Jeff Cavaliere

Yeah. So I always say you can train long or you can train hard, but you can't do both. Right. And I think that, especially as you get older, I think. you need to minimize the rotations on the tire, right? How many tire rotations are you getting? Because even if I just raise my arm up overhead and I just do it a thousand times a day, I'm still moving my arm up in that position.

Yeah. So I always say you can train long or you can train hard, but you can't do both. Right. And I think that, especially as you get older, I think. you need to minimize the rotations on the tire, right? How many tire rotations are you getting? Because even if I just raise my arm up overhead and I just do it a thousand times a day, I'm still moving my arm up in that position.

And every time I move it up, even on here in this limited capacity to move here with this guy, like you're still getting some of that rotation rubbing and grinding in that joint.

And every time I move it up, even on here in this limited capacity to move here with this guy, like you're still getting some of that rotation rubbing and grinding in that joint.

And if you have any degenerative changes, if you've acquired any type of bone spur in your shoulder, and this is rubbing up against that each time, it's like taking a rope and rubbing it over and back over sort of a sharp edge, right? Eventually it just starts to fray and fray and fray.

And if you have any degenerative changes, if you've acquired any type of bone spur in your shoulder, and this is rubbing up against that each time, it's like taking a rope and rubbing it over and back over sort of a sharp edge, right? Eventually it just starts to fray and fray and fray.

I'd rather you trade that in the repetitions for the intensity because the tension delivered to the muscle with the higher level of weight they're using or the intensity of the technique that you're using is going to have bigger, benefits in a faster way than just accumulating a lot of high repetitions.

I'd rather you trade that in the repetitions for the intensity because the tension delivered to the muscle with the higher level of weight they're using or the intensity of the technique that you're using is going to have bigger, benefits in a faster way than just accumulating a lot of high repetitions.

Now, that's not to say that you can't actually benefit from high repetitions and develop muscle. You can. They've actually shown recently that anywhere between 5 and 30 repetitions taken close to or all the way to failure, can stimulate muscle growth. The absolute load is sometimes not even as important as long as the effort is there.

Now, that's not to say that you can't actually benefit from high repetitions and develop muscle. You can. They've actually shown recently that anywhere between 5 and 30 repetitions taken close to or all the way to failure, can stimulate muscle growth. The absolute load is sometimes not even as important as long as the effort is there.

But I believe that as you get older, you've got to kind of spare some of those repetitions because it has that same effect that just wearing down those tires would have. Ultimately, you're going to have to change the tires. And we might not be able to change these tires as easily.

But I believe that as you get older, you've got to kind of spare some of those repetitions because it has that same effect that just wearing down those tires would have. Ultimately, you're going to have to change the tires. And we might not be able to change these tires as easily.

Form is very important because I think doing things in proper form do two things. Number one, it keeps you safe. Most likely, if you can do something in good form, then you're in command of the weight that you're lifting. And therefore, it's likely going to, do what it's supposed to do with the least detrimental effect from doing it.

Form is very important because I think doing things in proper form do two things. Number one, it keeps you safe. Most likely, if you can do something in good form, then you're in command of the weight that you're lifting. And therefore, it's likely going to, do what it's supposed to do with the least detrimental effect from doing it.

In terms of the leeway that you have, I think that depends upon the goal that you're trying to achieve. So if you're trying to achieve muscle growth, I'm a big believer that muscle growth is not given, it is taken. And you need to force yourself, you need to force your body to make a change because your body wants to stay in a state of homeostasis. It wants to stay the same.

In terms of the leeway that you have, I think that depends upon the goal that you're trying to achieve. So if you're trying to achieve muscle growth, I'm a big believer that muscle growth is not given, it is taken. And you need to force yourself, you need to force your body to make a change because your body wants to stay in a state of homeostasis. It wants to stay the same.

And getting it to deliver new muscle tissue to your body is metabolically demanding, or it's creating more tissue that's going to require a higher metabolic demand. It doesn't want to do that. Again, homeostasis states that it wants to keep you the same. You have to take that.

And getting it to deliver new muscle tissue to your body is metabolically demanding, or it's creating more tissue that's going to require a higher metabolic demand. It doesn't want to do that. Again, homeostasis states that it wants to keep you the same. You have to take that.

And the only way to take that is to put forth an effort and intensity that is above and beyond what your body is able to do right now. That's why I am a big believer in performing our sets to failure. Not because I think that absolute failure is 100% necessary, but it's the only objective endpoint for you and I to speak the same language here.

And the only way to take that is to put forth an effort and intensity that is above and beyond what your body is able to do right now. That's why I am a big believer in performing our sets to failure. Not because I think that absolute failure is 100% necessary, but it's the only objective endpoint for you and I to speak the same language here.