21. Dr. Eric Helms: Exercise Selection | Compound vs. Isolation, Free Weights vs. Machines, Tension & Strength Curves
Episode description
Dr. Eric Helms is back on the Swole Radio podcast! Here we discuss exercise selection: how to choose the best movements for hypertrophy.
4:23 Dr. Swole’s 5 criteria for choosing good exercises
8:10 Eric’s thoughts and caveats to these criteria
15:54 how to evaluate exercises for muscle growth
21:43 compound vs. isolation movements
33:23 tension curves & strength curves
42:52 machines vs. free weights
47:25 isolating specific parts of muscles
53:56 exercise variation; how many exercises per muscle group
1:00:06 how long to keep exercises in for
Find Eric:
IG: @helms3dmj
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About me: I'm a medical doctor and natural men’s physique athlete based in Vancouver, Canada. I seek to share science-based perspectives to help people lose fat and gain muscle. These will reflect the current expert consensus in the scientific bodybuilding community. I‘m lifetime drug-free and have been training since 2012.
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