010 Warming up - what does it really achieve?
Jul 28, 2025•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 10
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Episode description
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley unpack the very first York Barbell course, discussing its warm-up approach and how it compares to other silver era routines.
The second half of the episode zooms out to explore warm-ups more broadly, what they actually do (and don’t do), whether they affect hypertrophy, and why most warm-up advice might be misguided.
Key topics:
- The three physiological effects of warming up: temperature, PAP, and PAPE
- Why most common warm-up routines may do nothing for hypertrophy or injury prevention
- How to structure warm-ups that actually do something
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