In this episode of Hypertrophy Past & Present, Jake and Chris begin with another Leroy Colbert routine, this time examining an over 100 set silver-era routine. The conversation then explores whether you actually need to “feel” a muscle for it to grow, what the pump can tell us about muscle recruitment, and where the mind-muscle connection may or may not be useful.
Key topics include:
- Leroy Colbert’s extreme 10-set-per-exercise Silver Era routine
- Why “feeling” a muscle and getting a pump are not necessarily the same thing
- Why stretch, cramping, and soreness can be misleading indicators of muscle activation
- Mind-muscle connection, internal focus, and how they change muscle recruitment
- Why exercise selection may be a better solution than trying to force a mind-muscle connection
- When mind-muscle connection and isometric contractions may actually be useful
- Why constantly using a mind-muscle connection can interfere with progressive overload
- Why pre-fatiguing a muscle doesn’t cause the other muscles in a compound exercise to “do more work”
- What motor learning research tells us about training and practising skills while fatigued
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What is Hypertrophy Past and Present?
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.