The HyPaultrophy podcast

Why 200% more muscle growth doesn't mean anything 16.08.2025 2:21:04 ↓

On this one I talk with researcher Sam Buckner on hypertrophy studies and how measurements often get manipulated to show magnitudes that don't exist. Sam also talks about what to look for to determine if the muscle growth in a study is even relevant. And much more

How MYOPS works with Zan Zupanic 03.06.2025 1:14:56 ↓

Zan Zupanic and I discuss how MYOPS works, what they can see, what they can't see, and how all of this relates to good training practices.

Blood flow restriction and hypertrophy + why you need heavy loads for joints 29.03.2025 2:26:23 ↓

Nick Ronick of BFR FAME joints us for this one where we cover how BFR works, what it's best used for, what its limitations are, and why you need heavy loads for joints.

Cooking our detractors 15.03.2025 1:49:36 ↓

Chris and I discuss the difference in "science" and "evidence based" and why they aren't the same. And why "evidence based" is a lower standard to use than true science. We also spend plenty of time cooking our "detractors".

Why sleep loss isn't killing gains - Why high reps (probably) DON'T build the same amount of muscle 01.03.2025 2:48:13 ↓

This is a great one overall where we cover sleep, high vs low reps and why they probably aren't equal and TONS of other stuff

The bulking debate - with Ella, TNF, and Alan Aragon 16.02.2025 3:19:00 ↓

Today (sans Chris) we did a roundtable on all of the "bulking talk", went over the mechanistic and longitudinal data, and then the practical application of whether or not a surplus is required to maximize growth.

Why hypertrophy gains HAVE to have strength gains and Q&A #1 01.02.2025 2:33:54 ↓

Chris and I refute the crappy article written by a dufus that says that hypertrophy gains don't always have strength gains to go with them AND some Q&A answered.....

Why mechanisms > outcome data 07.12.2024 2:13:13 ↓

Chris and I explain what the long term mechanistic data will always outweigh that of outcome data, and all the ridiculous examples of where outcome data has led people astray

Max Strength vs Max Hypertrophy 10.11.2024 2:00:01 ↓

Chris and I talk about the adaptations needed for strength development versus that of muscle growth

Why neuromechanical matching is REAL and determines prime movers 22.09.2024 2:15:29 ↓

Go to Chris' article at Medium on all of these studies... https://sandcresearch.medium.com/what-is-the-principle-of-neuromechanical-matching-6e214c299dab

Why eccentrics WILL NOT "build a lot of muscle" 11.08.2024 1:36:04 ↓

Chris and Paul talk about why it's a myth that slow eccentrics will build a lot of muscle

Bret Contreras and lengthened partials 13.07.2024 3:36:07 ↓

We had Bret on to talk butt stuff but we ended up getting into the lengthened partial stuff at depth

The difference in LENGTH and STRETCH - why ACTIVATION is more important than force production 29.06.2024 2:34:50 ↓

Chris and I go over a bunch of stuff in this one The difference in lengthen and stretch Why activation is more important than force production Why we don't debate people and why it would solve zero Why edema and swelling will still be present in most studies (conflating the hypertrophy measurements) Why frequency matters

All about progressive overrrr....errrrr weekly stimulus part 2 and the over warm-up method 15.06.2024 2:07:18 ↓

What was meant to start off as a pod on progressive overload turned into Chris and I continuing to spitball about the weekly net stimulus and then my old over-warm up method

Tempo, Pauses, Isometrics and isoholds... 18.05.2024 1:52:47 ↓

To put an end to the non stop questions about if you should pause, or not pause, or what isometrics do, or how tempo works..........

HOW cardio can kill your GAINZ 04.05.2024 2:21:53 ↓

Chris and I go over the ways and hows that cardio CAN kill gains, and the way to approach cardio to minimize the gain killing

What's the best split for weekly net stimulus? 20.04.2024 2:30:26 ↓

Chris and I brainstorm in this session over a model we are working on to help people figure out their ideal (optimal?) split, volume, and how this adds up to the "weekly net stimulus"

Breaking down Henselmans' Hypertrophy Model 07.04.2024 1:59:51 ↓

Chris and I go through Menno Henselmans hypertrophy model and talk about the principles used to outline it