Hypertrophy Past and Present
By Chris Beardsley and Jake Doleschal
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Episodes: 45
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A deep dive into the science of muscle growth. Hosted by Chris Beardsley and Jake Doleschal, this podcast explores hypertrophy training through the lens of pre-steroid era bodybuilding and modern muscle physiology.
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045 Training a muscle 2x per week - Full Body vs Upper/Lower
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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044 How to write a fat loss training program
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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043 How to design the ultimate glute program
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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042 How to build the biggest arms possible
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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041 New study shows twice as much volume doesn't cause extra muscle growth
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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040 This new study will change how you think about fatigue
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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039 How to instantly increase your strength (through motivational techniques)
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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038 Periodisation for hypertrophy is pointless (unless you do this)
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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037 How to grow muscle only training once per week
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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036 Dorian Yates, Maximalist Programming, and Neuromechanical Matching
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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035 Which advanced methods work? Cluster sets, drop sets, pre-fatigue, and more!
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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034 Voluntary activation deficit: exercise selection, muscle mass, and form
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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033 How to write programs that satisfy client expectations AND really work
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Jan 04, 2026 |
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032 Common training mistakes to avoid in 2026
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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031 How steroids and TRT increase injury risk (and how modifying your training might help)
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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030 Everyone's wrong about muscle activation + how to compare hypertrophy programs (WNS)
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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029 Elevated MPS ≠ muscle growth
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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028 How does dieting affect hypertrophy?
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Nov 30, 2025 |
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027 Are 4 reps optimal?! New study: stimulating reps vs volume load
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Nov 23, 2025 |
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026 How does insufficient sleep affect hypertrophy / atrophy?
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Nov 16, 2025 |
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025 How does insufficient sleep affect training?
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Nov 09, 2025 |
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024 Training, hypertrophy, and recovery for older people
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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023 Fatigue accumulation and what to do about it.
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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022 How intra-workout carbohydrates reduce supraspinal CNS fatigue
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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021 Why Counting “Half Sets” for Secondary Muscles Doesn't Make Sense
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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020 How to program a muscle specialisation phase
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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019 Cluster Sets – How they work and how to use them
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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018 Pauses, Stretching, and Partials
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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017 Exercise Selection - How to pick the exercises needed to maximally develop a muscle
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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016 Training Splits - Why upper/lower, torso/limbs, push/pull, and other split routines face the same problem
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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015 Training Frequency - Why 3x per week beats 2x even if MYOPS is still elevated
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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014 Training Frequency - What the long-term studies actually show
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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013 Neuromechanical Matching: Everything you need to know (but few do)
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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012 How to build muscle with isometric training
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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011 Why the idea that a single exercise can train the whole muscle and “bias” a region is false
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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010 Warming up - what does it really achieve?
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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009 Work capacity - what it is and how to improve it
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Jul 20, 2025 |
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008 Training Frequency - what to consider if you want to train every day
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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007 Do all training programs maximise hypertrophy eventually?
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Jul 06, 2025 |
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006 Strength - the mechanisms that increase strength, and why hypertrophy must make us stronger
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Jun 29, 2025 |
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005 Training volume and post workout fatigue - how many sets are recoverable in 48 hours?
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Jun 22, 2025 |
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004 Training splits and exercise selection - 3 sets of 1 exercise or 1 set of 3 exercises?
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Jun 15, 2025 |
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003 Training splits - what to consider when splitting full body workouts into upper / lower workouts
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Jun 08, 2025 |
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002 How long does the growth stimulus last after a training session?
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Jun 01, 2025 |
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001 Training frequency - why the diminishing returns of volume makes higher frequencies better
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May 25, 2025 |