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Podcast: Think BIG Bodybuilding
Episode: Muscle Minds 144 How Many Of YOUR Reps Grow Muscle?
Description: Scott Stevenson explains the idea of effective reps and the value of understanding true failure to make your best progress, regardless of your weight training program. With Scott McNally TIME STAMPS BELOW | Muscle Minds Bodybuilding Podcast 144
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0:00 teaser
0:47 intro
2:00 The Idea of Effective Reps
5:20 gauging your max load
10:00 Defining “Hard Training”
15:00 How Many Reps Are Effective?
18:30 How much is too much?
24:00 Finding the right amount of stimulus
27:45 Redefining Failure (super important)
33:00 “Effective Time Under Tension”
37:00 Why old school guys don’t like RIR
45:00 Value of Widow Maker Sets
57:25 Optimal number of reps?
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