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Advanced training programming considerations

  • The podcast covers advanced training topics including injuries, hypertrophy insights, ideal step counts, and steroid use.
  • Discussion on maintaining muscle mass with injuries, particularly avoiding squats and deadlifts if painful, and utilizing alternative exercises.
  • Insights on stretch-mediated hypertrophy and its application across various muscle groups, and how new studies have influenced training approaches.
  • Exploration of different rep ranges and muscle fiber types to optimize training for advanced lifters and preferences for peaking strategies in competitions.
  • Steroid use is discussed, including cost-benefit analysis, with the guest sharing personal considerations about the potential use of steroids in the future.
  • The podcast aims to combine both scientific research and practical insights to enhance training strategies for advanced lifters.

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