Ep 858: From Effort to Size - The Hypertrophy Standard Explained

Power Athlete Radio

Power Athlete

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.8 • 614 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

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John Welbourn & Certified Power Athlete Coach, Dr Ben Skutnik, break down what’s really holding most athletes back from building size, why typical hypertrophy training falls short and exactly how the upcoming Hypertrophy Standard Seminar at Power Athlete HQ, (May 29–30, 2026) is designed to fix it. This is not a lecture. Not a boring seminar. It's a 2-day, hands-on training experience designed to fix what’s holding you back. This isn’t theory. It’s coached lifting, real-time feedback, and direct access to John and the Team. Limited access, only 50 spots and selling fast!! Claim your spot: https://powerathletehq.com/thehypertrophystandard/ Shownotes: https://bit.ly/PARep858 Check out what we do: Training - https://powerathletehq.com/training Nutrition - https://powerathletehq.com/nutrition Knowledge - https://academy.powerathletehq.com Click on the link to see the companies we use and support 👉 https://powerathletehq.com/partners/ Follow Ben on Insta https://www.instagram.com/benskutnik/ Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	You're listening to Power Athlete Radio, a podcast dedicated to empowering your performance every damn day.
0:08.4	Join former NFL Pro and Power Athlete founder John Wellborn as he dissects the greatest minds in strength, conditioning, and more.
0:17.0	So whether your goal is to be the hammer, destroy mediocrity, or simply move the dirt, you've come to the right place.
0:24.5	Now with the warm up done, let the gains begin.
0:27.2	Well, we are here to talk a little bit about the power athlete, hypertrophy standard, or what we call the hypertrophy seminar.
0:33.7	And where this came about is, as you guys might be aware or not aware or living under a rock,
0:39.6	we've been running these Hammer 90 tests.
0:41.7	And what we've been doing is kind of taking small segments of power athlete, pulling them
0:46.6	aside and doing custom programming, nutrition, macros, team meetings, private discord,
0:53.2	and created this really cool boutique
0:55.0	experience. And as we got into it, you know, people adhere to the calories, they adhere to the
1:01.0	macros, their food, people are getting incredible results. But as we were going back and
1:06.0	looking at some of the body, like body scans and dexas scans and whatnot, certain people put on a lot more muscle than
1:13.0	other people. And for the most part, the macros were super consistent across the group. I mean,
1:19.0	not identical. Some people got a little bit more, but everybody was within the same kind of
1:22.6	macronutrient ratios following the same training program. And why is it that certain people put on more muscle than others?
1:29.3	The only thing or the only variable we can't account for is actually the execution of the movements
1:36.3	and them chasing relative intensity in the gym because we don't have eyes on that.
1:40.3	So we wanted to do is create an event to get all these power athlete people here so that we
1:44.9	can actually put our hands on them, get into it, understand the mechanisms of hypertrophy,
1:48.9	and then have some fun training and try to see if we can get people a little bit farther than
1:52.9	they were. Yeah, you know, and you mentioned like maybe you've been living under the rock.
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