Podcast Episodes

024 Training, hypertrophy, and recovery for older people

Episode 26

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past & Present, Jake and Chris discuss Silver-Era author Peary Rader’s “training as you get older” guidelines and dive into how to construct a modern, physiology-led t…

Published on 17 hours ago

023 Fatigue accumulation and what to do about it.

Episode 24

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris unpack a Silver-Era routine passed from 1950 Mr America John Farbotnik to Gene Mozee at a time where high volume plans were taking ove…

Published on 6 days, 16 hours ago

022 How intra-workout carbohydrates reduce supraspinal CNS fatigue

Episode 23

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris unpack Steve Reeves’ 1947 pre-competition full-body routine, then dive into why the Silver-Era were such advocates of orange juice + h…

Published on 2 weeks ago

021 Why Counting “Half Sets” for Secondary Muscles Doesn't Make Sense

Episode 22

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris break down Dick DuBois’ 1954 full-body routine (and we finally have some pull-ups!). They then tackle the “half-set” myth, why countin…

Published on 3 weeks ago

020 How to program a muscle specialisation phase

Episode 21

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris use Peary Rader’s leg routine to outline a practical, physiology-led blueprint for muscle specialisation.

Key topics include:

Published on 4 weeks ago

019 Cluster Sets – How they work and how to use them

Episode 20

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris start by discussing one of the most widely used methods of the Silver Era; the 20 rep squat. They then dive into the physiology of clu…

Published on 1 month ago

018 Pauses, Stretching, and Partials

Episode 19

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris unpack Reg Park’s calf-specialisation phase before discussing the physiology of pauses: when they work, when they don’t, and how they …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

017 Exercise Selection - How to pick the exercises needed to maximally develop a muscle

Episode 18

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris discuss Sig Klein’s extensive routine and use it as a springboard to tackle one of the biggest programming questions: how much exercis…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

016 Training Splits - Why upper/lower, torso/limbs, push/pull, and other split routines face the same problem

Episode 17

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris revisit Joe Weider’s early 1940 full-body program before breaking down the central problem that all split routines face: supraspinal C…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

015 Training Frequency - Why 3x per week beats 2x even if MYOPS is still elevated

Episode 16

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris explore Sig Klein’s early A/B full body routine from the pre-steroid bodybuilding era before examining the claim that elevated myofibr…

Published on 2 months ago