How HARD Should You Train To Build Muscle?
I think how hard you should workout is one of the most important topics in fitness. If it turns out that pushing it as hard as possible …
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February 3, 2026
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I think how hard you should workout is one of the most important topics in fitness. If it turns out that pushing it as hard as possible …
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I'm uploading the full length, unedited discussions with each expert to my podcast! Watch the first one with Dr. Mike here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssObAJcuvHU Enjoy!
The good doctor looks a little enhanced. In the size of her facial features makes it seem like she was on some kind of HGH…. Essentially who cares? You don't know what you're talking about cuz you're a cheater
Depends:
1. You want to gain muscle: stop at 1 RIR.
2. You want to be stronger: 1-2 RIR
3. You want to be stronger, muscle is a good secondary benefit but exorcising those demons is why you do it: 0 RIR that mfker.
It is so hard to train with more RIR than 1 …
There is something I want to mention that I have realised hardly gets talked about in the bodybuilding community and that’s post workout insomnia. How many have you have trained at 6am and not been able to get to sleep still on the nighttime? Racing heart, a lot of energy, basically feel like you could go for a 6 mile run? This is down to a chemical imbalance. Your body is sensitive to stress. Muscle building is a stimulus caused by stress on the muscle. However if your training and doing drop sets, are pushing the boundaries your body is releasing a lot of cortisol. Add this with work, being a dad, paying bills, running a household etc. the more intense you train the more stress your causing your body and the more your fight or flight is going to kick in. This can last up to 24-48 hours. If your sensitive to stress you need to find something that’s going to work you because if your doing your training very intense and it is the trend to go to failure. You will find you are going to struggle with sleep. It’s caused Sympathetic Nervous system.
We need to build more muscle. 😤👍🔥
I’m a lone wolf in my gym, so being able to go to the gym and give my sessions a no reps in the tank effort very difficult.
I hope someone can give me advice.
So I've got some experience in weight training but this time round I don't want to build muscle to the max to be like a body builder or dead lifter. I just want enough to look more filled out, toned etc. how hard would i have to train? I currently do a full body workout 3 days a week around 40 minutes oer workout. I tend to do 3-4 sets of 10-20 reps until i struggle or fail to lift the last rep or until it ruins my form and i dont want to risk injury
11:07 I found that having one day for heavy lifting, and another for pure hypertrophy is a good mix. And I'm saying this for each major lift. So on monday, I will hit extremely heavy bench presses for sets of three to four repetitions, then I'll do back workouts with accessory lifts like rowing for sets of 8 to 12. One day a week I will do heavy squats, the next day of legs I will do accessory work, leg presses, and lighter sets of 10 on squat variations such as front squat, and wide stance squat.
I need help guys. So i am training six days a week. Before gyming i used to be a marathon runner but i dont run now since i am on a bulk. So my split is like this
Chest(4 games) triceps(2). And one game for abs to avoid getting fat during the bulk.
Back (4)bicep(2). And one game of abs to avoid getting fat.
Shoulder traps (4) legs(2)
And then repeat.
I have heard from a lot of people tht seven or six games a day is not as effective . But i feel like my muscles have energy left n are not truly exhausted if i am only doing 2 games or something. My sets are also high intensity to failure 7-8 reps on avg. And i am comsuming 110 g of protein (1.5g per kg).
Also a lot of people have been telling me tht i got buffed up insanely but i feel like after 4 months of training consistently and consuming protien consistently idk it feels like further growth isnt happening or im just being impatient.
25 WORLD RECORDS???!!!
I wish you could explain all this more in Laymans terms a little more simple
So in the end of the video, Greg Nuckols talks about that if you still feel sore/not recovered after about three days, your volume is probably too high. But in my case, I have a PPL split which I can only do once a week because I usually don't feel fully recovered after three days. I do 3 sets for each muscle, which I don't think is too much. Could my recovery issues be because I do all my sets at a RPE of 9.5/10?
It would be really helpful if somebody could answer:)
I hate these videos this should be a 2-5 minute video not 20.
also yikes stefi cohen
damn rip john meadows
These guys forget a crucial part of maximizing muscle growth. Even with a shitty workout program you can grow if you follow a diet for that end. But I liked the video, thanks for sharing it.
I just do one more rep than last time.
I've always just did 4 sets of two exercises (8 sets total) everyday for different muscles and I just add weight to progressively overload. Gets the job done nicely
Great video Jeff
I like how 90% of Jeff’s face cams you could switch across with any interview and you wouldn’t know
Jeff I love that you are the polar opposite of Dr. Mike. The very fact that he refers to himself as “doctor” is very illustrative of his overly inflated ego. I am also a doctor and nobody refers to my title unless it’s my alma mater asking me for money.
I love your modesty and focus on good science over lame humor. Keep it up please.
RIP John
Add weight or reps every workout. Eventually you will hit failure. When you plateau, add rest. It’s that easy.