018 Pauses, Stretching, and Partials
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris unpack Reg Park’s calf-specialisation phase before discussing the physiology of pauses: when they work, when they don’t, and how they c...
22 Sep 20251h 24min
017 Exercise Selection - How to pick the exercises needed to maximally develop a muscle
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris discuss Sig Klein’s extensive routine and use it as a springboard to tackle one of the biggest programming questions: how much exercise...
15 Sep 20251h 22min
016 Training Splits - Why upper/lower, torso/limbs, push/pull, and other split routines face the same problem
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris revisit Joe Weider’s early 1940 full-body program before breaking down the central problem that all split routines face: supraspinal CN...
8 Sep 20251h 14min
015 Training Frequency - Why 3x per week beats 2x even if MYOPS is still elevated
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris explore Sig Klein’s early A/B full body routine from the pre-steroid bodybuilding era before examining the claim that elevated myofibri...
1 Sep 20251h 12min
014 Training Frequency - What the long-term studies actually show
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris explore the lesser-known silver-era bodybuilder Floyd Page’s 1952 full-body routine before unpacking the topic of training frequency, l...
25 Aug 20251h 14min
013 Neuromechanical Matching: Everything you need to know (but few do)
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley unpack one of Peary Rader’s Silver Era “advanced beginner” routines, before a deep dive into the principle of Neuro...
18 Aug 20251h 29min
012 How to build muscle with isometric training
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley break down an isometric method from bodybuilding legend and first Mr Universe, John Grimek. They explore how maxima...
11 Aug 20251h 8min
011 Why the idea that a single exercise can train the whole muscle and “bias” a region is false
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley dive into a 1955 arm specialization routine from Peary Rader and use it as a launchpad to challenge one of the most...
4 Aug 20251h 6min
