#42 - How Hard Should We Train? ft. John Meadows (2/5)

About this episode

In this episode, Jeff Nippard continues the 'How Hard' miniseries by discussing training intensity and volume with expert John Meadows.

This is part 2 of the "How Hard" miniseries where I'll be asking 5 different experts the same question: "How hard should we train in the gym?" Timestamps: How hard should you train?: 0:00 Do you rank volume or intensity higher? 15:16 Do people mess up RPE? & "Fake progressive overload" 18:16 How fatiguing is going to failure? 22:07 How often do you train "beyond failure"? 23:56 You can also listen on: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-jeff-nippard-podcast/id905054765 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5TkwWmQEiYHx8vkYjisIQo Watch my "How Hard Should You Train?" compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyDaxYpW8o Find John Meadows here: https://www.youtube.com/user/mountaindog1 https://www.instagram.com/mountaindog1/?hl=en

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Nippard

Guest: John Meadows

Topics covered

• training intensity
• training volume
• RPE
• progressive overload
• training to failure

Keywords

• training intensity
• volume
• RPE
• progressive overload
• failure training

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