Junk Volume: What It Is & If It Actually Matters
About this episode
The episode discusses junk volume in training, its implications, and how to train more effectively.
Today, we talk about junk volume: what it is and why it actually matters. Junk volume is essentially training volume with little to no benefit. Typically this is after a muscle has had sufficient load and volume to reach a threshold where adaptation can occur but after this point, recovery is limited –or– junk volume can be associated with lower weights and higher reps. We talk about what junk volume looks like, the nuances to it, and what you can do to train smarter, not harder for optimal s...
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