431: Reps for Gains

The Dumbbells

Headgum

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Comedy, Comedians, Eugene Cordero, Ryan Stanger, Weights, Exercise, Health, The Dumbbells, Gym

5 • 612 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Erin and Ryan help you navigate the age old question, How many reps do you really need to get the muscle growth you are looking for?? We throw around terms like "one rep max," "eek out one more," and try to pronounce hypertrophy correctly. Listen and learn bell babies!

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:12.0	This is Aaron McGowan, Certified Personal Trainer and Doorbreaker.
0:17.3	This is Ryan Stanger, a certified personal trainer and tenured professor.
0:21.1	Did you found the dumbbells, a comedy fitness podcast.
0:25.0	Committed to bring you inspiration.
0:27.0	Motivation.
0:28.2	And sometimes information.
0:31.7	Hey, dumbbells, let's get dumb, dude.
0:35.9	Dude, I mouthed your part of the intro.
0:43.0	I felt my lips moving and I was like, why am I, what are they moving for?
0:47.1	And it was your part of it.
0:50.2	You know, like I was so, yeah, like I was so nervous about when I would come in
0:55.6	that I had to...
0:56.2	I've rehearsed it so much that I was mouthing your part.
1:02.0	Man, you know, this...
1:03.6	It's dorky, but, you know, we'll let it slide.
1:06.2	Dorky, dorky, who knows what that means?
1:08.1	So we're getting into the...
1:09.8	We're getting into reps today.
1:11.3	And it seems basic, but there's more to it than that.
1:15.2	And I think that there's-
1:17.1	How many reps?
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