Phil Vella

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48,106 appearances 66 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard today

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Mind Pump: Raw Fitness Truth · 2951: Slow Reps vs. Fast Reps — What the Data Actually Says (The Answer Has Nuance) · 23 Sep 2026 podcast

You have to have a really long study. voice-verified

You know, 16 weeks doesn't cut it. voice-verified

Six months might not even cut it. voice-verified

You need to have like a year or two years where you're taking people through rep ranges or rep speeds, and you can compare this group over here does the same exact rep range for two years. voice-verified

This group over here alternates. voice-verified

And what you'll see, which we've experienced with clients, is novelty makes a difference. voice-verified

It does. voice-verified

Now it takes a long time to see what that looks like, uh, but it does make a difference. voice-verified

And so even for hypertrophy, I'm gonna argue we take out the injury risk because I think that's the big one, but take that out for a second. voice-verified

If you throw in different rep speeds over time, I think you'll build more muscle, even if you take out uh the injury risk, just because of the novelty. voice-verified

Well, voice-verified

you what, uh our program Maps Strong. voice-verified

Uh the reason why that's so popular, especially which is funny, this was totally not predictable. voice-verified

We didn't predict this, but women love Map Strong because it really develops the voice-verified

The back and the glutes a lot. voice-verified

So women are like, I love this program, my back and my butt never look better. voice-verified

There's speed stuff in there and the work sessions. voice-verified

It's like like high poles and stuff like that. voice-verified

So you know, if you've practiced and you've trained for a while, you've never done that style of training, that novelty effect kicks in, man. voice-verified

Suddenly you see voice-verified

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