Strength and Conditioning Journal Podcast
Aug 6, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
In this episode guest editors Dr. Brandon Roberts and Dr. Guillermo Escalante discuss the Bodybuilding and Physique Athlete Special Issue published in issue 48-4 of Strength and Conditioning Journal.
I think the interesting thing that one of you said, I apologize, I don't remember which one, is with bodybuilding, you don't really care how heavy a weight you can lift because the goal is to sculpt the body rather than saying, "My bench press is this," or, "My power clean is that." Brandon, uh-
I, I...
Oh, I'm sorry.
Go ahead, Guillermo.
No, I was gonna say that basically it's, you know, the, the strength adaptation is secondary to, to the other adaptations.
So, uh, you know, execution of the exercise i- is important, and then, of course, you need to progress, of course, over time, but, but really the priority is not to get as strong as possible.
The priority is to, to execute the exercise and then progress that accordingly, you know, within your limits so that you, you can, uh, go to failure and near failure, and then you progress that strength accordingly.
I think the interesting thing that one of you said, I apologize, I don't remember which one, is with bodybuilding, you don't really care how heavy a weight you can lift because the goal is to sculpt the body rather than saying, "My bench press is this," or, "My power clean is that." Brandon, uh-
I, I...
Oh, I'm sorry.
Go ahead, Guillermo.
No, I was gonna say that basically it's, you know, the, the strength adaptation is secondary to, to the other adaptations.
So, uh, you know, execution of the exercise i- is important, and then, of course, you need to progress, of course, over time, but, but really the priority is not to get as strong as possible.
The priority is to, to execute the exercise and then progress that accordingly, you know, within your limits so that you, you can, uh, go to failure and near failure, and then you progress that strength accordingly.
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