Episode Details

In this episode of Hypertrophy Past & Present, Jake and Chris dive into whether more volume is always better. The episode opens in the late Silver Era with Sergio Oliva’s high-volume split, then pivots into a brand-new study that compares “high” vs “super high” volumes in trained lifters. 

Key topics include:

• Sergio Oliva’s late-Silver Era routine 
• New study 18 vs ~32 sets per week
• Why “more volume” didn’t produce more hypertrophy
• Damage as “resource drain” vs damage as fatigue
• No fascicle length changes in trained lifters (and what that implies about sarcomerogenesis)
• Practical programming tip, reframing “rest days” as repair days