Dr. Brad Schoenfeld is a professor at Lehman College in the Bronx, in New York City. His research primarily focuses on muscle adaptations to strength training, muscle hypertrophy. He has published over 300 studies in the field of exercise and sports nutrition.
Key findings:
- Resistance training is essential for overall health and wellness.
- Resistance training has many of the same benefits as cardiovascular exercise, but it goes beyond what you can get through aerobic training.
- Resistance training can be used to promote weight loss and prevent muscle loss.
Recommendations:
- Lift weights at least 2-3 times per week.
- Focus on compound exercises that work multiple muscle groups.
- Use a variety of rep ranges (8-12, 12-16, 16-20, 20+) to stimulate muscle growth.
He is a well-known expert in the field of resistance training, and in the video, he states that resistance training is essential for overall health and wellness. He also explains that resistance training has many of the same benefits as cardiovascular exercise, but it goes beyond what you can get through aerobic training.
Additionally, resistance training has benefits for muscle strength, bone density, and posture. He also mentions that resistance training can be used to promote weight loss, and if you don’t lift weights even if you just do cardio you will lose muscle as you’re losing body fat.
Evidence shows 25 percent to 30 percent of the weight loss will come from muscles if you don’t do resistance treatment.
He also mentions that the literature is now compellingly shown that you can gain muscle similar amounts of muscle regardless of the loading across a wide range of loading spectrums up to 30 to even 40 repetitions which is along that’s a long set.