Eric, Jeff, and Alberto discuss how they program their own and their athletes’ training differently than they used to. The coaches talk about how to apply new training techniques and understandings, the benefits of being open-minded, exercise selection, managing fatigue, range of motion, and a lot more. If you’ve been wanting to learn more about training at longer muscle lengths and lengthened partials, this is a great episode to listen to. The coaches go through how to train at longer muscle lengths, potential reasons behind why doing so is beneficial for hypertrophy, and which muscles might benefit the most from lengthened partials.

Timestamps

0:00- Introduction

3:15- How Alberto’s programming is different today than it was in 2010

5:54- The shift from tracking volume as total tonnage to tracking volume as hard sets

10:46- How Jeff’s programming is different today than it was in 2010

16:47- How Eric’s programming is different today than it was in 2010

46:50- Range of motion

54:58- Being open-minded and observing things in a dispassionate way

1:05:28- Overthinking vs. Thinking and actually learning

1:12:06- How to apply new techniques and understandings

1:14:00- How to train at longer muscle lengths and potential reasons behind why doing so is beneficial for hypertrophy

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