An Insight on German Volume Training

This video provides an insight about performing German Volume Training (GVT) to increase muscle strength and hypertrophy. GVT was originally developed by Rolf Feser in the 1970’s as coach of the German weightlifting team. GVT was successfully used by the Canadian weightlifter Jacques Demers who won Silver in the in the 75kg category at the 1984 Olympic games. GVT is very effective in eliciting hypertrophy and concomitant strength gains, with ~4.5kg of muscle being gained in six weeks in some individuals.