15. Menno Henselmans: Mechanisms of Hypertrophy, The Pump, Role of Strength Training, Periodization

Menno Henselmans is a former business consultant specialized in advanced statistics turned fitness researcher. He shares some fresh insights on the current evidence we have on the following topics: 1:44 Mechanisms of hypertrophy 8:26 Role of “the pump” 10:10 Importance of strength for hypertrophy 21:58 Low rep training, DUP, reverse pyramid sets 24:19 Progression schemes 28:01 Block periodization 31:03 Rates of gain 39:04 Length of massing phases and frequency of cuts Find Menno at: https://mennohenselmans.com/ IG: @menno.henselmans ------------------------------- Follow me on social media: YOUTUBE: www.youtube.com/c/AskDrSwole INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/dr_swole FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/drswole TIKTOK: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr_swole/ ------------------------------- About me: I'm a medical doctor and natural men’s physique athlete based in Vancouver, Canada. I seek to share science-based perspectives to help people lose fat and gain muscle. These will reflect the current expert consensus in the scientific bodybuilding community. I‘m lifetime drug-free and have been training since 2012. ------------------------------- Disclaimers: Consider seeing a physician to assess your readiness before beginning any fitness program. Information presented here is to be applied intelligently in the individual context. I do not assume liability for any loss incurred by using information in this podcast.