide if weightlifting or O-lifting shoes, of which Bloomberg writes that they are among the fastest growing markets in sportswear ( Bloomberg 2017 ), are a good or useless investment. The distinguishing feature of all weightlifting shoes is the raised heel: the exact heights differ, but range from three-quarters of an inch to one inch and are implemented by solid wood or another hard, rigid material. With laces and a strap to tighten and narrow the fit, the shoes facilitate an optimal transfer of force to the ground... that's at least what the theory and shiny adds will tell us. Unlike weightlifting shoes, creatine will boost your squat performance Age, Meat and Cr Non-Responder...
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Full Squat for Full Size Gains, Partial Squat for Full Strength Benefits - Heavy(/-ier) Weights for Both Size & Strength

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In most, but unfortunately not all studies, this would be a partial squat... The latest resistance training study from the Charles Sturt University  comes to a somewhat expected suggestion in the practical implications: "[R]esistance training programs designed to change body composition (e.g., hypertrophy, fat loss) are reliant not so much on power and force but more on total work performed, high-intensity FROM [full range of motion] squats should be the focus" (Drinkwater. 2016). Unsurprising for everyone, who has read the previous SuppVersity  articles, in which I've often argued for " full squats for full development ". Different ROMs may also be used as part of classic periodization schemes. 30% More on the Big Three: Squat, DL, BP! Mix Things Up to Make Extra-Gains Linear vs. Undulating Periodizationt 12% Body Fat in 12 Weeks W/ Periodizatoin Detraining + Periodization - How to? Tapering 101 - Learn How It's Done! The argu...
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Building Extra-Strength With Cluster Training (6x1 With 25s Rest) - Works, but Classic Strength Training is also Effective

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Cluster training is something most of you will be familiar with. To do it back squats, instead of curls or bench presses, however, is something you don't see very often in the gym, these days - rightly so? If you want to build muscle strength or size, muscle contractions are obligatory. If that should necessarily be done at high intensities and until failure is still a much debated topic - just as debated as the link between strength and size gains. Cluster training (CL) is a way of training that's supposedly helpful in building strength and hypertrophy. How effective it actually is, however, has rarely been studies in detail... until scientists from the Carnegie School of Sport at the  Leeds Beckett University  compared the acute (metabolic and mechanical) and chronic responses to classic strength (STR), hypertrophy (HYP), and two novel cluster training CL regimens involving the back-squat exercise. If strength is your goal, creatine is your supplement Creatine D...
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Strength & Conditioning Update - Sep '15: Reduced Rest, 200kcal Extra-EE (+30%) | Dehydration Turns Sprint to Jog | Knee Wraps More Power, Lower ROM & Vastus Activity

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No, this is not the first time you read about "battling the rope" and how it could be an excellent form of fat burning and conditioning HIIT training. In my previous article "Want to Get Ripped & Strong? 'Battling the Rope' Could be THE Exercise to Do!" I've already discussed the proven long-term benefits of this intense conditioning exercise | learn more . Usually, I handpick the three best studies for overviews like this , but with the Journal of Strength and Conditioning  research, this is not always easy. With the September issue, only some studies are interesting, and there are no real "blockbuster" that would deserve an article on their own. Don't get me wrong. There's still interesting information, there but I guess what's most interesting is significantly more open to debate than usually. Accordingly, today's research update contains my very personal favorites from September 2015  issue of this journal. Well, m...
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