Can You Really Get Ripped Training Just Twice a Week? | Dr Brad Shoenfeld

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šŸ’¬ ā€œThere's compelling evidence now that with a fairly minimalistic routine you can see very good resultsā€ ~Dr Brad Schoenfeld āš”ļø Dr Brad Schoenfeld is the go-to guy when it comes to muscle building advice. Known as ā€œThe Hypertrophy Specialistā€, he’s authored more than 200 scientific papers on the subject and his work is cited by fitness professionals around the world. āš”ļø In this episode Brad and I discuss the trend of science-based lifting, cutting through the noise of all the advice out there, to help you choose the stuff that’s really going to help you the most. šŸŽ§ Stay tuned to find out: āž”ļøŽ Whether you can get in shape with just one session a week āž”ļøŽ Why you don’t need to train to failure for the best results (and how many reps to do) āž” Why free weight exercises aren’t superior to machines āž”ļøŽ The science of supersets and drop sets āž”ļøŽ Why you might not need a full range of motion to build muscle šŸ“• Chapters (1:06) The rise of science based lifting (2:50) Where do beginners start? 4:09 How many gains in 1 session per week? (5:57) Training to failure (8:46) Are you training hard enough? (12:13) Machines vs free weights (16:32) How many reps should you do? (24:36) Rest periods (27:30) Supersets (29:00) Drop sets (30:23) Lengthened partials (33:22) Creatine hyper responders (35:10) Is muscle memory real? (38:41) The pump (41:26) Putting it all into action šŸ“± Connect with me: TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr šŸ“± Connect with Brad: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bradschoenfeldphd/Ā  Website: https://www.lookgreatnaked.com/Ā  šŸ”„ Get my free weekly newsletter filled with easy to action health tips, interesting facts and science to fill your curiosity: https://drkaran.beehiiv.com/subscribe šŸ”„ For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book ā€œThis Book May Save Your Lifeā€: https://geni.us/DrKaranBookĀ  šŸŽ™ļø An OG Podcasts production.