About this episode
In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present , Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley unpack the very first York Barbell course, discussing its warm-up approach and how it compares to other silver era routines. The second half of the episode zooms out to explore warm-ups more broadly, what they actually do (and don’t do), whether they affect hypertrophy, and why most warm-up advice might be misguided. Key topics: The three physiological effects of warming up: temperature, PAP, and PAPE Why most common warm-up routines may do nothing for hypertrophy or injury prevention How to structure warm-ups that actually do something