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The Art of Muscle Fiber Recruitment
You can't study this. You have to feel it. I don't care what a book says, until you feel it you cannot possibly understand the art of motor unit recruitment. I will lay it out for you like I'm explaining it to a 10 year old It feels taboo to give my opinions on this topic, I'm gonna do it anyway. I'll break down a concept I think doesn’t get talked about enough: how your nervous system chooses which muscle fibers to use and how you can manipulate that choice to get stronger,
Jake Hicks
6 days ago7 min read


My Top 5 Mistakes I've Made Training
FREE Download at the very bottom! I train every day of my life. I've done so for over 10 years and I've trained for over 25 total. One of my favorite things about training is I've learned it would take multiple lifetimes to truly master. I've made many mistakes over the years, and I think sharing mine will only help others go further than I have. Enjoy. I started lifting at eleven and have been training for more than twenty-five years. In this article I will walk through the
Jake Hicks
6 days ago8 min read


How I Program for Hypertrophy
There is hypertrophy that washes off in the shower, and then there is myofibril hypertrophy. This is the dense type of hypertrophy that is more permanent, more scalable and definitely more noticeable. I'll teach you why it works and how to do it for yourself! I made a video on this topic for Official Strength Debates and I want to put the same ideas down in a written, step-by-step format so you can apply them immediately. CLICK HERE to watch the video. This article lays out h
Jake Hicks
6 days ago13 min read
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