In this episode of The Discover Strength Podcast, Dr. James Fisher and I discuss some of the most pervasive strength training myths still prevalent in the exercise & fitness industry.
Dr. James Fisher is a senior lecturer and researcher at Solent University in the UK.
He has extensive experience with elite athletes, including coaching at the London 2012 Olympic games. He also has published a comprehensive range of peer-reviewed research publications with both clinical, asymptomatic, and elite populations.
Dr. Fisher has authored several funding bids and is an editor and reviewer for numerous high-impact journals.
He has been a key-note speaker at an array of academic and industry conferences, most notably a repeat keynote presenter at the Resistance Exercise Conference for 8 straight years!
He is on the board of directors for the Strength and Conditioning Society and has been a featured expert on television programs, podcasts, and webinars discussing his own research and other similar themes.
At present, his ambitions surround the progression and delivery of theoretical and practical knowledge for health, fitness, and sporting success, as well as enjoying time with his son, and trying to keep up with his wife on a bike.
I’ve heard dr Fisher talk about more frequency as far as more sets of a body part per week. How does that work without doing same exercises just different angles. Example would be if I do a pushup to failure then do dips to failure I’m recruiting the same muscles so how can i do this without the volume kicking in. Hope this makes sense. Great podcast by the way.
Hi David! Thank you for listening and for your question. If I’m reading this correctly, by doing two exercises in that target the same musculature is not considered high volume. If you were to do a chest only workout where you are targeting the chest with 7-10 exercises that might fall into the high volume training category. If you are still concerned about high volume, you could do what we consider a Pre-Exhaust sequence where you perform a single joint exercise followed directly by a multi-joint exercise. For example, doing a pec fly exercise right into a dip or pushup. The pec fly isolates the pec and then the dip or pushup will also target the chest but will also exhaust the triceps. Let me know if that answers your question!
Great content guys
Thank you for listening Jon!