I used to think there was a natural limit, I don't anymore. I'm making more gains at 40 than as a teenager and i've been training since age 13 with no breaks. It really comes down to maximizing your diet, bodypart frequency, optimal volume, balancing recovery, planning, technique adjustment and just continuing to get better in every aspect.
I have been training according to the Max ot program, 4 day split for the last 6 years and I have had very good results. Have been workingout at the gym since I was 18 years old and am now 41 years old and still building muscles with Max ot. I can really recommend all natural lifters to try it.
another great interview Kenny... I was wondering the same thing you asked (you always seem to ask the questions I have on my mind during these interviews!) - if he changed some things is it possible he would have improved over the last 4 competitions. Kenny I would love to hear you ask your natural bodybuilder guests if they agree with Paul that at 38 the goal is not to lose muscle because hypertrophy is basically finished at that point. I am a 59 year old natural competitor and I feel (hope LOL) hypertrophy can still take place, just at a much slower pace.
Why wouldn't it be possible. You just take a weight you can do 4-6 reps with maxed out. That's it. I've been seeing the best gains in my life 4-8 sets per week per muscle. I'm intermediate and I've lifted 10 reps on bench with 100kg but after that lowered my volume by over half. Before did 14-18 sets per muscle but couldn't recover from that obviously since my bench stalled out at that point when I knew how to push my body hard enough. So decreased to 4 per week and now I have 4-8 sets per muscle per week and making hella strength gains in 4-10 reps so it means more muscle in a long rong if in a surplus. And btw. Been training 1x per week per muscle most of the time now.
