Quaranturnt Day 51 - Cut the Tension, Hangout, Do a Couple Burpees

Hey Quaranturnt Crew, 

Before I dive into the second section of muscular hypertrophy, I want to share a really powerful simple tool you can use to feel better in your body. I call it the Yoga Quickie. This is a <15 minute yoga flow you can use between work meetings, to start off your day, or bring your mindbody back to a calm neutral at the end of the day. I am going to commit to doing this every day for the next week, and I’m confident I’m going to feel like a better machine rather than a creaky broken skeleton!

Now for mechanical tension, the second pillar of muscular hypertrophy. Mechanical tension is the stress that is put on the muscle itself. Not the tearing of the muscle, but the pulling of the elastic band that the muscle is. It’s the stretch the muscle resists and overcomes as you do the movement. In order to do this, the muscular system must employ various chemical pathways, strong nervous system signals (more on that later when I get to recovery!), and unified recruitment of multiple muscle fibers (see muscle anatomy here). All of this is a signal to the body, which your body will adapt to by increasing the strength and size of the muscle.

There’s certainly a lot more in this topic, but honestly that is the limit of my knowledge. I’m looking into finding the right book to read up on this so I can understand this at a deeper level. For now, check out this IG Post for the workout. And here's the yoga referenced below.