Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 47 minutes ago
In today's episode, Drs Trexler and Helms discuss a wide range of fitness topics including metabolic stress, "the pump," targeting the different heads of the biceps, individualising diets and supplement protocols, maximal rates of fat loss, blood flow restricted training, the philosophy of science, and much more!
We had some technical issues while recording this episode live, but it's all fixed now with the wonders of editing. If you don't understand a couple of the jokes, they're referring to chaos that has been deleted.
Time stamps:
00:00 Straight into the topic: why should anyone care about metabolic stress?
03:13 Helms takes a deep dive into energy systems and muscle physiology
12:37 Subjective and objective measures of the pump and potential influencing factors
22:12 Arterial and venous occlusion
29:35 Update on Trexler’s training and Q&A 1 different curl variations
38:53 Q&A 2 Manipulating forearm position for the biceps?
42:42 Q&A 3 Can BFR increase vascularity? And an aside on muscle memory and testosterone
48:03 Q&A 4 Individualising supplements and diet
58:34 Q&A 5 Fat oxidation and maximum rate of fat loss per day with some applications for contest prep
1:13:42 Q&A 6 Science communicators/educators and the philosophy of science
Larsen 2025 Knee flexion range of motion does not influence muscle hypertrophy of the quadriceps femoris during leg press training in resistance-trained individuals sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/502
Kubo 2019 Effects of squat training with different depths on lower limb muscle volumes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31230110
Iron Culture Ep. 109- Empiricism vs Rationalism: What Do We Really Know When It Comes To Fitness? youtube.com/watch?v=qT3KPnTgO7M
1:29:27 Q&A 7 Using BFR in practice
1:30:50 Closing out
MASS Research Review massresearchreview.com
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Music credit:
Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com
In today's episode, Drs Trexler and Helms discuss a wide range of fitness topics including metabolic stress, "the pump," targeting the different heads of the biceps, individualising diets and supplement protocols, maximal rates of fat loss, blood flow restricted training, the philosophy of science, and much more!
We had some technical issues while recording this episode live, but it's all fixed now with the wonders of editing. If you don't understand a couple of the jokes, they're referring to chaos that has been deleted.
Time stamps:
00:00 Straight into the topic: why should anyone care about metabolic stress?
03:13 Helms takes a deep dive into energy systems and muscle physiology
12:37 Subjective and objective measures of the pump and potential influencing factors
22:12 Arterial and venous occlusion
29:35 Update on Trexler’s training and Q&A 1 different curl variations
38:53 Q&A 2 Manipulating forearm position for the biceps?
42:42 Q&A 3 Can BFR increase vascularity? And an aside on muscle memory and testosterone
48:03 Q&A 4 Individualising supplements and diet
58:34 Q&A 5 Fat oxidation and maximum rate of fat loss per day with some applications for contest prep
1:13:42 Q&A 6 Science communicators/educators and the philosophy of science
Larsen 2025 Knee flexion range of motion does not influence muscle hypertrophy of the quadriceps femoris during leg press training in resistance-trained individuals sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/502
Kubo 2019 Effects of squat training with different depths on lower limb muscle volumes pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31230110
Iron Culture Ep. 109- Empiricism vs Rationalism: What Do We Really Know When It Comes To Fitness? youtube.com/watch?v=qT3KPnTgO7M
1:29:27 Q&A 7 Using BFR in practice
1:30:50 Closing out
MASS Research Review massresearchreview.com
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Music credit:
Airport Lounge - Disco Ultralounge by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...
Artist: incompetech.com
