"Maximizing Hypertrophy" with Dr. Brad Schoenfeld, feat. Rick Rignell, Exercise Physiologist

This week on the "Discover Strength Podcast" I had the privilege of sitting down with world renowned exercise scientist Dr. Brad Schoenfeld.

Dr. Schoenfeld is widely regarded as the world's leading expert on strength and hypertrophy. He's published well over 300 papers and multiple best selling fitness books. His work has been cited over 1,000,000 times on Researchgate, and he's been a highly sought after keynote speaker at exercise conferences around the world.

Dr. Schoenfeld joined me this week to discuss his recently published position stand for the IUSCA (International Universities Strength and Conditioning Association) "Resistance Training Recommendations to Maximize Muscle Hypertrophy in an Athletic Population: Position Stand of the IUSCA". The paper outlines the six most important factors to maximize muscular growth and what the research has to say about how to optimize this change in an athletic population. With little regard for time investment, this paper is still a fascinating look at how to get the absolute most out of your human potential.

Though very impractical from a time investment standpoint, this position stand still offers many fascinating insights on optimizing muscle growth. What's of more interest to our listeners in the second paper we discuss, also published this year, entitled "No Time to Lift? Designing Time-Efficient Training Programs for Strength and Hypertrophy: A Narrative Review". This paper has many more practical applications to our listeners as it targets the general population as opposed to athletes. It also focuses on what will give trainees the most "bang for their buck" from a strength and hypertrophy perspective in regards to abbreviated training.

For long time clients, you may not be surprised to hear that many of the recommendations in this paper sound eerily similar to what you already do on a regular basis in your own Discover Strength workouts. Workout hard, brief, and infrequent, and you'll get the vast majority of the hypertrophy and strength benefits that resistance training has to offer.

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Position Stand on Hypertrophy

No Time to Lift

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