Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In this live episode of the MASS Office Hours podcast, Dr. Eric Trexler and Lauren Colenso-Semple answer questions on topics like their favorite exercises, common exercise prescription errors, balancing lifting and cardio for health and longevity, the pros and cons of machine-based exercises, lengthened partials, making gains on low-protein diets, and more.
The MASS crew goes live for Office Hours every Wednesday night at 7pm eastern time. Be sure to join us for a future episode!
Our next episode will begin at 7pm on December 20. If you'd like to submit a question, please use this link:
https://forms.gle/9Ah39mefs8cuVa9H7
Time stamps:
0:00 Introduction
02:29 Eric and Lauren’s 3 favorite exercises
06:50 Balancing cardio and lifting for health and longevity
17:32 The most common errors related to exercise prescription
28:40 Should you avoid machine-based exercises to emphasize your stabilizer muscles?
38:57 How lengthened should muscles be during lengthened partials?
40:45 Would pausing between reps make lengthened partials more effective?
50:45 What are some healthy strategies for bulking?
55:09 Higher intensity forms of cardio can reduce the minimum exercise recommendations
58:57 Would creatine increase creatinine levels in non-responders?
1:00:35 How would you train a client over 50 years old with high adiposity?
1:03:53 Can you make gains on a low-protein diet?
1:15:46 Is the upper limit of human physical achievement “predicted” by evolution?
In this live episode of the MASS Office Hours podcast, Dr. Eric Trexler and Lauren Colenso-Semple answer questions on topics like their favorite exercises, common exercise prescription errors, balancing lifting and cardio for health and longevity, the pros and cons of machine-based exercises, lengthened partials, making gains on low-protein diets, and more.
The MASS crew goes live for Office Hours every Wednesday night at 7pm eastern time. Be sure to join us for a future episode!
Our next episode will begin at 7pm on December 20. If you'd like to submit a question, please use this link:
https://forms.gle/9Ah39mefs8cuVa9H7
Time stamps:
0:00 Introduction
02:29 Eric and Lauren’s 3 favorite exercises
06:50 Balancing cardio and lifting for health and longevity
17:32 The most common errors related to exercise prescription
28:40 Should you avoid machine-based exercises to emphasize your stabilizer muscles?
38:57 How lengthened should muscles be during lengthened partials?
40:45 Would pausing between reps make lengthened partials more effective?
50:45 What are some healthy strategies for bulking?
55:09 Higher intensity forms of cardio can reduce the minimum exercise recommendations
58:57 Would creatine increase creatinine levels in non-responders?
1:00:35 How would you train a client over 50 years old with high adiposity?
1:03:53 Can you make gains on a low-protein diet?
1:15:46 Is the upper limit of human physical achievement “predicted” by evolution?
