Andrew Huberman· PhD
And you don’t have to get bigger either. A lot of people don’t want to get bigger.
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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.
And you don’t have to get bigger either. A lot of people don’t want to get bigger.
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For example, some folks might want to get stronger, but not put muscle mass on. Some folks just kind of want both. And that's a lot of the general public. I want to get a little stronger and a little bit more muscle. Great. But there are instances where people, for performance reasons or for purely personal preference, like I don't want to get any more muscle, great, but I want to get stronger. Awesome. If you manipulate those variables correctly, you can get exactly that. Very little development of muscle size, and a lot of development in strength.
you can clearly get stronger without adding any muscle