Uploaded October 2023 | Updated September 2026, 24 minutes ago

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In episode #7 of MASS Office Hours, Dr. Eric Trexler is joined by Dr. Mike Zourdos. They discuss concurrent training, proximity to failure, extremely high training volumes, extra-high protein intake, limitations of rodent research, the importance of behavior change models, and much more.

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Time stamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:57 Concurrent training and the interference effect
14:39 Walking with a weighted vest
19:42 Extra-high protein intakes
24:32 Super-high-volume training (new study)
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37796222
35:45 Managing volume and fatigue
47:39 Progressing set volume and RPE/RIR
57:34 Training to failure (new meta-analysis)
sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/295
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36334240
1:16:30 Interesting things we’ve learned
1:36:11 Concluding remarks