027 Are 4 reps optimal?! New study: stimulating reps vs volume load
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past & Present, Jake and Chris use a 1967 Bill Pearl program to jump from the silver era into the early steroid era, showing how training volume exploded once anabolics...
23 Nov 20251h 12min
026 How does insufficient sleep affect hypertrophy / atrophy?
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past & Present, Jake and Chris dive into a Bill Pearl full-body routine, using it as a bridge between the pre-steroid silver era and the early anabolic era. From there,...
16 Nov 20251h 19min
025 How does insufficient sleep affect training?
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past & Present, Jake and Chris break down Bob Hoffman’s basic athletic program through a modern physiology lens and unpack how insufficient sleep impacts training perfo...
9 Nov 202555min
024 Training, hypertrophy, and recovery for older people
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 te...
2 Nov 20251h 4min
023 Fatigue accumulation and what to do about it.
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 over...
27 Okt 20251h 6min
022 How intra-workout carbohydrates reduce supraspinal CNS fatigue
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 + ho...
19 Okt 202558min
021 Why Counting “Half Sets” for Secondary Muscles Doesn't Make Sense
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 counting...
13 Okt 20251h 7min
020 How to program a muscle specialisation phase
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:Peary Rader...
6 Okt 20251h 21min
