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Real Bodybuilding Podcast

TOP SET BACK OFF SET DONE RIGHT | John Jewett & Luke Miller | J3U Podcast Episode 74

Real Bodybuilding Podcast

Fouad Abiad

Sports

4.9891 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the J3U Podcast, John & Luke tackle the topic of the infamous top set/back off set structure of programming. We look at what the science says, and also what the real-life experience argues in regard to this topic, as well as how you can consider this structure for your own training. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the J3 University podcast. I am your host John Jewett.

0:19.0

And I am your co-host Luke Miller.

0:21.0

Our mission is to elevate the physique

0:23.4

coaching standard and deliver the highest level of competitors to the stage.

0:27.8

Let's jump into today's episode. Top Set, back offset, the secret to hypertrophy gains.

0:39.7

Is it, though, is it? Or is it just a wash? Is it worse for your gains? This holds near, dear, to Luke and

0:50.7

my heart just because we kind of came from this background.

0:55.0

That might be a little emotionally tied to strength progressions, but that's what we're

0:59.7

going to dive in today, so we're going to cover just our backgrounds, the science and what it says and then also just

1:06.4

reeling that back into the real life application and how this stuff really pans out when you're

1:11.6

your programming. Yeah, think I think a big aspect of that just to kick it off is

1:17.2

understanding hypertrophy as an adaptation is forgiving and that there is

1:22.1

multiple ways to stimulate hypertrophy and that the

1:26.7

multiple ways to skin a cat thought process is there we're just going to be

1:30.9

in discussing why we like this type of setup and potentially how you could use it and where you could use it because

1:36.7

There's definitely a psychological component to training when coaching someone that I think is so important to consider.

1:42.6

So I think, you know, starting from your side,

1:47.3

Power Lifter, strength has always been a forefront

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