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Just wondering how you would approach training legs for someone with a ineffective ACL and damaged meniscus? I’ve previously had knee surgery which was not a 100% success 5 years ago. I’m currently looking at going under the knife again but wondered how you would approach exercise selection and anything you think could add tissue without too much tension on the areas I have problems?

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my question is about squat alternatives for building massive quads. Had knee and hip pain for along time squats are not an option. Sled pushes and pulls are going to be a big part of my up coming routine however I wanted to know your opinion on trap bar deadlifts for quad development as those don’t bother my knees. Is there much quad activation, is there a way to get more activation?

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I know you’re the hypertrophy coach not the strength coach, but I’ve had some serious problems putting any amount of weight on my top sets for barbell bench press. I’m looking to be a power lifter and compete someday, and I’ve noticed strength gains in all my lower body movements, my pulling movements, and some of my pushing movements. I try to progress the weights every day with very good execution and my numbers on bench never seem to go up. I put 5 reps on my 185 bench rep PR (which was previously 2 so now it’s 7) and I still can only put up 225×1. I know 225×1 isn’t the worst number but in comparison to 445 on deadlift and 365 on squat, I’d say it’s pretty lagging. Would you recommend to do a push pull legs, or maybe specialize in arm training (my arms are really fucking small lol) or maybe do a 8 day split like you putting legs on the back burner? I know I’m not going to be doing everything right, I just feel like I should be making more progress on my bench press than I am. Just let me know your thoughts, thanks!

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When deadlifting, as I get closer to my 1RM, I notice that I get some rounding in my shoulders and lower back, even while consciously making sure to keep my form tight. I’m wondering if this is to be expected to some extent when dealing with maximal loads, or if it’s a matter of some supporting muscles not being able to keep up. If it’s the latter, any exercises you suggest I should be doing to strengthen them? Thanks!

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I am wondering how do you transition out of context prep? Do you take a recovery phase or drop volume and increase intensity and calories to try and grow immediately?

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I’m competing in 12 weeks and have worked out I look much better holding a vacuum instead of crunching down on my abs. The problem is I can’t hold it for that long and I could probably do a better job of striking it in the first place, meaning it’s probably not pronounced enough. Any tips you could give me on working on this would be very much appreciated. Thank you

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I have a question on calves – whenever I train calves (literally all calf exercises) I feel it much more in my outer calf/shin muscles, I don’t think it is shin splints as it feels much more like muscular fatigue. Any tips on how I can get the tension/load actually going through my calves?

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Are you going to do another training program or do a similar style train with hunters program?

My main question is that I saw Marc Lobliner post on his IG that using heel elevation while squatting is “putting a bandaid on a bullet wound” Ben Pakulski commented back saying they should discuss this. What are your thoughts? I squat flat and heel elevated, personally never had a problem getting to depth but now a days I prefer heel elevated to get as much muscle involvement as I can.

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I love how you teach and your conceptual approach to training. However, in my opinion, training to failure is not an appropriate prescription for all people. I’m a great example of that. As a premed student in a high stress environment, with high cortisol, and very low normal testosterone levels, I had no way of recovering, let alone growing, from training to failure 4 times per week with very low volume. I’ve found that consistent progressive overload and stopping short of failure is better for someone like me. Is this an idea that you would agree with? And if someone is not training to failure, does that somewhat defeat the purpose of creating accommodating resistance curves?

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I wanted to know if you had to prime/activate everything just before the training session when combining say leg/shoulders or should I actvivate first my hips/legs and when I get to shoulders do the same thing?

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what’s your opinion about the v-squat machine or power squat machine (hammer strength) for quads training?