The Minimum Effective Dose of Training (w/Dr. Pat Davidson)
Mark Bell's Power Project
Power Project Studios
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🗓️ 26 November 2025
⏱️ 113 minutes
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Dr. Pat Davidson joins Mark Bell to break down the real science behind volume, load management, genetics, movement, and what it actually takes to build muscle for life. From sprinting and plyometrics to bodybuilding and injury prevention, Pat explains how to train forever without breaking down.Follow Pat Davidson:@dr.patdavidsonhttps://www.drpatdavidson.net/CHAPTERS:00:00 - Intro00:40 - Interview Begins06:39 - Maximize Performance10:55 - Individual Training Outcomes15:58 - Contextual Fitness Concepts20:49 - Training Specificity24:50 - Injury Rates in Sports28:48 - Foot Strike and Biomechanics32:25 - Kind vs Wicked Training Environments38:41 - Principles of a Good Life40:40 - Movement and Functional Training45:53 - Resistance Training and Skeletal Structure52:15 - Ground Continuum Explained56:30 - Understanding Gravity in Fitness59:11 - Exercise Continuum Overview1:05:48 - Blood Work and Health Insights1:08:18 - Flaws in Exercise Classification1:10:24 - Matt's New Fitness Goals1:17:12 - Increasing Range of Motion1:26:00 - Preparing for Bodybuilding Competition1:28:35 - Learning to Flex Lats1:29:50 - Eccentric Overload Techniques1:36:21 - Methylene Blue & Cognitive Benefits1:38:31 - Understanding Hypertrophy1:44:01 - Where to Find Cody1:47:14 - Neck Health and Concerns1:52:54 - Conclusion and Wrap-UpSpecial perks for our listeners below!🥩 HIGH QUALITY PROTEIN! 🍖 ➢ https://goodlifeproteins.com/ Code POWER to save 20% off site wide, or code POWERPROJECT to save an additional 5% off your Build a Box Subscription!🩸 Get your BLOODWORK Done! 🩸 ➢ https://marekhealth.com/PowerProject to receive 10% off our Panel, Check Up Panel or any custom panel, and use code POWERPROJECT for 10% off any lab!🧠 Methylene Blue: Better Focus, Sleep and Mood 🧠 Use Code POWER10 for 10% off!➢https://troscriptions.com?utm_source=affiliate&ut-m_medium=podcast&ut-m_campaign=MarkBel-I_podcastBest 5 Finger Barefoot Shoes! 👟 ➢ https://Peluva.com/PowerProject Code POWERPROJECT15 to save 15% off Peluva Shoes!Self Explanatory 🍆 ➢ Enlarging Pumps (This really works): https://bit.ly/powerproject1Pumps explained: https://youtu.be/qPG9JXjlhpM?si=JZN09-FakTjoJuaW🚨 The Best Red Light Therapy Devices and Blue Blocking Glasses On The Market! 😎➢https://emr-tek.com/Use code: POWERPROJECT to save 20% off your order!👟 BEST LOOKING AND FUNCTIONING BAREFOOT SHOES 🦶➢https://vivobarefoot.com/powerproject🥶 The Best Cold Plunge Money Can Buy 🥶 ➢ https://thecoldplunge.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save $150!!➢ https://withinyoubrand.com/ Code POWERPROJECT to save 15% off supplements!
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| 0:00.0 | If you're old, previously injured, weak and out of shape, forget it. |
| 0:05.0 | Actual science, the meta analyses on volume, tend to show that more volume, if there's |
| 0:10.5 | more growth, the thing that gets everybody in trouble is too much, too soon, too fast. |
| 0:14.3 | I tell people that are really looking for more range of motion, if you really want to maximize |
| 0:19.1 | this, throw out your furniture. |
| 0:20.6 | You could do everything right and you can still to maximize this, throw out your furniture. You could do |
| 0:21.0 | everything right and you can still get hurt because the world isn't perfect. People's exercise |
| 0:26.2 | selection is far more arbitrary than they would like to admit. They just pick things because |
| 0:31.0 | they like things. I'm all in on bodybuilding because I want to compete in it. I need to compete |
| 0:36.5 | in something or I'll go crazy. |
| 0:39.8 | Hey, great to have you on the show today. Really appreciate you coming out. And we were just |
| 0:43.8 | talking a little bit before the show about how sometimes how hard it can be to manage what we're |
| 0:48.8 | doing just because it's so much fun. You tend to overdo it a little bit. I've been overdoing it |
| 0:53.1 | for decades here. So i almost don't know |
| 0:56.0 | any other way bodybuilding strong man uh m mma doesn't matter what it is you know i mean look i'm not |
| 1:04.8 | i'm not clueless about load management i'm you know i've studied all the stuff from australia |
| 1:09.8 | and tim gabett. I have learned from |
| 1:12.1 | smart people. I have a coach that kind of guides me so I can get out of my own way. That being said, |
| 1:19.2 | it's still, you know, there's things that are ingrained and I'm a big believer in hard work |
| 1:23.8 | and, you know, consistent daily effort and things like that. And the answer is always like |
| 1:31.1 | the opposite of typically what you're currently doing. Yeah, or in the middle, right? Somewhere in the |
| 1:35.9 | middle. I think, I think with all the research and all the information out there would be interesting |
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