In this episode of Hypertrophy: Past and Present, Jake Doleschal and Chris Beardsley unpack one of Peary Rader’s Silver Era “advanced beginner” routines, before a deep dive into the principle of Neuromechanical Matching.
Key topics include:
- What Rader’s “advanced beginner” (intermediate) plan looked like
 - A deep dive into the neuromechanical matching principle
 - Common misconceptions and critiques of NMM
 - How it interacts with the size principle and fatigue
 - Practical implications for programming