In this episoe Dr. Mike Israetel and Dr. Eric Helms go head to head at discussing whether or not increasing set volumes week to week is the best way to progress our training for optimal hypertrophy. This is part I of our discussion, in a week part II will drop!

Time-Stamps:

0:45 - Why Mike thinks we should increase sets week to week?

10:15 - How Eric likes to set up a mesocycle's progression

18:05 - Does your MAV change over the course of a mesocycle?

23:17 - Are low volumes more effective after deloading?

28:45 - How Eric likes to manipulate volume

34:28 - Why Mike doesn't use strength gains as his main/only proxy

42:42 - Eric's rebuttal

49:40 - Mike's recommendation for finding your optimal voluime

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