LOSE THE GUT: The Podcast For Men To Lose The Gut
May 25, 2026 · 9 min · 3 segments
I have been a fitness coach for 8 years and I'm here to teach you what it takes to finally lose that weight and be the best version of yourself. So if you want to to lose weight and get your abs…
The truth about junk volume in the gym and the difference between training hard and to failure versus reaching junk volume.
Now, some of you might have heard of junk volume, some of you might not have heard of junk volume.
And what I personally define junk volume as is basically your sets where your fatigue is so high that your stimulus-fatigue ratio tanks.
So you're just accumulating more damage than actually growing your muscle more.
Basically, your sets you're doing, there's so many effective ones, and at certain points or some of your sets you might just be doing, and it just hits the fatigue side of the equation, but doesn't actually do anything for muscle growth.
That's my personal definition of junk volume.
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The truth about junk volume in the gym and the difference between training hard and to failure versus reaching junk volume.
Now, some of you might have heard of junk volume, some of you might not have heard of junk volume.
And what I personally define junk volume as is basically your sets where your fatigue is so high that your stimulus-fatigue ratio tanks.
So you're just accumulating more damage than actually growing your muscle more.
Basically, your sets you're doing, there's so many effective ones, and at certain points or some of your sets you might just be doing, and it just hits the fatigue side of the equation, but doesn't actually do anything for muscle growth.
That's my personal definition of junk volume.
