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Timestamps ⏱
0:00 – Intro
1:18 – Using Bar Velocity to Maximize Hypertrophy
5:18 – The Jerk Metric: Detecting Fatigue Before Injury
7:00 – 25% off Your First Order of SEED
8:25 – Trigger Points, Hypoxia & Muscle Breakdown
13:30 – Can Technology Replace a Coach’s Eye?
15:35 – Under-Training vs Over-Training
17:58 – A Practical Velocity-Based Training Protocol
20:01 – The K Value: Measuring Total Training Stress
23:27 – When Recovery Data Sabotages Effort
26:22 – Fixed Rep Schemes vs Adaptive Training
28:20 – Poor Load Management, Hypoxia & Nitric Oxide
33:30 – Why Nitric Oxide Matters Beyond the Gym
35:07 – Where to Find More of Chris
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