177. Bodybuilding vs Sports Performance: Maximizing Strength/Hypertrophy for Athletic Gains
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By avoiding bodybuilding content, you're missing out on a crucial aspect of strength and hypertrophy development for sports performance. In this episode, I break down how learning from bodybuilding experts like Mike Israetel has made me a better coach. We'll dive into key truths, compare principles, and show how applying bodybuilding concepts can enhance your athletes' performance.
1:12 Analogy: consulting with someone else before giving advice
4:24 Truths of bodybuilding
6:16 Truths of sports performance
7:41 Truths of both
16:49 Comparing and contrasting the principles and variables of both
20:11 Real-life examples: proximity to failure/RIR/VBT, pump/metabolites, mechanical tension, "arm farm epiphany," rep ranges
35:56 Action items and value it provides
Episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/SxjMoLFCqCM
A thank you to this show's sponsors: FYTT, Samson Equipment, Isophit
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