Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy Hardcover – April 20, 2020

The amount of work put into this book is unbelievable, but it’s no surprise, as it’s written by the world’s leader in muscle hypertrophy research. That being said, Dr. Schoenfeld is able to carefully explain each complex process and detail related to the muscle building phenomenon without missing a detail, while still writing in a manner entertaining and mild enough for many casual readers to at least grasp the main points of what he’s aiming to get across. This is no ordinary “textbook.” It’s truly a masterclass in artfully detailing the full history and most recent findings in the field of muscle hypertrophy research.

A very interesting and expensive book that was shipped smeared with some type of sticky substance. Unfortunately, I have to return it. 5 stars for book, but zero for storage and handling.UPDATES:The replacement book arrived next day in perfect condition.This is one of the most comprehensive book on muscle hypertrophy. Highly recommended!

This book is excellent and concise. It has just enough information about the biological mechanisms that cause muscle growth but not too much to put the average person to sleep. It offers everything you'll need to know to develop your own muscle growth strategies in one book. Plus, it's all supported with references if you want to to do further research. This book is amazing.

As english is my second language it took me a lot of time to finish this book. I am 100 % sure that this book is an academic textbook, or it should be. Some chapter are easier too read which comes like a fresh air during reading it.He uses tempos in a different manner so be cautious when you read that part.All in all its a higly massive book which contains interesting facts about hypertrophy and also helpes me to decide which factors are less vital and which are more important in this field.

Brad is my favorite Muscle scientist and his research serves a well needed source for 'when you want to continue building your body beyond the dogma and when everything is broken but still want to chase muscle gains'. I am that person! I am utmost grateful for this bible of muscle and I recommend it to all deep thinkers in the muscle department. Now, we just gotta work it.....! This should serve as an essential mandatory read for all the ones who say 'you can't build muscle' for whatever reason, before you decide that is the reality, let us see, do you actually TRAIN to GAIN or just 'thinking about it'...! THANK YOU BRAD!PHOTO left: 2 years into my natural bodybuilding career, was dieted down from fattest overweight 5'2 144 to 130. right 2020 or 2021. I've been hitting it for a quarter century by now so YEAH not a '3 months transformation'. ;-)

The best book from a scientific view on hypertrophy. If you are serious about growing muscle this book along with max muscle plan and mike Izratel are the best resources

As a person who is a nerd in the fitness industry, this was a very interesting and inaighful book. 10/10!

This book is really for the fitness pro who wants to dive into studies and draw conclusions for themselves. Outside study set up and physiology of building muscle which is not how to train to build muscle. I consider this book one gigantic meta analysis, It’s nice to see studies compared but he draws very few conclusions if any. The fact that he links the study for you to see is nice if you want to look more in depth of how the study was conducted and want to dive more into it.He loses credibility to me because he writes his tempos in a different style. After that point I had a hard time reading the book. Other books I’ve read give this author credit for being a good researcher but they all write their tempos eccentric, isometric, concentric plus an optional isometric. He writes his based one first part of the exercise movement, which is very annoying when you’ve been in this field and are used to the standard method of writing.Books written by Carl Dietz, Ben Peterson, Eric Cressey, Mike Boyle, Pat Davidson and others I find more useful. Given they are performance based and not pure hyper trophy. They talk about training theories, regimens and other external factors needed to improve. Not just comparing groups results to different styles of training leaving you with very few firm answers.