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Back to Search017 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 7 hours 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 week 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 weeks ago
014 Training Frequency - What the long-term studies actually show
Episode 15
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris explore the lesser-known silver-era bodybuilder Floyd Page’s 1952 full-body routine before unpacking the topic of training frequency, …
Published on 2 weeks, 6 days ago
013 Neuromechanical Matching: Everything you need to know (but few do)
Episode 13
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley unpack one of Peary Rader’s Silver Era “advanced beginner” routines, before a deep dive into the principle of Neur…
Published on 4 weeks ago
012 How to build muscle with isometric training
Episode 12
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley break down an isometric method from bodybuilding legend and first Mr Universe, John Grimek. They explore how maxim…
Published on 1 month ago
011 Why the idea that a single exercise can train the whole muscle and “bias” a region is false
Episode 11
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley dive into a 1955 arm specialization routine from Peary Rader and use it as a launchpad to challenge one of the mos…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
010 Warming up - what does it really achieve?
Episode 10
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley unpack the very first York Barbell course, discussing its warm-up approach and how it compares to other silver era…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
009 Work capacity - what it is and how to improve it
Episode 9
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley break down a pre-steroid bulking routine from Alan Stephen, an underrated Silver Era bodybuilder who trained with …
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
008 Training Frequency - what to consider if you want to train every day
Episode 8
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley explore whether full body training can be done every day, and what that really looks like. Drawing inspiration fro…
Published on 2 months ago