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Back to Search020 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 m…
7 months 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 re…
7 months 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 paus…
7 months, 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 t…
7 months, 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 p…
7 months, 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 er…
8 months 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 …
8 months, 1 week 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” routi…
8 months, 2 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 firs…
8 months, 3 weeks 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…
9 months ago