Peter Attia· MD
I'll also sometimes use if I really need to work on the quad I'll do Blood Flow Restriction in those circumstances because it's lower loads and provides a very similar amount of injury to the muscle as high load training would do
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.
I'll also sometimes use if I really need to work on the quad I'll do Blood Flow Restriction in those circumstances because it's lower loads and provides a very similar amount of injury to the muscle as high load training would do
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and I'll also sometimes use if I really need to work on the quad I'll do Blood Flow Restriction in those circumstances because it's lower loads and provides a very similar amount of injury to the muscle as high load training would do