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[Muscle Science] Decoding the Latest Science of Hypertrophy w/ Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, Anders Varner, Doug Larson, and Travis Mash #698

Barbell Shrugged

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The Relationship Between Exercise and Brain Health

Lifting weights and building muscle on the longevity side. Have you seen many papers come through really connecting muscle to brain health longevity pieces I have again that is not my area of expertise so I don't really delve heavily into the literature but there does seem to be a connection as to specifically resistance training whether it's blood flow or other factors like secreted substances in the bloodstream. You need to train relatively close to failure quite close to failure and there's some emerging evidence that shows thatbut do you necessarily need to train to failure I think remains to be determined yeah.

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