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Hypertrophy | Starting Strength Radio #219

Mark Rippetoe | June 30, 2023

Rip talks about muscular growth and strength increases. He discusses why lifting light weights for high reps does not drive muscle growth and adding more volume doesn't mean you're "doing hypertrophy."

  • 02:47 Comments from the Haters!
  • 14:57 Ask a Brown
  • 17:38 Let’s talk about hypertrophy
  • 20:38 Phenomenology 
  • 36:19 Volume and stress are different
  • 42:30 You have to grind
  • 49:37 Theories must change with evidence
  • 59:22 Hypertrophy and a “cut"

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