The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
So, my two books, I have a textbook, which is much more technical. For those who want to get into, like, the weeds of science, it's called "The Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy" published by Human Kinetics. And that's a hardcover, that's a serious textbook, we use it at graduate level for exercise science students.
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Bookmarking — the dossier-vs-overview split is the right call. Most of the time I want overview; sometimes I want receipts.
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But, I mean, if you have a background, someone like yourself, certainly, I would understand it, but I also have a consumer-friendly textbook on optimizing muscle mass called "The M.A.X. Muscle Plan," and that's also Human Kinetics.