The HyPaultrophy podcast

What is the range of effective reps for hypertrophy?

The HyPaultrophy podcast

Show Notes

In this episode Chris and I go over all of the data from the meta regression on training to failure, and reps in reserve. And show that there's no current data that says muscle growth happens at 8 reps in reserve, aside from the untrained elderly.

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