Exercise selection roundtable w/ E. Helms & M. Israetel

Along with my esteemed colleagues and friends Eric Helms and Mike Israetel, we discuss optimal exercise selection practices for muscle growth and strength development.

• 00:48 Menno defines “Exercise Selection”
• 07:04 Eric gives his views on what “Exercise Selection” is
• 08:22 Mike adds his opinion on these terms
• 10:55 Menno responds to Mike’s points on the bilateral deficit
• 13:18 Eric jumps in to address the topic around EMG-readings brought up by Menno
• 15:30 Mike talks about whether or not some exercises are better than others for hypertrophy
• 20:11 Eric comments on the points being made by Mike that compound lifts should be the bread and butter
• 21:21 Menno shares his thoughts on deadlifts for hypertrophy?
• 24:18 Mike appends on deadlifts for hypertrophy and the issue with axial loading
• 28:00 Eric expands on the topic around deadlifts for hypertrophy
• 30:07 Furthermore, Eric moves on to talking about how often people should vary exercises
• 34:08 Menno talks about his principles on exercise variation
• 36:02 Mike gives his slightly different view on exercise variation
• 41:59 Eric responds to Mike’s theory for the necessity for more frequent variation
• 48:03 Mike criticises Eric’s view and brings up a question for Eric
• 51:49 Mike replies with his understanding of “Variation”
• 55:02 Eric follows up with sharing his view on the term “variation”
• 56:17 Menno finishes with talking about the necessity of variation for hypertrophy
• 59:42 Mike brings up the important point about common misconceptions and mistakes people make when it comes to exercise selection
• 1:04:35 Eric shares his thoughts on switching exercises from microcycle to microcycle
• 1:07:55 Eric follows up with talking about too many exercises in one single session
• 1:09:42 Mike responds to the issue of exercise rotation from workout to workout and touches on junk volume