New science on the optimal training volume: extreme training for

Most evidence-based fitness professionals recommend a training volume of 10-15 sets per muscle group per week. I’ve recommended 10-30 sets in my interviews the past years for most individuals with some outliers using higher volumes, like IFBB Pro Nina Ross. The truth is, even I may have been overly conservative.   I recently posted the results of a training study co-authored by Mike Israetel in which the participants kept making good progress as they pushed up their training volume to 32 sets of squats per week.   I noted that the claim of the authors that this is the highest

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Westside began using the Soviet system in late 1981. It was trial and error, but our lifts were going up at a fast rate. It would seem we were on

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A Thorough Breakdown of the “Extreme Volume Study” • Stronger by

A Thorough Breakdown of the “Extreme Volume Study” • Stronger by

How many reps do you need to build muscle? It depends on your