Hypertrophy Past and Present
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Hypertrophy Past and Present

by Chris Beardsley and Jake Doleschal

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.

43 episodes
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1
043 How to design the ultimate glute program
1:30:39 Mar 16, 2026
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042 How to build the biggest arms possible
1:22:49 Mar 9, 2026
3
041 New study shows twice as much volume doesn't cause extra muscle growth
55:09 Mar 2, 2026
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040 This new study will change how you think about fatigue
1:25:53 Feb 23, 2026
5
039 How to instantly increase your strength (through motivational techniques)
1:17:57 Feb 16, 2026
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038 Periodisation for hypertrophy is pointless (unless you do this)
1:07:56 Feb 9, 2026
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037 How to grow muscle only training once per week
1:10:42 Feb 2, 2026
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036 Dorian Yates, Maximalist Programming, and Neuromechanical Matching
1:35:17 Jan 26, 2026
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035 Which advanced methods work? Cluster sets, drop sets, pre-fatigue, and more!
1:31:23 Jan 19, 2026
10
034 Voluntary activation deficit: exercise selection, muscle mass, and form
1:28:58 Jan 11, 2026
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033 How to write programs that satisfy client expectations AND really work
1:05:41 Jan 4, 2026
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032 Common training mistakes to avoid in 2026
1:31:20 Dec 28, 2025
13
031 How steroids and TRT increase injury risk (and how modifying your training might help)
1:16:31 Dec 22, 2025
14
030 Everyone's wrong about muscle activation + how to compare hypertrophy programs (WNS)
1:36:11 Dec 14, 2025
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029 Elevated MPS ? muscle growth
1:18:44 Dec 7, 2025
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028 How does dieting affect hypertrophy?
1:27:43 Nov 30, 2025
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027 Are 4 reps optimal?! New study: stimulating reps vs volume load
1:12:37 Nov 23, 2025
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026 How does insufficient sleep affect hypertrophy / atrophy?
1:19:57 Nov 16, 2025
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025 How does insufficient sleep affect training?
55:51 Nov 9, 2025
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024 Training, hypertrophy, and recovery for older people
1:04:26 Nov 2, 2025
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023 Fatigue accumulation and what to do about it.
1:06:03 Oct 27, 2025
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022 How intra-workout carbohydrates reduce supraspinal CNS fatigue
58:14 Oct 19, 2025
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021 Why Counting “Half Sets” for Secondary Muscles Doesn't Make Sense
1:07:30 Oct 13, 2025
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020 How to program a muscle specialisation phase
1:21:08 Oct 6, 2025
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019 Cluster Sets – How they work and how to use them
1:21:18 Sep 29, 2025
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018 Pauses, Stretching, and Partials
1:24:22 Sep 22, 2025
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017 Exercise Selection - How to pick the exercises needed to maximally develop a muscle
1:22:27 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
1:14:16 Sep 8, 2025
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015 Training Frequency - Why 3x per week beats 2x even if MYOPS is still elevated
1:12:15 Sep 1, 2025
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014 Training Frequency - What the long-term studies actually show
1:14:41 Aug 25, 2025
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013 Neuromechanical Matching: Everything you need to know (but few do)
1:29:45 Aug 18, 2025
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012 How to build muscle with isometric training
1:08:11 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
1:06:28 Aug 4, 2025
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010 Warming up - what does it really achieve?
1:13:55 Jul 28, 2025
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009 Work capacity - what it is and how to improve it
42:51 Jul 20, 2025
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008 Training Frequency - what to consider if you want to train every day
53:10 Jul 13, 2025
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007 Do all training programs maximise hypertrophy eventually?
59:40 Jul 6, 2025
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006 Strength - the mechanisms that increase strength, and why hypertrophy must make us stronger
1:14:25 Jun 29, 2025
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005 Training volume and post workout fatigue - how many sets are recoverable in 48 hours?
1:19:09 Jun 22, 2025
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004 Training splits and exercise selection - 3 sets of 1 exercise or 1 set of 3 exercises?
1:02:09 Jun 15, 2025
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003 Training splits - what to consider when splitting full body workouts into upper / lower workouts
57:14 Jun 8, 2025
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002 How long does the growth stimulus last after a training session?
1:06:26 Jun 1, 2025
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001 Training frequency - why the diminishing returns of volume makes higher frequencies better
49:57 May 25, 2025
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