Wits & Weights | Evidence-Based Fat Loss & Strength Training Over 40

Why "Muscle Confusion" Might Actually Work for Hypertrophy | Ep 470

May 21, 2026·25 min
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Is "muscle confusion" just bro science, or does recent strength training research actually back it up? You might be surprised... We get into how muscles grow, why exercise selection changes which regions of a muscle develop, and the role of muscle length in hypertrophy. This episode covers the last decade of research on exercise variation and hypertrophy. These include studies on leg press vs. leg extension and on triceps and hamstrings at different muscle lengths. We distinguish the original...

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