Ask Me Anything with Dr. Eric Helms 

0:00:48 Overlapping weekly training volume 0:04:44 Why does leg growth lag behind 0:07:48 Lower & upper body growth rate between females & males 0:09:20 Health science PhD 0:14:55 Pyramids 3.0 0:16:10 Elon Musk asks if doctor Eric is stretching his calves 🤨 0:16:24 Rest periods? Yes. 0:16:29 More brains more gains needs Eric to make a calf podcast 0:16:51 TEF peak 0:17:09 Eric's current program 0:18:10 Fixed weekly volumes (doctor Mike disagrees here but doesn't intervene because he's busy stretching his calves) 0:21:05 More calves 0:22:06 Are 10,000 steps per day an adequate target 0:24:37 Side delts, pressing movements and why EMG studies suck 0:28:15 Energy intake on a cut 0:30:03 Stuff you "shouldn't" eat but you absolutely can on a bulk 0:30:23 Low volume high intensity 0:32:29 Hamstring don't squat, what do?? 🤔 0:36:45 Slow-twitch to fast-twitch conversion 0:40:43 Rest periods?? Agreed. 0:40:59 Are squat, bench and deadlift necessary? 0:42:32 When to deload 0:45:05 Mesocycle progression 0:46:34 5 days x 2 sets vs 2 days x 5 sets 0:47:25 Jefferson curls for a crispy back 0:47:40 Hypertrophy for mature gentlemen 0:50:22 Starting from scratch - best aproach to diet periodization 0:52:25 Time under tension 0:53:39 Zerchers and dumbbells for leg day 0:54:49 Softening period, microloading, low volume 0:57:11 Muscle imbalances & asymmetries 0:58:17 Defending RIR aproach to programming 🥹 1:02:43 Don't untrain 1:03:29 Non-split paradigm

Both your channel and the RP channel deserve much higher sub counts

I'm such a big fan of how effectively and respectfully you communicate. I've learned a lot about hypertrophy from you, but I think what I'd want to steal from you most is how well you flex your expertise without being off-putting. Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my question (and others' as well). Have a nice day!

Superb thanks Eric

Thanks for answering my questions! Appreciate it!

Thanks for this, it was great! Looking forward to future AMA's.

Fantastic information as always, concise, informative and decidedly lucid!

Great one Eric! im looking forward to hearing more about the bulking study you are workig on next time!

Content for the morning workout 🙂

I missed this!! Turning on the bell now

Eric, who’s personal training program would you recommend the most? Who actually follows the research and gets your stamp of approval?

Would love to figure out a good program to bodybuilding and some power building for a carpenter that works 50 hours a week.

Hey Eric! Can you add the questions/timestamps, please? Thank you :)

I understand leg curl is needed but is a hip required to fully train the hamstring muscles. Would only leg curls be sufficient?

For the algorithm

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18 sets for one body part? Wow, you guys do some seriously low intensity work.