TMHS 862: Build Muscle, Beat Fatigue, & Get Fit AF Over 40! - With Jay Ferruggia

The Model Health Show

Shawn Stevenson

Fitness, Health & Fitness, Motivation, Wellness, Nutrition, Health, Sex, Selfhelp

4.8 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2025

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

If you want to get in the best shape of your life in 2025, there are a few key principles you need to understand. Especially if you have a busy schedule or want to maximize results, having the proper knowledge on how to reach your goals is key. On this episode, you’re going to learn how to build muscle effectively.

Today, my friend Jay Ferruggia is back on The Model Health Show to share his proven fitness strategies. Jay is an elite fitness and mindset coach with over three decades of experience in the fitness industry. What I love about Jay is that he is passionate about helping folks build their strongest bodies ever in the most realistic, straightforward way.

In this interview, Jay is sharing the best ways to manage fatigue, how to find the optimal number of sets per workout, what it means to train to failure, and how to create a training program that works for you. You’re also going to learn about progressive overload, the best exercises for certain muscle groups, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this interview with the one and only, Jay Ferruggia!

In this episode you’ll discover:

What creates fatigue, and how to manage it.
The optimal number of sets per workout.
Which muscle groups recover the slowest.
What volume means.
How to define junk volume.
The best training split for maximum results.
How to train to failure.
What progressive overload is.
The three best leg exercises for people over 40.
Which muscle group most people neglect to train.
How to effectively train your shoulders.
What carb cycling is, and how to use it for muscle growth.
How to calculate how much protein to eat.
The best way to incorporate cardio into your routine.
Why focus is key to upgrading your fitness.

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0:00.0	You are now listening to The Model Health Show with Sean Stevenson. For more, visit the modelhealth
0:06.5	show.com. Today we're carrying on this mission of getting into the best shape of our lives in
0:18.5	2025. Now, if you're listening to this in the future, this is still going to
0:22.5	apply, but what I wanted to do was to deliver you some of the most powerful insights, tactics,
0:29.1	strategies from the very best people in the world when it comes to transforming the human body.
0:37.2	And today's guest checks all the boxes.
0:40.7	He's trained the best of the best.
0:42.5	We're talking about Major League baseball players, NFL, the WWE.
0:49.1	The WWE is popping right now.
0:51.5	And the physiques are on prime display display and our special guest is behind many of
0:57.9	these bodies and has also worked with just everyday folks who are wanting to get in phenomenal
1:03.8	shape to have the energy that they want to create the lives that they want he really knows his
1:10.5	stuff three decades 30 years in training
1:15.1	at a high level. He has refined it to its finest points. And that's what he's going to be sharing
1:21.0	here with us today. And I think you're going to be surprised in the simplicity when you break it all down.
1:28.0	Now, some of this can sound complex because there's so many options.
1:32.3	But he's going to continue to boil it down to its simplest parts because changing our body is indeed very simple.
1:40.3	Now, nobody said it was easy because we all have our own unique life circumstances,
1:48.4	you know, current levels of fitness and all the things. But the road there to the body that we
1:54.5	want, to the health that we want, it is incredibly simple. And especially when you've got
1:59.4	decades and a lot of science to back
2:01.9	up your perspective and your insights and your tips and your strategies, it's really about
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