What’s better for building muscle—progressive overload or muscular intention? This just so happens to be one of the biggest, most fiery debates in the muscle-building community. So in this episode, Ryan Faehnle, one of the top physique and performance coaches on the planet, joins me to discuss each of these popular training methods, including when and how you should use each of them in your workouts.

 

“Learn to listen and interpret your own body.”

- Ryan Faehnle

 

 

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Key Highlights:

⇾ Discover the 3 independent mechanisms for growth

⇾ Learn exactly when to pivot your training style

⇾ How to implement muscular intentions with progressive overload

 

Timestamps:

2:30 Why muscle activation is critical?

8:45 How exactly does the muscular intentions methodology work?

9:14 What is progressive overload?

9:50 The 3 independent mechanisms for muscle growth.

12:18 The biggest problem with solely focusing on progressive overload

18:20 Understanding your body’s recovery times

24:22 Learn exactly when to pivot your training style

35:17 Conventional gym “wisdom” debunked

39:48 How to implement muscular intentions with progressive overload

 

People Mentioned

• Greg Roskopf

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