Dr. Layne Norton

Instead of doing three sets of eight, why don't we just do like six sets of four with that weight? Because now you're doing those first four reps, which you can move that weight faster. You're having greater force production and creating – The good stimulus, but with less fatigue. And so, again, that was kind of the hypothesis. And he did a meta-analysis, meta-regression that supported this.

Instead of doing three sets of eight, why don't we just do like six sets of four with that weight? Because now you're doing those first four reps, which you can move that weight faster. You're having greater force production and creating – The good stimulus, but with less fatigue. And so, again, that was kind of the hypothesis. And he did a meta-analysis, meta-regression that supported this.

Instead of doing three sets of eight, why don't we just do like six sets of four with that weight? Because now you're doing those first four reps, which you can move that weight faster. You're having greater force production and creating – The good stimulus, but with less fatigue. And so, again, that was kind of the hypothesis. And he did a meta-analysis, meta-regression that supported this.

And now some of the randomized control trials have come out and shown something similar. And in my experience, I was honestly shocked at – because he had all kinds of stuff to deal with when he first started training me because I still was dealing with a lot of back pain, a lot of hip pain. I hadn't really gotten that under control yet.

And now some of the randomized control trials have come out and shown something similar. And in my experience, I was honestly shocked at – because he had all kinds of stuff to deal with when he first started training me because I still was dealing with a lot of back pain, a lot of hip pain. I hadn't really gotten that under control yet.

And now some of the randomized control trials have come out and shown something similar. And in my experience, I was honestly shocked at – because he had all kinds of stuff to deal with when he first started training me because I still was dealing with a lot of back pain, a lot of hip pain. I hadn't really gotten that under control yet.

And when I got ready for Worlds in 2022, which I think we did our first podcast like the week after I had won Worlds – I worked up to being able to do like two or three hard sets of squats a week and deadlifts. And that was all I could do. That was all my body could tolerate before I get pain.

And when I got ready for Worlds in 2022, which I think we did our first podcast like the week after I had won Worlds – I worked up to being able to do like two or three hard sets of squats a week and deadlifts. And that was all I could do. That was all my body could tolerate before I get pain.

And when I got ready for Worlds in 2022, which I think we did our first podcast like the week after I had won Worlds – I worked up to being able to do like two or three hard sets of squats a week and deadlifts. And that was all I could do. That was all my body could tolerate before I get pain.

And so we did a lot of low load, relatively low, low for me, you know, 60 to 70% one RM for low rep number sets, but trying to move it as fast as possible. to keep that pain under control for me, but to get the stimulus.

And so we did a lot of low load, relatively low, low for me, you know, 60 to 70% one RM for low rep number sets, but trying to move it as fast as possible. to keep that pain under control for me, but to get the stimulus.

And so we did a lot of low load, relatively low, low for me, you know, 60 to 70% one RM for low rep number sets, but trying to move it as fast as possible. to keep that pain under control for me, but to get the stimulus.

And I was shocked at how strong I got because before in 2014, 15, when I was winning open national titles, I mean, I was doing 15, 20 hard sets of squats and deadlifts a week and way more for bench press. And so I always thought, well, that's how much I need to get to that level of strength. And even now, like, so we've been able to keep progressing it. Now I'm doing probably more like

And I was shocked at how strong I got because before in 2014, 15, when I was winning open national titles, I mean, I was doing 15, 20 hard sets of squats and deadlifts a week and way more for bench press. And so I always thought, well, that's how much I need to get to that level of strength. And even now, like, so we've been able to keep progressing it. Now I'm doing probably more like

And I was shocked at how strong I got because before in 2014, 15, when I was winning open national titles, I mean, I was doing 15, 20 hard sets of squats and deadlifts a week and way more for bench press. And so I always thought, well, that's how much I need to get to that level of strength. And even now, like, so we've been able to keep progressing it. Now I'm doing probably more like

six, seven harder sets of those exercises per week. And I'm basically back to the strongest I've ever been doing way less sets. And I think a lot of it is we have learned to find the sweet spot with managing that stimulus to fatigue ratio. So all that to say, if your goal is building strength, it's mostly about doing enough like heavy lifting that you actually do get stronger and

six, seven harder sets of those exercises per week. And I'm basically back to the strongest I've ever been doing way less sets. And I think a lot of it is we have learned to find the sweet spot with managing that stimulus to fatigue ratio. So all that to say, if your goal is building strength, it's mostly about doing enough like heavy lifting that you actually do get stronger and

six, seven harder sets of those exercises per week. And I'm basically back to the strongest I've ever been doing way less sets. And I think a lot of it is we have learned to find the sweet spot with managing that stimulus to fatigue ratio. So all that to say, if your goal is building strength, it's mostly about doing enough like heavy lifting that you actually do get stronger and

And then if you want to train closer to failure, you can, because again, most of my audience isn't trying to be a power lifter, right?

And then if you want to train closer to failure, you can, because again, most of my audience isn't trying to be a power lifter, right?