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Originally Posted by
Richoldman
Hi Rip,
I watched your interview with Mike Israetel, because I started reading Israetel's book on hypertrophy. I enjoyed listening to you discuss good and bad coaching. At the same time, I wanted to hear a comparison of the two approaches to training - strength vs. hypertrophy. As an advocate of hypertrophy, Israetel states,"Fatigue and injury risk generated by loading greater than 85% 1RM increases exponentially." Presumably 85% 1RM is within the working range of strength training. Thus, he seems to be saying strength training is inherently dangerous when one gets to that level of intensity. Thoughts?