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Jun 2025
57m 14s

003 Training splits - what to consider w...

Chris Beardsley and Jake Doleschal
About this episode

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley examine Clancy Ross’ 1940s split set routine - an early experiment in dividing upper and lower body training that predated modern training splits. They break down how Ross evolved his training by splitting full-body workouts into AM/PM upper/lower sessions and discuss what this teaches us about fatigue management, muscle damage, and cardiovascular recovery. 

Key topics:

  • How Clancy Ross experimented with splitting his full body sessions into upper/lower
  • The two types of supraspinal CNS fatigue (intra-workout vs. post-workout)
  • How cardiovascular fitness governs your session capacity
  • Why some lifters respond better to either full-body 3x per week or upper/lower 6x per week
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