Caution and Controversy in Training to Failure for Muscle Growth

In episode #7 of MASS Office Hours, Dr. Eric Trexler is joined by Dr. Mike Zourdos. They discuss concurrent training, proximity to failure, extremely high training volumes, extra-high protein intake, limitations of rodent research, the importance of behavior change models, and much more. Our next episode will be a pre-recorded episode, and it will be uploaded on November 1st. We'll be back to live episodes at 7pm (eastern time) on November 8. If you'd like to submit a question, please use this link: https://forms.gle/9Ah39mefs8cuVa9H7 Time stamps: 0:00 Introduction 1:57 Concurrent training and the interference effect 14:39 Walking with a weighted vest 19:42 Extra-high protein intakes 24:32 Super-high-volume training (new study) https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37796222/ 35:45 Managing volume and fatigue 47:39 Progressing set volume and RPE/RIR 57:34 Training to failure (new meta-analysis) https://sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/295 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36334240/ 1:16:30 Interesting things we’ve learned 1:36:11 Concluding remarks