In today’s giant video/video podcast, I’m discussing Dr. Mike Israetel’s popularized method for mesocycle progression. He prefers to cycle volume and increase sets over the weeks, and he has some interesting rationales for doing so. I will be playing some clips from him where he outlines some of this rationale and I will be reacting to it here. Hope it will be insightful for everyone! Time-Stamps: 2:04 - How I program for hypertrophy 5:33 - How Mike and RP programs for hypertrophy 8:45 - The number of variables changed over the weeks 10:45 - Increases in set numbers 13:37 - Why progress weight but not sets? 16:51 - Using soreness and pumps as indicators for volume increases? 18:45 - What ‘overload’ means? 22:59 - Your optimal volume changes over a mesocycle 29:31 - Prioritizing load progression is suboptimal and potentially dangerous 42:04 - All things equal, more sets will make you grow more 50:20 - Conclusion Website/coaching: http://abelssd.com/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableselfdevelopment/ Insta: @SSD AbelWebsite/coaching: http://abelssd.com/ Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sustainableselfdevelopment/ Insta: @SSD Abel Video podcast clips linked: James Walsham’s hypertrophyHub Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSQQrQhzByc The Half-natty podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-half-natty-podcast/id1460757432 Omar Isuf’s channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBBYOc7M02o Mike’s mesocycle progression explained: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L9pc-Pb9Bo