Episode 462: Dr. Eric Helms - Importance Of Preference For Muscle Growth Strategies, Training/Nutrition Changes For His Book, and more.
Jul 3, 2024
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Dr. Eric Helms, a muscle growth expert and bodybuilder, discusses the importance of preference in muscle growth strategies, training changes for his book, and optimizing hypertrophy training. Topics include exercise selection, volume, intensity, nutrition, weight gain, and book updates. Insights on minimum effective dose, elbow tendonitis, and lengthened partials.
Dr. Eric Helms shifted focus to hypertrophy training, saw muscle growth by increasing volume and refining techniques.
Individual responses to training variables vary; personalized approaches are crucial for optimizing results.
Dr. Helms plans updates for his Muscle and Strength Pyramid, emphasizing proximity to failure, exercise selection, and technique.
Deep dives
Training for Hypertrophy and Transitioning to Bodybuilding
The podcast episode discusses the transition of Dr. Eric Helms from being a powerlifter to exclusively training for bodybuilding purposes. Dr. Helms explains that after 20 years of training, he decided to focus on hypertrophy training, pushing his limits closer to failure, increasing exercise volume, and refining exercise techniques. This shift allowed him to achieve a leaner physique and see significant muscle growth in his bodybuilding-focused off-season.
Individual Responses to Training Variables
Dr. Helms touches on the variability in individuals' responses to different training variables like volume, intensity, and frequency. He highlights the challenges in predicting individual responses and mentions the importance of personal factors, genetic predispositions, and muscle fiber typing. The discussion emphasizes the need for a systematic approach to determine optimal training parameters tailored to an individual's needs and responses.
The Muscle and Strength Pyramid Evolution
The podcast delves into the evolution of Dr. Eric Helms' Muscle and Strength Pyramid model. Dr. Helms reveals updates for the upcoming third edition, including reconsidering the inclusion of frequency on the pyramid infographic, focusing on delineating between minimum effective, effective, and optimized training doses for different goals and individuals. He plans to emphasize the significance of proximity to failure, exercise selection, and technique in the new edition to provide a comprehensive understanding of training principles.
Implementation of Minimum Intakes for Macronutrients and Calories
Focusing on simplifying nutrition recommendations, the podcast discusses setting functional minimums for macronutrients and calories to offer flexibility and customization. By emphasizing achieving minimum intakes for carbs, fats, and protein, individuals are encouraged to prioritize calorie and protein targets while allowing for greater dietary freedom based on personal preferences and real-world practicality.
Optimizing Muscle Growth Through Lengthened Position Training
Exploring the concept of enhancing muscle hypertrophy, the episode reviews the benefits of incorporating partial range and leaning back techniques in exercises such as leg extensions. By placing muscles in a lengthened position during high-tension exposure, like leaning back in leg extensions to target the rectus femoris, a more effective stimulus for muscle growth is achieved. These modifications challenge traditional exercise beliefs and underline the importance of muscle position for optimal hypertrophy.
In this episode, Dr. Eric Helms returns to discuss the Importance of preference for muscle growth strategies, training/nutrition changes for his book, and more
He shares the exciting updates coming to his Muscle and Strength Pyramid books and insights from his successful bodybuilding-focused offseason, explaining how he's optimized his training for hypertrophy after years as a multi-sport strength athlete! Plus, the science behind exercise selection, volume, and intensity, nutrition, offering practical advice for lifters at all levels.
This episode offers valuable knowledge so be sure to tune in!
Let’s talk about:
Introduction about Dr. Eric Helmes
Training
Volume
Coaching and recommendations
Elbow tendonitis
Manipulating frequencies
Minimum effective dose
Nutrition
Weight gain
Dr. Eric’s book
Lengthened partials, super sets
Where to find Dr. Eric
Dr. Eric Helms’ Instagram: helms3dmj Team3DMJ YouTube: HERE
Follow me on Instagram for more information and education: @jeffhoehn_
FREE 30 Min Strategy Call: HERE Body Recomp Masterclass: HERE Nutrition Periodization Masterclass: HERE How You Can Work With Me?: HERE Coaching application: HERE
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