Joel Kellett: The More Advanced You Get, The Less Volume You Need?

Joel Kellett from ‪@MoreThanMuscle‬ returns to the Longevity Muscle Podcast! In this segment, Joel discusses how muscle growth and training strategy change as lifters move from beginner to advanced levels. The conversation explores a widely debated idea in natural bodybuilding and hypertrophy training: whether advanced lifters actually need less training volume to build muscle and why its relative to what you once did, and more importantly how you did it. Joel explains how many lifters chase heavier weight, but often overlook the importance of execution and creating maximum muscle stimulus from the least amount of weight before adding load. We discuss training volume, low reps vs high reps, training to failure, and Joel's take on strength training vs hypertrophy training and how they differ. This episode breaks down key principles for building muscle naturally, improving strength progression, and maximizing hypertrophy stimulus while maintaining long-term training longevity. For anyone interested in muscle growth and natural bodybuilding, this discussion highlights whether or not advanced lifters should do less volume than once previously done, in order to gain more, by focusing on proper technique, intelligent load progression, and efficient training stimulus, and above all, not rushing the process! 00:00 The More Advanced You Get, The Less Volume You Need? 01:17 Gaining Strength Equals More Muscle? 02:59 Training Volume & Training To Failure - The Relationship 05:10 Advanced Lifters Need Less Volume? Joel Kellett's Experience 07:45 Get The Most Out Of The Least - Beginners vs Advanced 11:41 Gym Pins, Maxing Machines, Low Reps - Consider This! 14:16 Adding Reps vs Load - Do This First! 15:44 Strength Training vs Hypertrophy Training - What’s The Difference? 17:54 This Is The Essential For Lifting Longevity Thanks for tuning in. Join to watch the full ad-free episode and get immediate access to more episodes of the Longevity Muscle Podcast:    / @longevitymuscle   Don’t forget to Like, Comment, & Subscribe! #naturalbodybuilding #bodybuildingmotivation #musclebuilding #musclegrowth #podcast --- 💪 Unlock More from Longevity Muscle: ► LONGEVITY MUSCLE STORE The Longevity Muscle Store is officially LIVE 👉 Click here to see what we have in store for you: https://longevitymuscle.store ► LONGEVITY MUSCLE YOUTUBE MEMBERSHIP Join our members only channel for early access to brand new full-length, ad-free episodes →    / @longevitymuscle   ► LONGEVITY MUSCLE MAGAZINE Subscribe to Longevity Muscle Magazine for exclusive written articles with top natural bodybuilders in the world covering topics on training, nutrition, mindset & more: https://substack.com/@longevitymuscle -- ► SOCIAL MEDIA Joel on IG:   / overkell   More Than Muscle on YT: ‪@MoreThanMuscle‬ Longevity Muscle on IG:   / longevitymuscle   Longevity Muscle Podcast on IG:   / longevitymusclepodcast   Longevity Muscle Magazine on IG:   / longevitymusclemagazine   Kenny on IG:   / kennyratatsidis