Longevity Muscle 013: Dr. Peter Cichonski - 40 Years Of Competing
Welcome back to another episode of the Longevity Muscle podcast, I’m Kenny, your host and today we have Peter Cichonski joining us. Peter is a Doctor of chiropractic, a writer for Ironman Magazine and a professional Natural Bodybuilder. Peter is an INBA/PNBA Hall of Famer and started competing 40 years ago in 1981!
Timestamps:
(0:12) Intro
(00:57) Mr America and PNBA Natural Olympia recap
(02:45) Peter's first contest
(03:26) Training for Longevity
(06:48) Intensity techniques at age 59, Peter's training and more
(14:47) Training outdoors
(16:30) what is BFR training
(23:27) Benefits of BFR for injury rehab/reduction
(25:40) Are you 30 pounds over contest weight?
(30:50) Re-thinking off-season weight gain
(33:19) A case for staying 10-15 pound above contest weight
(36:40) Gaining weight vs gaining muscle
(39:21) The importance of natural light
(45:17) Elaborating on offseason weight gain
(48:37) Getting contest lean
(50:39) Peter's experience being in the film Generation Iron Natty 4 Life
(52:51) Controversy around the film and Mike O'Hearn
(01:01:15) Advice from Marshall Johnson
(01:01:15) Where you can learn more from Peter
(01:05:35) Outro
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