Eric Helms came onto the Weightlifting House podcast in December 2019 to talk about hypertrophy training and periodisation as it pertains to strength training. Due to other scheduled episodes, we were unable to release this podcast until now, though the information in it is timeless. Eric Helms is a coach, athlete, author, and educator, and …
Do hypertrophic adaptations lead to an increase in strength? The general consensus among most athletes and coaches for the last few decades has been that increases in hypertrophy, defined as ‘an increase in muscle size accompanied by an increase in myofibrillar protein (Taber)’, has a causal relationship with increases in strength, defined as ‘the ability …
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