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Over the recent years BFR has gained widespread use in both fitness & clinical applications due to the growing body of evidence supporting it's efficacy in facilitating stress-induced adaptations in muscle. Conceptually, proximal limb (upper arm or upper thigh) BFR generally allows one to undergo similar metabolic stress to limb skeletal muscles w/ lower mechanical loading/intensities compared to higher mechanical loading/intensities w/ out BFR. Prior research, accordingly, have shown similar growth of limb muscles w/ lower intensities + BFR compared to higher intensities of = volume w/ out BFR. This may be due to the compensation of the reduced mechanical stress from lower loads w/ higher metabolic stress due to BFR. The two overarching factors that stimulate the processes of muscle growth is metabolic & mechanical (tension) stress. In healthy muscles, this generally means higher loading (mechanical stress) w/ higher volume (metabolic stress). But, for vulnerable muscles, like during soft tissue rehab post-injury/op situations, the mechanical stress & thereby loading must be moderated due to the risk of reinjury. This in turn may limit metabolic stress which altogether limits the rate of adaptation & rehab. Thus, BFR may be advantageous in these scenarios since it allows vulnerable muscles to undergo higher metabolic stresses while using loads that lessen mechanical stress. This has been shown to be beneficial for limb muscles specifically, but less is known on the effects of limb BFR on adaptations in related trunk muscles (pec major) during compound training (bench press). Obviously there are no practical ways to apply BFR directly to trunk muscles nor is it recommended. This study by Yasuda et al. examined how upper arm BFR during lower intensity BP training affects trunk muscle adaptations (i.e pec major). The main take away from this study was that BFR of the upper limb with lower intensity compound training promotes a less proportionate growth response between triceps & pec muscles than higher intensity w/ out BFR. Thus, the application of BFR for trunk muscle adaptation w/ lower load compound training is still questionable. Typo! 2011 not 2018 paper.