017 Exercise Selection - How to pick the exercises needed to maximally develop a muscle

15/09/2025 1h 22min Episodio 18
017 Exercise Selection - How to pick the exercises needed to maximally develop a muscle

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In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris discuss Sig Klein’s extensive routine and use it as a springboard to tackle one of the biggest programming questions: how much exercise variety do you really need for maximal growth?Key topics include:How neuromechanical matching explains which motor units get recruited firstVoluntary activation deficits - why bigger muscles and bigger lifts mean some motor units aren't recruitedHow to use unilateral work to meaningfully increase recruitmentWhy some muscles require greater exercise variation than others