#277: Eric Helms, PhD - Non-Quantitative Dieting, Personal Experiments & Optimal Weight Gain for Hypertrophy - podcast episode cover

#277: Eric Helms, PhD - Non-Quantitative Dieting, Personal Experiments & Optimal Weight Gain for Hypertrophy

Apr 09, 20191 hr 9 min
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About This Episode:

Eric is currently a Research Fellow at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. His work is focused on training and nutrition interventions that could have implications for bodybuilders, powerlifters and other strength athletes. Eric has many peer reviewed publications and currently has many ongoing research projects and collaborations.

In This Episode We Discuss:

  • Ongoing trial looking at effects of differnt sizes of caloric surplus for muscle gain
  • Eric’s unconventional appraoch to his current contest prep
  • Non-quantitative tracking and assessment of progress
  • Applying lessons from bodybuilding to other areas of life
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