How many SETS and REPS per week is best for hypertrophy? How HARD should you train? Train to FAILURE? How do you track volume? Dr. Mike Israetel, Phd and I try to answer these questions through conversation.

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro/ Explaining that I do have a podcast! (The Jeff Nippard Podcast on iTunes)
2:43 Interview starts & our Arnold Classic Expo experience
6:44 Summary of The Volume Roundtable and clarifying misconceptions about Mike's volume concepts
13:38 What is training volume, exactly? How do you measure it practically?
17:52 What "sets" are important to track? Do we count warm up sets, supersets, dropsets, etc. toward total set volume?
20:35 How to individualize volume and problems with cookiecutter programs
23:32 Do very heavy sets (14 reps) and very light sets (20+ reps) have a place in hypertrophy programming?
26:31 How HARD should you train? What is the role of EFFORT?
29:18 How important is taking sets to failure compared to doing more volume? (Argument/discussion between Jeff and Mike)
36:27 Are certain exercises better/worse than others for failure training?
41:05 Should beginners learn "what it feels like" to exert themselves to failure?
45:52 Discussion of the "You're Not Training Hard Enough!" study (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...)
52:30 Defining of Maintenance Volume (MV), Minimum Effective Volume (MEV), Maximum Adaptive Volume (MAV) and Maximum Recoverable Volume (MRV) How many sets per week for each?
58:43 Explaining a mesocycle and how to apply volume concepts to a program
1:05:03 Block periodization discussion




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About me: I'm a Canadian natural pro bodybuilder and internationallyqualified powerlifter with a BSc in biochemistry/chemistry and a passion for science. I've been training for 12 years drugfree. I'm 5'5 and fluctuate between 160 lbs (lean) and 180 lbs (bulked).



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