Tim Havers

@nick_krontiris Thanks for sharing our work!

This meta-analysis finds that although drop-set training is an effective and time-efficient training method capable of eliciting similar hypertrophic and strength adaptations as traditional resistance training while requiring significantly less training time, it can elicit greater rating of perceived exertion and neuromuscular fatigue.

✅ Same gains in muscle, strength & muscle endurance ⚡ Only ½ to ⅓ of the training time 🔥 Higher lactate & RPE acutely 😬 More neuromuscular fatigue — plan your recovery! Time-efficient? Yes. A full replacement? Not quite.

🏋️ Drop sets vs. traditional training — what does the science say? Our new meta-analysis (Havers et al., 2026) examined the acute and chronic effects of drop set training. link.springer.com/article/10.118… #StrengthTraining #Hypertrophy #EvidenceBasedFitness #resistancetraining

@DrAndyGalpin Thanks for sharing our review, Andy!

"Muscle hypertrophy has clinically meaningful anti-diabetic and anti-obesity effects in both humans and animals" This review found 💪muscle hypertrophy of ~2-3% = ✔️~4% reduction in HbA1c ✔️~6% reduction in fasting glucose pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

@DanielBerglind Thanks for sharing our review, Daniel!

💪 New review highlights how muscle growth boosts metabolic health! Just a 2–3% increase in muscle mass is linked to: 🔻 ~4% less fat 🩸 ~6% lower fasting glucose 📉 ~4% lower HbA1c Building muscle isn’t just for strength — it’s metabolic medicine💊 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40576707/

Very nice review of the signaling networks governing skeletal muscle growth, atrophy, and cachexia …eletalmusclejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

I am pleased to share our new research article (in press version) entitled: Glycolytic metabolism and biomass production from glucose in human skeletal muscle growth. Link in comments. 1/3 #myoblue @JYUBiolPA

Very interesting work by @HeWaHippo et al highlighting importance of muscle mass: "Results of our systematic literature review suggest that the stimulation of skeletal muscle hypertrophy is sufficient to cause anti-obesity and anti-diabetic effects" 💪 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@BiolSport @PeterDuking @BillySperlich Thanks for sharing our paper!

🚨AI Hits the Gym 💪 📊Resistance training plans from ChatGPT & Gemini show promise but lack precision — coaches still needed to tailor for muscle growth & strength ✍️Tim Havers et al. 🔓#OpenAccess 🔗termedia.pl/A-professional…

Effects of Skeletal #Muscle #Hypertrophy on Fat Mass and Glucose Homeostasis in Humans and Animals: A Narrative Review with Systematic Literature Search @Tim_Havers et al. #openaccess doi.org/10.1007/s40279…

Excited to share that our review — and my first PhD project — is now published! 📄“Effects of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy on Fat Mass and Glucose Homeostasis in Humans and Animals” Thanks to Steffen Held, Martin Schönfelder, Stephan Geisler & @HeWaHippo @TUMExerciseBio

Gain muscle to lose fat? "This analysis reveals that a 1.9–3.3% increase in global muscle mass in humans is associated with 4.1 ± 5.8% lower fat mass." Great work by @HeWaHippo and co with important health implications. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

@BradSchoenfeld @HeWaHippo Thanks for sharing our study, Brad!

Looking forward to hosting on the 26.6. a SMHS "metabolism in action" session with Philipp Zimmer. First, legend Hermann Heck will discuss the vLamax. Second talents Tim Havers and David Walzik will present muscle hypertrophy metabolism and exercise immune metabolism!

@PeterDuking @Fitnessprofess6

We are excited to announce that our study is now published! We evaluated muscle hypertrophy training plans generated by Google Gemini and GPT-4 (via Microsoft Copilot) using two levels of information-dense prompts (little vs. detailed input), each inserted twice.

Open access: DOI: doi.org/10.5114/biolsp…

4. ️No plan received a perfect score.