Ep 386 - Sleep, Hypertrophy, and Creatine

Iron Culture by The MASS Crew

Aug 20, 202601:19:12Health

Trexler and Helms dig into sleep and how it intersects with body composition and supplementation. They open on the sleep-and-lifting landscape, then work through the frequently cited 2010 study on insufficient sleep and...

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