{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Hypertrophy Past and Present","title":"031 How steroids and TRT increase injury risk (and how modifying your training might help)","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4591,"description":"In this episode of Hypertrophy Past & Present, Jake and Chris break down Mike Mentzer’s “most productive” routine and use it as a turning point to discuss how training trends shifted across the Golden Era. From there, the conversation shifts to how anabolic steroid use increases tendon and ligament rupture risk and whether the rise of higher-rep training, shorter rest periods, machines, slower eccentrics, and lower frequency in the post-steroid bodybuilding era might partly reflect an unconscious attempt to manage connective tissue risk as drug use escalated.\nKey topics include:\nMike Mentzer’s two-way split (with rest days) and why it’s more “physiology-friendly” than most people expect\nThe tendon problem with anabolics: collagen synthesis, collagen breakdown, and possible disorganised tendon structure\nHeavy vs light loads in enhanced lifters\nBFR as a tool to reduce injury risk in enhanced lifters\nPractical programming to reduce injury risk","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/CJhjWFKhcK0h4C11sAyS9S4btLA7VgbHkoTw7LPZHTk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8wNDVi/MjE1YzM4ZmVlYzZj/OWEwMTA1Y2QwOGY2/ZDU0ZS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}