# 066 Do you need to feel a muscle for it to grow?

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Podcast: [Hypertrophy Past and Present](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hypertrophy-past-and-present-7348739)
Published: 2026-08-24T06:36:36+00:00
Episode link: https://share.transistor.fm/s/65c37bd6
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## Resource

In this episode of Hypertrophy Past & Present, Jake and Chris begin with another Leroy Colbert routine, this time examining an over 100 set silver-era routine. The conversation then explores whether you actually need to “feel” a muscle for it to grow, what the pump can tell us about muscle recruitment, and where the mind-muscle connection may or may not be useful. Key topics include: Leroy Colbert’s extreme 10-set-per-exercise Silver Era routine Why “feeling” a muscle and getting a pump are not necessarily the same thing Why stretch, cramping, and soreness can be misleading indicators of muscle activation Mind-muscle connection, internal focus, and how they change muscle recruitment Why exercise selection may be a better solution than trying to force a mind-muscle connection When mind-muscle connection and isometric contractions may actually be useful Why constantly using a mind-muscle connection can interfere with progressive overload Why pre-fatiguing a muscle doesn’t cause the other muscles in a compound exercise to “do more work” What motor learning research tells us about training and practising skills while fatigued Join our Hypertrophy Past and Present Training group on TrainHeroic.com

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