# Brad Schoenfeld's Top 5 Strength Myths

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Podcast: [Exercise Science](https://stenobird.com/podcast/exercise-science-7877305)
Published: 2026-06-09T09:55:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.realexercisescience.com/p/brad-schoenfelds-top-5-strength-myths
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## Resource

Think you know how to build muscle? In our third episode, co-host Martin Gibala does some mythbusting with two of the world’s most prominent experts in the science of strength development, co-host Stuart Phillips and special guest Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, a professor of exercise science at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York. In addition to being a former bodybuilder and joining Stu on the ACSM strength position statement, Schoenfeld literally wrote the textbook on strength training . Together, Phillips and Schoenfeld use science and savvy to correct some of the resistance world’s most pervasive myths, including: * Light loads don’t increase muscle size * Train to failure to maximize muscular adaptations * Short rest periods are best for hypertrophy * Cardio kills gains * Narrow post-exercise anabolic window of opportunity Join us to discuss these myths and more in the latest episode of Exercise Science! Have a listener question or an idea for an episode? Email us at realexercisescience@gmail.com Exercise Science is powered by EverMe . Download EverMe for free at your favourite App store. LINKS Exercise Science is everywhere @realexercisescience: Substack . YouTube . TikTok . Instagram . Apple Podcasts . Spotify . On X you can find us @realexscience . Stu is everywhere, too, but mostly on Instagram and X . Follow him on TikTok to make him feel nice! Marty just started his own Instagram . Give him a follow! He’s also on X ! Whoa Brad Schoenfeld is HUGE on Instagram ! One of the best feeds out there for the up-to-the-minute science on strength training. Plus here’s his lab at Lehman College. ACSM Position Statement on Resistance Training 2026 Brad’s textbook: Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy, 2nd Edition Resistance Training Beyond Momentary Failure - Brad Scho…

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