
#190: If the "burn" isn't building muscle, what is it doing?
from The Dr. Shannon Show
by Dr. Shannon Ritchey, PT, DPT
Published: Thu Oct 31 2024
Show Notes
A burning sensation happens during resistance exercise and typically occurs with higher rep training. That burning sensation is due to metabolic stress, which was once thought to be the stimulus that builds muscle. This has since been challenged in the literature. So if an exercise that "burns" isn't building muscle, what is it doing? Shannon discusses this today.
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0:00: Introduction
0:33: What causes muscle burn?
3:40: Misconceptions about metabolic stress
8:43: Benefits of higher rep training
:Should you do exercises that burn?
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