Ben Greenfield shares what he learned about muscle growth from bone density research. Most people don't apply enough force to trigger real strength gains, even though elderly subjects in studies show what's possible.
Hey, it's Ben Greenfield. I had always been a generally disappointed guy in the gym. I think all the weight I put on was really just getting older. Like, you know, from the time I. I did wrestling, swimming, and track in high school and then rugby in. In undergrad, I. I just, like, 180 pound guy, like, six feet tall. Like, not. I was fit. When I took my shirt off at the beach, people would be like, oh, yeah, you work out. But when I was wearing a shirt, it would be like, okay, you're just a regular dude. So. And I always thought, like, as dedicated as I am to training, like, this sucks. And so as I was doing this bone density research, I said, I know that there's a trigger here for muscular growth, but I can see with human capability in these optimized ranges of motion. Look at the loads I have elderly women putting through their musculoskeletal system. If those are the kind of forces that people are really capable of, then we're massively leaving something on the table, or as the case may be, at the gym. Thanks for listening in and have an amazing day.
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