Dr. Gerard McMahon

Consultant Perf Scientist/ S&C. PhD Neuro-Muscle-Tendon Adaptations to Resistance Training 🏋‍♂️

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

🚨🚨 Interested in ⬆️ mechanical properties of tendons? 🚨🚨

Please see below for a 🧵 on why strain magnitude is an important factor

based off my recent review https://t.co/3FBvh2TwAx

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@WSWayland 💯

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

Some have both 😉

[Coach Wayland | Performance Expert | Craftsman @WSWayland]

The tension is real in S&C/performance: one side has the letters, the citations, the meta-analyses, and the institutional power; the other side has the calluses, the repeated failures that teach what actually transfers, and the direct feedback loop of “did the athlete get faster/stronger/more robust or not?”

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@sportsphysiouk if you contact the authors through researchgate they'll provide a copy 👍

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

Interesting new study on BFR vs High intensity 🏋‍♂️ on muscle-tendon complex adaptations in 👴

High intensity 🏋‍♂️ led to sig ⬆️ tendon stiffness and strength than BFR, with similar tendon CSA increases in both conditions.

#tendon #strength #adaptation

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@BradSchoenfeld yes not arguing it doesn't fit within the general consensus of evidence or anything... just that we're still not sure where that benefit of 40% VL lies based on the statistical reporting methods- anything from nothing to modest 👍

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@SimonBrundish get them a nice spot round aigburth drive, can't beat Sefton park and lark lane 😎

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

Ive had better days 😐

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

Pleasure to contribute a 2nd expert article to @SportsmithHQ - this time on muscle hypertrophy 💪🏋‍♀️

Ive been using partial ROM training for >15yrs. Believe me, if you think theyre about 'the stretch' or dividing ROMs randomly in half ... this is ❌️ 'real' partial ROM 🏋‍♀️

[Sportsmith @SportsmithHQ]

Maximising hypertrophic potential with optimal ROM training

From @MuscleMechsLab

https://t.co/uSOVFIRUDl

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

The best Down performance in nearly 20yrs. To a man, they were outstanding. Congrats to the players and staff 👏 🔴⚫️

[Official Down GAA @officialdowngaa]

USFC QF

FULL TIME!!!!!

🔴⚫️An Dún 3 - 21
🟢🟡Dún na nGall 1-19

[Sprint Science @spikesonly]

Instead of a eulogy I want this quoted when I die. It’s almost poetic!

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@MattSinisc75247 @SimonBrundish ive seen this no matter where ive went in the world.

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

The usual 'match day prep' we've seen develop over the years. Lots of tippy toes into a dramatic lunge. Towels wrapped around D-handles for cable rows? Why? Im never been sure what exactly all this is 'prepping' for?
@SimonBrundish

https://t.co/3K4ylEr4xB

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@SimonBrundish they know something we don't obviously

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@stevemagness The guys running on with the stretcher 😆😆

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

there's a lot to unpack in the paper but I gave my thoughts on this on a recent post on Instagram of anyone would like to check those out https://t.co/u94rHZO521

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

This pre-print of a paper caused quite a stir recently on social media. The authors suggest that 9 vs 36 fractional sets of 🏋‍♂️ produce equivalent hypertrophy 💪

However... how confident are we of these findings, particularly in relation to measures?... 1/

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

@SimonBrundish you mean a single leg cable paloff press into a side step chop isn't enough to protect the tissues from high level eccentric forces?

[Dr. Gerard McMahon @MuscleMechsLab]

Yes Rory 💪⛳️🏌

#greenjacketno2 #themasters

[Sprint Science @spikesonly]

Light aerobic training, done with proper sequencing and progressions, helps preserve and support power.

Focusing on bad programs that do too much of a good thing is just a bad argument.

Countless programs scoff at aerobic work to befriend athletes. We need to be honest here.