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People who depend on headlines, shallow articles, and bro advice will be left in the dust. MASS is meticulously researched and curated by four experts. The result is a review full of the highest-quality, most relevant content, with none of the false hype or ill-advised fads.

Be confident that you’re up to speed.

Whether you’re planning your own training and nutrition, coaching a client, conducting an interview, or creating online content, you can be confident that you’re up to date with the information at the cutting edge of our community.

Unlock the best results and most relevant research for you and your clients.

An athlete or coach who knows and truly understands the research has a huge advantage over their competitors. MASS focuses solely on strength and physique athletes, coaches, and enthusiasts. This means that every month, we’ll review only the research that’s the most relevant for you and your results.

Provide your audience with evidence-based information and recommendations.

Plenty of MASS subscribers are content creators focusing on disseminating scientific research to their audiences. We make their jobs much easier by highlighting the most important research, putting it in context, and recommending the main applications and takeaways from each topic.

Skim the key points and our main recommendations in minutes, or dive deep into our full analysis.

You’re in control. Each article begins with a bulleted list of key points and ends with a list of applications and takeaways, giving you the need-to-know points in bite-sized chunks. Both aim to tell you exactly what the newest research means for your training or nutrition so you can start applying the latest science right away. Want to know all the nuance of a particular topic? Dive into the full article for our complete analysis.

Understand how recent research fits into the broader literature.

An essential part of interpreting research is figuring out how new findings fit into the understanding of an entire body of scientific literature on the topic. As the scientific community learns new things and discards old practices, we’ll help you stay abreast so you can grow and evolve without chasing your tail with every new fad or staying stuck in your ways and being bound to tradition.

Learn in whatever style suits you.

We have written, audio, and video content, plus tons of infographics in each issue.

Escape the confusing jargon of scientific literature with our concise, easy-to-understand writing.

We’ll tell you what you need to know while cutting out most of the jargon, acronyms, and confusing language so often found in studies. With precise and pithy writing, interpreting research is simple and accessible to all.

Nerd out, if that’s the kind of thing you’re into.

As an added benefit, our interpretation will aid your ability to dissect additional research which you choose to examine on your own. By reading our monthly reviews, your critical thinking and ability to decipher research will be enhanced to further benefit your capability to improve your training.

• Ph.D. in strength and conditioning from Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, M.S. in exercise science, a second Master’s in sports nutrition, B.S. in fitness and wellness.

• Regularly publishes peer-reviewed articles in exercise science and nutrition journals on physique and strength sport.

• Coach for drug-free strength and physique competitors at all levels as a part of team 3D Muscle Journey.

• Earned pro status as a natural bodybuilder with the PNBA in 2011 and competes in unequipped powerlifting, weightlifting, and strongman.

• Pro natural bodybuilder and a sports nutrition researcher.
• PhD in Human Movement Science from UNC Chapel Hill, and has published dozens of peer-reviewed research papers on various exercise and nutrition strategies for getting bigger, stronger, and leaner.
• Several years of University-level teaching experience, and has been involved in coaching since 2009.
• Director of Education for Stronger By Science and host of the Stronger By Science Podcast.

• A new PDF issue of MASS every month. Each issue contains at least 7 articles and 5+ “Research Brief” articles, as well as access to 2 video presentations. PDF issues are usually around 100 pages long. Each article is about 2,000 words, and each presentation is between 30 and 45 minutes.
• Access to the entire searchable back catalog of 400+ articles and videos. You can download PDF versions, access back issues, find member-exclusive content, and view the mobile-friendly versions of each article on our exclusive member website.
• Monthly audio roundtables with Greg Nuckols, Eric Trexler, Eric Helms, and Mike. If you enjoy podcast, you’ll love these 20-minute audio episodes. Listen in as we discuss and contextualize each article in these podcast-style audio roundtables.
• App version of the member site and mobile-friendly access to all content. Your MASS membership is now available through an app, so you can easily access articles, videos, and audio episodes from your phone.
• Access to our NSCA and NASM CEUs and ACSM and ACE CECs. If you’re an NSCA or NASM member who needs CEUs or an ACSM or ACE member who needs CECs, MASS offers quizzes (which covers the material in issues of MASS) that you can take to earn CEUs and CECs. Taking the quizzes is completely free for subscribers. We’re also working on getting CEUs with other organizations.
• Access to our private MASS Facebook group. Have questions about any of the articles? Get them answered quickly, and join in a community of other strength enthusiasts.
• Ability to cancel your subscription any time. If you subscribe to MASS and decide it’s not for you, you can easily cancel your subscription at any time.

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• In-depth, unbiased review. We’ll go over the study’s design and break down exactly what the findings mean, offering analysis far beyond what you’d find in just the abstracts.
• Important takeaways for strength athletes and coaches. We all have real-world experience and have developed the bullshit detectors necessary to apply findings to the real world.
• Explanation of how the study fits into broader scientific literature on the topic. All findings are contextualized, which makes each review more applicable and saves you the time and hassle of reading tons of background information.
• Bulleted key points, applications, and takeaways. At the start of every review, we’ll give you a few key points so you can get the big picture quickly and easily.We’ll also leave you with a few simple action steps at the end of each review.
• Tips for interpreting research on your own. Want to go even further and learn to interpret research for yourself? We’ll point out best practices in study design so you can improve your critical thinking and ability to read and interpret research.
• Saved time, energy, and money. You probably don’t have 40+ free hours every month to keep up with the scientific research for yourself. Get the most relevant research for less than a dollar per day – less than your morning coffee.

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Absolutely. When you subscribe, we’ll send you a receipt email with a link to a page where you can manage your subscription. You can unsubscribe at any time quickly and easily.

How will I be billed? 

You only need to enter your payment information once, and then we’ll automatically bill you on the same date you signed up. For example, if you choose the monthly subscription and purchase on April 30, we’ll bill you May 30 for your next month.

Who is this for? 

• • Competitors in any strength or physique sport
  • Coaches who work with clients in any strength or physique sport
  • Trainers whose clients are primarily interested in gaining muscle, losing fat, or getting stronger
  • Nerdy fitness enthusiasts

When will I get my issue of MASS each month? 

We’ll send out a brand new issue of MASS on the first of every month via email. We’ll also post the new issue in the membership website you have access to so you can easily download and read from there, too.

If I subscribe yearly or lifetime, what happens if MASS shuts down? 

Yearly and lifetime subscriptions come with a guarantee that if we ever close up shop and stop making MASS (though there are certainly no plans to do so in the future), you’ll never pay more than what you otherwise would have paid for a monthly subscription.

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