Brady Holmer

Yes, heart rate increases during strength training, but it is not a form of quote unquote cardio or endurance aerobic exercise.

Yeah, I think with regard to order and exercise selection, I mean, you would think somebody like Dr. Bradshaw and Fode would be very hyper-focused on you need to pick the perfect order and the perfect exercise to optimize hypertrophy.

And, you know, him being an experienced lifter and bodybuilder, physique competitor himself.

But he really seemed unconcerned with it.

And, you know, when he was really talking about it, I think this goes back to focusing on execution rather than perfection.

He just says...

the muscles that you want to get bigger, train those first, and then train the muscles that you aren't as concerned about growing afterwards.

And same thing with exercise selection.

There are lots of exercises that could target the muscles that you might want to grow bigger.

So whether you choose a squat or a deadlift or a leg extension, you know, it might not matter.

Just

Make sure to, if you want your legs to grow, then do leg exercises and make sure you're getting the quality sets and reps and time under tension for those muscle groups.

And really don't just get focused on the kind of nuances maybe.

Obviously, there are people who are interested in that.

But when thinking about what exercises to do, what order to do them in, it seemed pretty straightforward.

Just focus on what you want to get larger.

Do those exercises first and then kind of everything then comes after.

There are lots of different types of exercises and people can choose the ones that they enjoy the most and that are going to obviously, you know, help them grow, but also reduce their injury risk using machines versus free weights.

He didn't seem to be concerned with that either.

And even cited some meta analyses showing, you know.