How I Built A Better Physique By Doing Less

About this episode

Emma discusses how reducing her training frequency improved her physique and shares insights on muscle growth and effective training strategies.

In this episode of Empowered Radio, Emma breaks down one of the biggest mindset shifts she's made in her fitness journey: doing less to get more. Emma shares how she went from training six days a week with heavy cardio to four focused, intentional sessions - and how her physique actually improved as a result. She unpacks the science of muscle growth, explains the concept of Reps in Reserve (RIR), and calls out "junk volume" - the extra training that adds fatigue without adding meaningful stim...

People in this episode

Host: Emma Montgomery

Topics covered

• fitness
• mindset
• muscle growth
• training
• Reps in Reserve
• junk volume

Keywords

• fitness journey
• training sessions
• muscle growth
• Reps in Reserve
• junk volume

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