FFF 044: The Science Of Maximum Muscle Building & Making Gainz - with Brad Schoenfeld PhD
The Food For Fitness Podcast | Nutrition | Training | Lifestyle | Healthy Living
Scott Baptie
4.8 • 631 Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2016
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Brad Schoenfeld PhD, is an internationally renowned muscle building expert, researcher, speaker and lifetime drug-free bodybuilder. He is a best-selling author of multiple fitness books and has published over 70 peer-reviewed research articles on exercise and sports nutrition.
In this episode of the podcast Brad will explain what the latest research says about muscle building. He’ll explain how often you might want to train if maximum muscle gain is your goal and why it might be more often than you expect, how much volume is needed per workout, the science on high repetitions vs low repetitions, why tempo may not be that important, the importance of de-loading and rest weeks, why you don’t need to ‘confuse the muscle’ as often as you think and lots more. If you want to make gains, then this podcast is going to help you avoid the broscience and make serious improvements to both your training and your physique.
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| 0:00.0 | Are you tired of falling off the proverbial fitness bandwagon? |
| 0:04.1 | Join us as we share simple, realistic, and above all, achievable weight loss advice |
| 0:09.5 | based on evidence gathered from helping hundreds of people look, feel, move, and perform better. |
| 0:15.5 | You don't need to starve yourself or hop on the latest fitness craze. |
| 0:19.1 | We'll show you how the smallest change can give you the largest impact. |
| 0:23.1 | Now join your healthy living host, Scott Baptee, for the Food for Fitness podcast. |
| 0:31.9 | Welcome to episode 44 of the Food for Fitness podcast, brought to you by foodfor Fitness.com. |
| 0:40.7 | I'm your host, Scott Bapty, and thank you again for joining me for this episode. |
| 0:46.6 | My guest this week is coming from the US. Dr. Brad Schoenfeldt is a world leading expert on the science of muscle building and body composition. |
| 0:58.0 | So a lot of people have been asking me to get someone to come on the show and talk about building muscle. |
| 1:02.7 | So that's why I did. I got one of the best in the industry to share his top insights with you. |
| 1:09.7 | Now in this episode, Brad will explain what the |
| 1:12.0 | latest research is saying about muscle building, how often you might want to train, why it might |
| 1:17.5 | be more often than you expect how much volume is necessary per workout, the science and the |
| 1:22.9 | difference between high repetitions and low repetitions, why tempo may not be as important as a lot of |
| 1:28.9 | people make out to be the importance of structuring rest weeks, why you don't need to confuse |
| 1:33.6 | the muscle as often you think, and lots more. Basically, anything related to muscle building |
| 1:38.7 | and training that I could think of, I asked Brad, in this episode, which makes it a real winner if your goal is to put on a bit of muscle. |
| 1:47.0 | So here we go, episode 44 of the Food for Fitness podcast with Brad Schoenfeld. |
| 1:53.9 | Hey Brad, welcome to the show. |
| 1:55.7 | Great to be with you, Scott. |
| 1:57.4 | Absolute pleasure. |
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