194. Feeling a muscle working doesn’t mean it’s getting stronger, with Natalie Wilson and Raphael Bender

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• PE episode 160 Can we even feel muscles activating? here
• Glute activation drills don’t increase glute activation here
• High levels of mechanical tension on individual muscle fibers is the main stimulus for strengthening here and here and here
• DOMS is caused by unaccustomed exercise including longer muscle lengths or eccentric components here
• DOMS is not a good indicator of whether your workout was effective here
• The repeated bout effect means that as you get used to a particular workout it causes less and less soreness here
• In the prone leg extension test there is high variability in the order of muscle firing between healthy pain-free people here
• Connect with Natalie Wilson on Instagram

Connect with me on Instagram: @the_raphaelbender

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