About this episode

In this episode, Dr. Scott Stevenson discusses the common misconception of training intensity and its impact on muscle growth.

One of the biggest bottlenecks holding many back from reaching their ideal physique is that many people overestimate how hard they’re actually training. They believe they’re pushing their sets to failure…But in reality they often still have several reps left in the tank. When this happens, the training stimulus they think they’re creating doesn’t match the stimulus their muscles are actually receiving, which is one of the reasons so many people train for years yet still look the same. In this episode of the Chasing Clarity Health & Fitness Podcast, I’m joined once again by Dr. Scott Stevenson to explore whether the average trainee is truly pushing their sets hard enough to maximize muscle growth. We examine the research on load selection, effort regulation, reps in reserve accuracy, and training volume, and discuss why many lifters may unknowingly be training further from failure than they think. We also explore Dr. Stevenson’s hypothesis of there being a potential central governor in resistance training, and whether subconscious pacing may influence effort during high-volume training sessions. In this episode we cover: WHY MOST TRAINEES SELECT LOADS THAT ARE TOO LIGHT…

People in this episode

Host: Brandon DaCruz

Guest: Dr. Scott Stevenson

Topics covered

• muscle growth
• training intensity
• effort regulation
• reps in reserve
• hypertrophy
• load selection

Keywords

• muscle growth
• training intensity
• effort regulation
• reps in reserve
• hypertrophy
• load selection
• failure prediction

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