[Muscle Science] Decoding the Latest Science of Hypertrophy w/ Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash #698
Barbell Shrugged
Doug Larson
4.7 • 2.8K Ratings
🗓️ 7 June 2023
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Brad Schoenfeld, PhD, CSCS, CSPS, FNSCA, is an internationally renowned fitness expert and widely regarded as one of the leading authorities on body composition training (muscle development and fat loss).
He is a lifetime drug-free bodybuilder, and has won numerous natural bodybuilding titles.
Brad earned his masters degree in kinesiology/exercise science from the University of Texas at Permian Basin and his PhD at Rocky Mountain University where his dissertation focused on elucidating the mechanisms of muscle hypertrophy and their application to resistance training.
He has published over 300 peer-reviewed research articles on exercise and sports nutrition, as well as editing multiple textbooks and authoring several textbook chapters.
He acts as the Assistant Editor-in-Chief for the NSCA's Strength and Conditioning Journal, as well as serving on the editorial advisory board for numerous peer-reviewed exercise- and nutrition-related journals.
Brad is widely regarded as a „trainer of trainers." He is a tenured full professor in the Health Sciences Department at Lehman College in the Bronx, NY, and serves as the Graduate Director of the Human Performance and Fitness program.
Moreover, he is a dedicated mentor to young sports scientists, and has served as a chair or member on more than a dozen thesis and dissertation committees.
Brad is a best-selling author of multiple fitness books including The M.A.X. Muscle Plan 2.0 (Human Kinetics, 2021), which has been widely referred to as the "muscle-building bible" and Strong and Sculpted (Human Kinetics, 2016), which details a cutting-edge body sculpting program targeted to women.
Brad also has authored the seminal textbook Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy (Human Kinetics, 2020), the first text devoted to an evidence-based elucidation of the mechanisms and strategies for optimizing muscle growth. In total, Brad's books have sold over a half-million copies.
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| 0:00.0 | Shrud family this week on Barbell Shrug Dr. Brad Schoenfeld is coming on to talk about the latest research in building muscle. |
| 0:08.0 | What's really cool is Brad Schoenfeld, if you were to get get into PubMed and look at all of the muscle research that exists on this planet, |
| 0:17.0 | it's almost a guarantee that his name is going to be attached to it. |
| 0:20.0 | So we try to get him on here at least every two years, I kind of even make a joke because we do see him like every two years. |
| 0:25.3 | We could bring him on just talk about the latest research developments. |
| 0:28.6 | Where the industry is headed when it comes to muscle growth, |
| 0:30.8 | hypertrophy, and lifting weights because he is at the forefront of all of it. |
| 0:35.8 | And as always, he over-delivers and talks about all of the pieces to building muscle that have |
| 0:42.3 | emerged recently and always a |
| 0:44.4 | pleasure to have him on so make sure you get over and check him out on |
| 0:47.0 | Instagram over at Brad Schoenfeld as always friends make sure you get over to |
| 0:51.0 | rapid health report.com. |
| 0:52.9 | That is where Dr. Andy Galpin and Dan Garner |
| 0:54.6 | are doing a lab lifestyle and performance analysis, |
| 0:58.0 | which everybody inside Rapid Health Optimization |
| 1:00.6 | is going to get. |
| 1:01.6 | You can check that out over at rapid health report.com |
| 1:05.1 | friends let's get into the show |
| 1:08.6 | welcome to Barbara Shug I'm Anders Varner |
| 1:10.5 | Doug Larson coach Travis Mash are Are you Dr. Travis Mash yet? |
| 1:15.7 | Not yet, not yet. |
| 1:17.2 | Then we have a real one on today, too. |
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