Optimize Your Exercise Program with Science-Based Tools | Jeff Cavaliere

Jeff Cavaliere · 2h 40m · youtube.com ↗

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A basic week might be about 60 percent weight training and 40 percent conditioning.

Their wordsI think it's like a 6040 split which would be leaning towards uh weight training you know strength and and and uh and then you know the conditioning aspect be about 40%
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A workout can be long or hard but not both.

Their wordsyou can either train long or you can train hard but you can't do both
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Warm-up matters more with age.

Their wordsI found personally that my warm up has had to become more of an integral part of my my workout than it ever has before
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A split only works if you stick to it.

Their wordsI don't care how effective the split is a split not done is not effective so you need to find one that fits
9 min later
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Do cardio after the weights if the aim is overall physique and health.

Their wordsI would put it at the end of the workout because you don't want to in any way compromise the weight training workout and as we've sort of referenced a couple times already the the intensity of those workouts is important
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Blending strength and conditioning may give a more well-rounded result than keeping them apart.

Their wordsif we could blend function across these Realms and not have such a delineation between this is my weight training and this is my conditioning but figure out a way to to blend them together I always think that you've you've got a better opportunity to get that more well-rounded result
8 min later
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For strength, efficiency of movement is the aim; for muscle growth, inefficiency and discomfort.

Their wordsinefficiency is really what you're trying to seek in movements when you're trying to create hypertrophy when go when strength is your goal efficiency of the movement is what you're looking for
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If an exercise for muscle growth feels comfortable, something is being done wrong.

Their wordsyou need to seek ways to make it feel more uncomfortable right if you don't feel the discomfort then you're doing something wrong
3 min later
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Building the mind-muscle connection is harder than keeping it.

Their wordsI think like everything it requires upkeep you know use it or lose it I do believe uh firmly but like I think that it's the the development of the connection is going to be harder than the maintenance of the connection
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Muscle soreness is a guide to whether a muscle has recovered.

Their wordsif you're training when you're really sore um it's probably not a great idea and it's probably a good indication that that muscle is not recovered
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A drop of about 10 percent in grip strength is a sign to skip the gym that day.

Their wordswhen people start to see a drop off of 10% or so or or even greater of of their grip output um you really should skip the gym that day because I don't think there's much you're going to do there that's going to be that that beneficial