You’re Not Doing Hypertrophy | Starting Strength Radio #240

The human body does not change under suboptimal stress because it doesn't have to. The dogma ex-phys people are still pursuing is that higher reps produce better hypertrophy than sets of five with heavy weights. Hypertrophy is an increase in the size of muscles. The amount of weight lifted, aka intensity, is the primary driver of hypertrophy.

04:19 Comments from the Haters!

14:20 Hypertrophy

21:41 The phenomenology

31:44 You are not strong enough/Stress management

38:35 People are scared of lifting heavy weights

50:21 PRs are what matter