There has been a growing trend in the Strength and Conditioning space to examine the effects of strength training while occluding blood flow to the muscles, with apparent increases in hypertrophy given the same load, or ability to achieve similar strength gains using lower loads.

What has been unclear is precisely which patient population will benefit? How good is it? Shouldn't we just give everyone max Deadlifts?

Diana Sercia takes a deep dive in to the evidence and shines a light on this topic.