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Oct 6, 2025 1 hr 21 min

020 How to program a muscle specialisation phase

from Hypertrophy Past and Present Hosted by Chris Beardsley and Jake Doleschal

In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake and Chris use Peary Rader’s leg routine to outline a practical, physiology-led blueprint for muscle specialisation. Key topics include: Peary Rader’s pre-steroid era leg routine (and the changes we would make today) A framework for designing a muscle specialisation phase for any muscle When to specialise and how to integrate it into your main plan without losing your progress Writing programs using science-based (mechanisms) vs evidence-based (outcomes)

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