#45 - How Important Is Failure & How Much Does Training Hard Matter? ft. Greg Nuckols

About this episode

In this episode, Jeff Nippard and guest Greg Nuckols discuss the importance of training intensity, failure, and various factors affecting muscle growth.

0:00 Intro 1:03 - How hard should you train? (Greg's answer) 4:19 - How important is failure for hypertrophy 13:55 - Is going to failure more risky or injurious? 26:53 - RPE for muscle growth: good or bad? 30:54 - Does it matter when you train to failure in a mesocycle? 34:45 - What is the low-end intensity threshold for muscle growth? 37:45 - Is volume or intensity more important? 44:43 - Rep range discussion Watch my "How Hard Should You Train?" compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyDaxYpW8o Find Greg Nuckols here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Strengtheory https://www.strongerbyscience.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gregnuckols/?hl=en

People in this episode

Host: Jeff Nippard

Guest: Greg Nuckols

Topics covered

• training intensity
• hypertrophy
• failure in training
• RPE
• muscle growth
• volume vs intensity
• rep range

Keywords

• training hard
• failure
• hypertrophy
• RPE
• muscle growth
• volume
• intensity
• rep range

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Strengtheory, Stronger By Science, Instagram

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