A Guide to Myosynthesis: The Site, Articles to Read, and Posts of Interest
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If you're a new reader, I've collected some of my older posts and newer writings into series which will give you an overview of what I'm about and how you can improve yourself in mind and body. There's no suggested reading order, so read at your leisure.
Welcome to Myosynthesis.
Foundations
This collection of posts deals with worldview topics, to better give you an idea of How I Think About Things. These are articles dealing with skepticism, scientific thinking, the fallacy of reductionism, and related topics. Also included here are discussions of underlying biology, the hows and whys of genetics, neuroscience, and other topics only obliquely related to physical training.
- A Systems View of Exercise
- Brain States & Willpower
- Outside Context Problem
- Complex Nonlinear Systems [Videos]
- The Language of Failure [Neuropsych]
- The Cortical Lottery: Dopamine and the Activity Set-point [Research Review]
Essential Posts
These are posts that cover the nuts and bolts of actual training. I try to balance these discussions between things I've actually done, or things that sound like good ideas from people I think are worth listening to, and what the published research — if any — has to say on the topic.
- Adrenal Fatigue Revisited [Recovery]
- How much can the CNS handle? [Stress]
- Intensity & Training to Failure [Muscle Gain]
- Pain Isn’t A Virtue [Muscle & Strength Gains]
- Zen and the Art of Squatting, Part II
- Zen and the Art of Squatting, Part I
- Let’s talk about fitness.
- Recovery Strategies
- Raw Lifting and Linear Periodization
- Observations on Bulgarian-inspired strength training
- Hypothesis: Inflammation is the main reason you can’t train daily.
- Autoregulatory Training vs. Linear Periodization [Research Review]
- Is the high-bar squat underrated?
- A Defense of Round-backed Deadlifting
- Occlusion, Ischemia, and ‘The Pump’
- ‘Functional’ Cross Training vs. Specific Training: General Means General
- The Difference in Speed, Power, and Explosiveness
Workouts & Programs
- Sheiko Powerlifting Routines
- Undulating Periodization for Bodybuilding
- Basic Bodybuilding 101: Fat Loss Workouts
- Louie Simmons on Bodybuilding
- Auto-regulating Workouts for Bodybuilding, Strength, & Fat Loss
- Basic Strength Workouts for the Beginner and the Broken
- The Finnish Deadlift Routine
- Bulgarian-style Training for Strength & Powerlifting
- APRE for Strength & Size
- Brian Siders: Intermediate Powerlifting
- Doug Hepburn: Power & Pump Routines
Books
Maximum Muscle- Coming Soon: Something to pique your interest.
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