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Dr. Andy Galpin: How to Build Strength, Muscle Size & Endurance

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The Only Way to Develop Strength Is to Challenge Muscle to Produce More Total Force

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In order to get stronger, you need to impose a demand of strength, not repetitions. In general, you're probably looking at above 85 % of your winner at max. The total amount of sets that you do, it is really kind up to your personal fitness level. A fairly untrained person is going to respond basically the same to every single thing you do. We've done training studies doing things like 30 minutes of cycling, and seen huge increases in muscle strength and size.

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