Borge Fagerli (photo credit: Hilde Brevig)
How can you help your strength training clients break through plateaus and maximize muscle gain throughout life?
Trainer of Champions Borge Fagerli returns to the podcast to talk about advanced strength training techniques and strategies to help you build muscle more effectively for the long term, why and how you should manage fatigue for better gains, debunking resistance training myths, and designing your life for success in business and everywhere else.
You can check out The Last Program by Borge Fagerli here.
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Show Notes
- 02:16 – Why should you think about managing fatigue? (An overview of Myo-Reps)
- 07:45 – How different rest periods and training volumes can affect hypertrophy and recovery (research on rest periods, muscle recruitment, rest-pause)
- 15:12 – Why you should always be improving every week in some way and how to measure your performance
- 20:52 – Options for workout schedules depending on your ability to recover
- 25:14 – Should you always train all muscle groups to failure? Why or why not?
- 29:44 – Can you change the “limits” of your genetic potential? (Perceived limits and troubleshooting plateaus)
- 37:08 – Making constant adjustments for long-term gains
- 41:36 – What to do when things seem like they’re getting too complicated and how to sustain progress for a long time
- 47:47 – How should you think about bulking up and regulating body fat percentage?
- 51:44 – Some results of experimenting with higher volume while not training to failure
- 01:00:40 – Intentionally stepping away for 3 years, impostor syndrome, soul-searching
- 01:07:27 – The most challenging misconceptions to debunk about training and making progress as an individual
- 01:11:51 – Finding meaning and purpose, working toward success, and searching for happiness in life
- 01:20:12 – Balancing career, relationships, and health for fulfillment
People Mentioned & Selected Links from the Episode
- Børge Fagerli | Official Website | Facebook | X (formerly Twitter | Instagram | YouTube Channel
- Borge Fagerli on Myo-Reps, High-Intensity Training, and Biorhythms (Ep. 137)
- The Last Program
- Luke Carlson | HIB Episodes
- James Fisher | HIB Episodes
- Cliff Wilson
- Cal Newport | Official Website | Deep Questions podcast | The Deep Life Stack (Ep. 252)
507 – Can Lengthened Partials Supercharge Your Clients’ Muscle Gains (and How Can You Break Out of Training Plateaus)? Dr. James Steele’s New Study
440 – HIT Where It Fits: Transforming Any Space into a HIT Studio with Pete Cerqua
439 – Tailoring Training Intensity: A Deep Dive with Logan Herlihy
Great podcast guys! Really good questions Lawrence – Borge is a mine of great information (I’ve been a fan for years – so underrated). Although I recommend only 1 set for my clients, I’d drifted into doing 3-5 sets but realised from listening to this that it’s probably unnecessary… So much so, I managed to get in a full-body work-out (2 sets to failure) in under 30 minutes – I’m happy with that! Lots of energy later in the day, so I’m going to stick with this approach for now. I love it when podcasts give actionable tips where you can make positive change – so thank you both!