10-06-2021, 02:02 AM
Hi,
I was listening to a podcast which you were on and one thing that stood out for me was the discussion regarding satellite cells and muscle growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBxQryVIok
My take from it was if you a hyper responder to growth then training once a week might be an optimal way to train with these cells forming for 5 days or so but for someone who responds poorly would not benefit from this level of frequency and would benefit more from a FT style approach by training the muscle 3 times per week with more frequency.
I just want to know in your expert opinion how someone could tell if they are a hyper responder or not. I’m mainly referring to myself in this scenario and I would say I have an ectomorph body type. I’m quite tall and skinny, don’t have large limbs (small wrists and forearms etc). I would say I’m currently skinny fat and to be honest I’m at a crossroads because I’m trying to lose that body fat before starting FT, but I lack much muscle so I’m not sure if I’d be better off just spending a year trying to gain size and then maybe cut to lose body fat.
That a side though I’m 41 and don’t have much to show for my age so I need to find a training frequency that would be beneficial to me and not something that will slow my progress which is why I wanted to ask you in regards to the podcast and your comments on hyper responders best suited to “bro split” style training, how I would determine if I fall under that category or not.
My gut feeling is that I am far from being a hyper responder based on the way I look now at 41 years old and my body type, but you never know. Any thoughts and advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your time
I was listening to a podcast which you were on and one thing that stood out for me was the discussion regarding satellite cells and muscle growth.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVBxQryVIok
My take from it was if you a hyper responder to growth then training once a week might be an optimal way to train with these cells forming for 5 days or so but for someone who responds poorly would not benefit from this level of frequency and would benefit more from a FT style approach by training the muscle 3 times per week with more frequency.
I just want to know in your expert opinion how someone could tell if they are a hyper responder or not. I’m mainly referring to myself in this scenario and I would say I have an ectomorph body type. I’m quite tall and skinny, don’t have large limbs (small wrists and forearms etc). I would say I’m currently skinny fat and to be honest I’m at a crossroads because I’m trying to lose that body fat before starting FT, but I lack much muscle so I’m not sure if I’d be better off just spending a year trying to gain size and then maybe cut to lose body fat.
That a side though I’m 41 and don’t have much to show for my age so I need to find a training frequency that would be beneficial to me and not something that will slow my progress which is why I wanted to ask you in regards to the podcast and your comments on hyper responders best suited to “bro split” style training, how I would determine if I fall under that category or not.
My gut feeling is that I am far from being a hyper responder based on the way I look now at 41 years old and my body type, but you never know. Any thoughts and advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you for your time