Health Claim Check
Type any gym, diet or supplement claim. We search published medical research on PubMed and show what it supports and where it's unclear.
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- Paste a ClaimIn plain words, the way you heard it.
- We Search PubMedUp to 12 studies, each with what it reports, in the authors' words.
- Our Take, Kept SeparateIf we've written about it, you get our conclusion next to the research.
What Our Articles Concluded
An incline press and a pec deck can be enough for chest. We look at what shorter workouts get right, where the claims go too far and when adding sets makes sense.
Can Fewer Sets Build More Muscle?“I'm bulking” is a convenient excuse to walk past the bikes. We agree with Sam Sulek about keeping cardio, and look at the evidence and the weekly amount.
Keep Doing Cardio While You're BulkingShould 16 kg (35.3 lb) curls become 20 kg (44.1 lb) next week? We explain how to add reps, when to try a heavier dumbbell and what to do when your gym's weight jumps are too large.
When to Add More Weight or Reps at the Gym
Article conclusions are TGK's reading of the research for that article. They are not verdicts on the claim you type.
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