The Simple Science of Muscle Growth and Hypertrophy

The Shockingly Simple Truth on How to Build Muscle using the Best Bodybuilding and Strength Training Exercises

By: Andy Xiong

Narrated by: Benjamin McLean

Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins

Publisher's summary

Are you still not seeing the results you want despite spending hours and hours at the gym or hundreds of dollars on supplements? If you want to start building as much muscle as possible and as quickly as possible, then keep reading…

Have you been going to the gym for several months now, yet you feel like you don’t look any different? Or maybe you feel as if, for the time you put into the gym, you should be a lot bigger or a lot more muscular than you currently are...

If you’ve ever wondered if you’re missing a piece of the puzzle, know that building muscle isn’t as complicated as the fitness industry wants you to believe. There are no more remaining “secrets” for you need to unravel, regardless of what the next fitness guru tells you. The fitness industry is a lucrative market. It is being capitalized on by marketers. And people like us - people who want to become the best versions of ourselves - are being taken advantage of and resold the same concepts under different names. But building muscle is a really simple process. You already know what to do. You just lack the confidence to do it.

This book will dispel the nonsense and reveal the truth about building muscle, so you can stop trying to identify what works and what doesn’t… and start sculpting a more muscular, more confident, and better you today.

With references to over 35 of the best scientific studies available, discover:

• How to avoid the most common mistake people make with their training and programming.
• Why “new and revolutionary” is a marketing tool, and just how old the newest training revolution really is.
• How to tell good research from bad, the different levels of scientific evidence, and how to properly gauge “backed by science” and “research-based” claims.
• What the ideal rep range for muscle growth really is (Hint: it’s not 8-12 reps!).
• How to quantify your training the correct way using the new, scientific formula for volume.
• Why strength training and periodization is unnecessary for muscle growth.
• The advantage hardgainers have when it comes to building muscle.
• How you can make up to 63 percent more gains by changing one training variable.
• What supplements you should consider, especially if you don’t eat meat.
• Why bench presses aren’t enough for chest development; an underrated triceps exercise for bigger arms; and why overhead presses may be a waste of time.
• The laws of muscle growth - understand and apply these concepts and you will build muscle.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 Andy Xiong (P)2019 Andy Xiong

awesome book

It brakes everything down to KISS. Very happy I bought this book and spent time listening to it

Great read

Good information worth the buy. This book was easy to follow along with is definitely something I recommend to anyone.

Simple, Useful, but Basic.

It gives you the truth and covers the basic things that you need. It has no gimmicks, and says everything simple enough so even a complete meat brain can understand. If you are looking for a deep dive into the science (as I was) look elsewhere. It gives you the facts that will allow you to succeed at building muscle nothing extra. Can recommend.

'As such' and 'thus'

This book gives a no bs idea to work from and establish goals. good listen.

Invaluable reading

If you want to build muscle, this is the only resource you will need to understand what is required as it works with the principles of hypertrophy. It also provides some methods and touches on other stuff like periodization, but understanding the principles will set you up for life.

The negatives of the book are two fold,
1. It is meant to apply to everyone but as with 99% of these types of books, there is nothing mentioned about 50% of the population.
Female body building isn’t really touched upon so you have to filter out recommendations for horseshoe arms accordingly, and go elsewhere to understand how to train within your cycle.
2. The narrator has a weird reading habit of pronouncing every single letter. When he says ‘and’ within a sentence, the D is overly pronounced anD that gets really irritating.

best book so far

literally can't stop listening and learning from this book. a great read and will request it to anybody especially if you're starting off and really want to know what to do.

Good refresher

Solid feedback on simplicity versus over complicating through all of the various studies out there. Stick to a process know your way if hypertrophy is the goal, progressive overload and specificity; end of story.

It will help

For any level of muscle development you can find a bonus in here, techniques, thoughts , philosophies- interesting book for sure

Finally! Muscle growth made simple!

the whole book was great! Starting with the simple and moving into the more science-based explanations is it great format for understanding and comprehension.

Highly recommend if you’re trying to build muscle

Really like the book and really recommend it because everything he says is very true on how to build muscle and he cuts through the BS compared to all the other fitness influencers and all that stuff