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Eric, Jeff, and Brian discuss the intersection between effort, mind muscle connection, and biomechanics to give you more flexibility in your technique, exercise selection, and programming. How important is having a good mind muscle connection when performing an exercise? Does rep speed matter as long as you’re hitting the appropriate proximity to failure? How much of a difference does training at longer muscle lengths really make? What are Eric’s current principles for exercise selection? Can you still make good progress (in regard to hypertrophy) if you vary your exercises frequently? How can you develop a better mind muscle connection? The answers to these questions and many more are covered in this episode.
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
0:56- What Jeff likes his athletes to focus on during the execution of an exercise
9:12- There is flexibility in both exercise selection and technique
20:53- The importance of exercise selection when trying to optimize hypertrophy
29:58- Eric’s principles for exercise selection
37:30- How much of a difference does training at longer muscle lengths make?
50:00- How important is having a good mind muscle connection when performing an exercise?
1:02:14- Does rep speed matter as long as you’re hitting the appropriate proximity to failure?
1:14:58- Can you still make good progress (in regard to hypertrophy) if you vary your exercises frequently?
1:29:35- Biasing specific muscle groups when performing compound exercises
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Pro Bodybuilder Case Study (Vault Course)- 3dmjvault.com/courses/pro-bodybuilder-case-study
The 3DMJ Vault- 3dmjvault.com/bundles/vip
Coaching By Team 3DMJ- 3dmusclejourney.com/coaching
Thanks for watching The 3D Muscle Journey Podcast 💪
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Eric, Jeff, and Brian discuss the intersection between effort, mind muscle connection, and biomechanics to give you more flexibility in your technique, exercise selection, and programming. How important is having a good mind muscle connection when performing an exercise? Does rep speed matter as long as you’re hitting the appropriate proximity to failure? How much of a difference does training at longer muscle lengths really make? What are Eric’s current principles for exercise selection? Can you still make good progress (in regard to hypertrophy) if you vary your exercises frequently? How can you develop a better mind muscle connection? The answers to these questions and many more are covered in this episode.
Timestamps:
0:00- Introduction
0:56- What Jeff likes his athletes to focus on during the execution of an exercise
9:12- There is flexibility in both exercise selection and technique
20:53- The importance of exercise selection when trying to optimize hypertrophy
29:58- Eric’s principles for exercise selection
37:30- How much of a difference does training at longer muscle lengths make?
50:00- How important is having a good mind muscle connection when performing an exercise?
1:02:14- Does rep speed matter as long as you’re hitting the appropriate proximity to failure?
1:14:58- Can you still make good progress (in regard to hypertrophy) if you vary your exercises frequently?
1:29:35- Biasing specific muscle groups when performing compound exercises
SELECTED LINKS FROM THIS EPISODE:
Pro Bodybuilder Case Study (Vault Course)- 3dmjvault.com/courses/pro-bodybuilder-case-study
The 3DMJ Vault- 3dmjvault.com/bundles/vip
Coaching By Team 3DMJ- 3dmusclejourney.com/coaching
Thanks for watching The 3D Muscle Journey Podcast 💪
SUBSCRIBE ON SPOTIFY: open.spotify.com/show/4E61iRCD1qSZUTRactySTj?si=kiONmQJqSaC3EWUncGgfsg
SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/3d-muscle-journey-podcast/id1115048476
**3DMJ COACHING: 3dmusclejourney.com/coaching
**3DMJ VIDEO COURSES: 3dmjvault.com
**APPAREL & MERCH: redbubble.com/people/team3dmj/shop
**FULL WEBSITE & BLOG: 3dmusclejourney.com
**3DMJ SOCIAL MEDIA:
Instagram: instagram.com/team3dmj
Twitter: twitter.com/3dmusclejourney
TikTok: tiktok.com/@team3dmj
