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Congratulations to Allegra for winning her IFBB Pro Card!
Now the next phase of Allegra’s journey begins and we’re excited to be along for the ride!
Send her all the love and praise – there’s nobody who deserves it more!
But is it really that simple? Does going to failure actually reduce the things that need to be worried about? Or is it all just smoke-and-mirrors? Let’s now turn to my friends over at the PubMed Collective to let their side of the story breathe a little: We’ve established that
Execution Cues: – Take a normal squat stance. Feet should be roughly shoulder width and slightly externally rotated. – Grab a KB or DB and lift it to chest height. Support the load with your forearms vertical and elbows tight to your torso to create a “shelf”. If done properly, the
Metabolic Stress: The intent is to stimulate blood flow to the target muscle, generating a build-up of cellular metabolites (i.e. lactate, H+, IGF-1, etc). This leads to the burning sensations that we know as the “pump” and, hopefully, sarcoplasmic hypertrophy. The load (and load progressions) are much less important here compared to
