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More sets is not more muscle past a point. What the research says about effective weekly volume, where junk volume begins, and how to train with intent instead of just accumulating fatigue.
How fluctuating hormones across the menstrual cycle affect strength, recovery, and fatigue — and how to structure training around them rather than fighting them.
What changes in your body after 40, why resistance training is the most evidence-backed intervention available, and how to programme around the real challenges.
The exact biological mechanisms behind muscle growth, why women build it differently than men, and what the research says about maximising hypertrophy as a woman.
What the 1980 interference effect study got wrong, what modern meta-analyses found, and why your VO2 max is one of the most important health numbers you have.
What the research actually says about protein requirements, the anabolic window myth, how much of a caloric surplus you need, and whether creatine works.
Sleep deprivation drops muscle protein synthesis by 18%, cuts testosterone by 24%, and raises cortisol. Here is what the research says about sleep and strength.
Everything you need to start strength training as a woman — the science, the programming, the nutrition, and why you are better suited for it than you think.
Answered with biology: why women have a physiological ceiling on muscle growth, what actually happens when you lift heavy, and what bulk really requires.