Surprise surprise, the volume month gets extended a little bit!

This week, Brian Minor, comes on to talk about progressive overload, training volume and how these factors influence muscle growth.

Brian is a natural bodybuilder, writer, and overall, super knowledgeable fitness professional who is always a pleasure to listen to about these topics.

Time-Stamps:

2:10 - Is volume or progressive overload causing muscle growth?

5:04 - Further clarifying how muscle growth is stimulated

8:15 - Is training 1 rep shy of failure more effective than training 3-4 reps away from failure?

12:59 - The real role of progressive overload - and how its misunderstood by many

18:02 - Can you gain muscle by lifting the same load for the same reps as you did the last session?

23:32 - Is getting as strong as possible the best way to get as big as possible?

27:20 - Is it ok if your strength gains slow down on a high volume routine?

34:04 - Central fatigue -does it really exist?

42:13 - Junk volume - does it really exist?

46:56 - Mike Israetel's volume progression and how optimal it is

55:45 - How much volume do you do and how much did you have to increase it over time?

1:02:22 - Where can we find your work?

Our blog and courses:

https://www.sustainableselfdevelopment.com/

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Brian's resources:

INsta: https://www.instagram.com/bdminor/

Website: http://myojournal.com/