💬 “There's compelling evidence now that with a fairly minimalistic routine you can see very good results” ~Dr Brad Schoenfeld

⚡️ Dr Brad Schoenfeld is the go-to guy when it comes to muscle building advice. Known as “The Hypertrophy Specialist”, he’s authored more than 200 scientific papers on the subject and his work is cited by fitness professionals around the world.

⚡️ In this episode Brad and I discuss the trend of science-based lifting, cutting through the noise of all the advice out there, to help you choose the stuff that’s really going to help you the most.

🎧 Stay tuned to find out:

➡︎ Whether you can get in shape with just one session a week

➡︎ Why you don’t need to train to failure for the best results (and how many reps to do)

➡ Why free weight exercises aren’t superior to machines

➡︎ The science of supersets and drop sets

➡︎ Why you might not need a full range of motion to build muscle

📕 Chapters

(1:06 ) The rise of science based lifting

(2:50 ) Where do beginners start?

4:09 How many gains in 1 session per week?

(5:57 ) Training to failure

(8:46 ) Are you training hard enough?

(12:13 ) Machines vs free weights

(16:32 ) How many reps should you do?

(24:36 ) Rest periods

(27:30 ) Supersets

(29:00 ) Drop sets

(30:23 ) Lengthened partials

(33:22 ) Creatine hyper responders

(35:10 ) Is muscle memory real?

(38:41 ) The pump

(41:26 ) Putting it all into action

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Website: https://www.lookgreatnaked.com/ 

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