Overrated, Underrated or Dead Wrong: Training Edition

We're back with another round of the game. This time Tom and Ben turn their attention to training — and some of the most talked about concepts in the gym get put firmly in their place.

From how close you should actually be pushing to failure, to whether perfect technique is holding you back more than helping you, nothing is safe.

In this episode:

• Training to failure — how close is close enough and when does it become counterproductive
• Progressive overload — why Milo of Croton figured this out in 5th century BC and most people still haven't
• Mind to muscle connection — useful cue or obsession that's limiting your progress
• Compound lifts — the most efficient tool most people still underuse
• Exercise variety — why getting intimate with your programme beats constantly switching it up
• Deload weeks — necessary recovery or something life already handles for you
• Training frequency — how often should you actually be hitting each muscle group
• Perfect technique — when chasing the textbook rep becomes the barrier
• Tracking workouts — if you don't know what you did last session, you can't beat it
• Consistency — what it actually means versus what most people think it means

Plus the return of the would you rather — this time involving five faceless robots, a locked gymnasium, and a countdown timer. You'll have to listen.