The More Than Fitness Podcast With Matt McLeod

Underrated & Overrated Exercises For Building Muscle | Minisode #78

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When it comes to building muscle, your body doesn't bias one exercise over the other — we do that on our own. We have people shaming those who use the Smith Machine or for using dumbbells instead of barbells, yet our muscles only respond to stimulus, so they don't care about what method is used (or anything at all). So, I wanted to bust some of these myths out there and try to set the record straight for choosing exercises for building muscle.

The two main criteria I looked at were 1) the exercise's potential to accumulate volume and/or total work with minimal fatigue and 2) the potential injury risk from the exercise itself and from the lifter's ego. I think my answers may surprise some of you... hope you enjoy!

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