3min chapter

The Revive Stronger Podcast cover image

367: High Loads Vs. Low Loads For Hypertrophy - Brad Schoenfeld

The Revive Stronger Podcast

CHAPTER

Mechanical Stress and Muscle Hypertrophy

Higher reps are inherently more fatiguing than lower reps, which was always surprising to me because like you said, acutely, I could see that. And again, it's also important to point out that it also would be exercise dependent. The type of fatigue that you're going to experience throughout with the metabolic acidosis that's building up through the circulatory system would be different if you're just doing leg extensions. So anyway, we're looking at it from a technical standpoint, mechanical stress is more technically sound term but the term mechanical tension is used throughout the literature.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode