Welcome to the NashFit Training podcast! I’m Dr. Nash Jocic, PhD in Philosophy, author, international speaker, fitness expert and nutritionist, and former bodybuilding champion. In this podcast, I’ll provide you with proven and effective strategies that will help you lose fat, build muscle and completely change your body composition. The insights and advice I will share are grounded in scientific research and theoretical knowledge, but more importantly, they are drawn from my own experience, as well as the experiences of my clients over the past four decades.
Are you following bodybuilding rules that could be holding back your muscle growth? After more than 40 years in bodybuilding, I have seen the same training and nutrition myths repeated again and again. In this video, I challenge 10 of the biggest claims about building muscle — from lifting heavier weights and training to failure to high-volume training, workout frequency, carbohydrates, protein timing and muscle growth after 40. Whether you are a natural bodybuilder, an experienced lifter or someone returning to training later in life, this video will help you question rigid bodybuilding rules and understand how to build a programme around your own needs.
Want to go deeper? 👉 My bodybuilding & nutrition e-books: https://www.nashfittraining.com/category/all-products 👉 Bodybuilding Blueprint Course: https://www.nashfittraining.com/product-page/the-complete-bodybuilding-blueprint-course 👉 Online Coaching: https://www.nashfittraining.com/category/all-products
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27 Sept 2026
NATURAL BODYBUILDERS: How Many Reps Build The Most Muscle?
Are 8–12 reps really the best for muscle growth? Or could you be limiting your results by following the same repetition range for every muscle group? In this video, Dr. Nash Jocic, former bodybuilding champion with over 40 years of training and coaching experience, explains what science and practical bodybuilding experience reveal about repetition ranges, time under tension, muscle-fibre recruitment and maximum muscle hypertrophy. Discover why the number of repetitions alone does not determine muscle growth, why controlled execution matters, and why different muscle groups may benefit from different training approaches.
In this video/podcast, you will learn: • What scientific research reveals about low, moderate and high repetition ranges. • Why 8–12 controlled repetitions are different from 8–12 fast repetitions. • How time under tension, mechanical tension and muscular effort work together. • Why I recommend 12–20 repetitions for quadriceps and 8–12 for most upper-body exercises. • How Type I and Type II muscle fibres are recruited and whether both can grow. • What we can learn from professional bodybuilders and my decades of coaching experience. • How to select the most effective repetition range for your own training. Stop blindly following repetition numbers. Understand the principles behind effective muscle growth.
Want to go deeper? 👉 Online Coaching: https://www.nashfittraining.com/category/all-products 👉 My bodybuilding & nutrition e-books: https://www.nashfittraining.com/category/all-products 👉 Bodybuilding Blueprint Course: https://www.nashfittraining.com/product-page/the-complete-bodybuilding-blueprint-course
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14 Sept 2026
MECHANICAL TENSION: THE REAL KEY TO MUSCLE GROWTH
Mechanical tension is considered one of the most important drivers of muscle growth — but most bodybuilders misunderstand what it actually means. Does lifting heavier automatically create more mechanical tension? Do you need low reps and maximal weights to build the most muscle? Or can controlled repetitions, higher training volume and better biomechanics create a superior hypertrophic stimulus? In this video, I explain the difference between simply moving more weight and actually loading the muscle you are trying to grow. Drawing on more than 40 years of bodybuilding, 46 competitions, 17 wins, coaching experience and scientific research, I cover: • What mechanical tension really is • Why heavier weight doesn't automatically mean more muscle • Mechanical tension vs external load • How biomechanics and leverages change muscular tension • Why I favour controlled repetitions • Why I generally use 8–12 reps for upper body and 12–20 for legs • Training to failure vs leaving 1–2 reps in reserve • Why training volume still matters • The importance of the eccentric and lengthened position • The role of the pump and metabolic stress • What progressive overload really means • How nutrition and recovery support hypertrophy The goal of bodybuilding isn't simply to move the greatest possible weight. The goal is to make the target muscle work hard enough, often enough, and progressively enough to force adaptation. If you're getting stronger but your physique has stopped changing, this video may change the way you think about training. Subscribe for evidence-based bodybuilding, nutrition and training advice backed by more than four decades of practical experience.
👉 My bodybuilding & nutrition e-books: https://www.nashfittraining.com/category/all-products
👉 Bodybuilding Blueprint Course: https://www.nashfittraining.com/product-page/the-complete-bodybuilding-blueprint-course 👉 Online Coaching: https://www.nashfittraining.com/category/all-products
#MechanicalTension #MuscleGrowth #Hypertrophy #Bodybuilding #HighVolumeTraining
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