
The Health Mastery Show
The Health Mastery Show is a podcast all about maximizing your physique, mind and body through the principles of Natural Bodybuilding.
We seek to provide practical applications of research based training, nutrition and mindset for the everyday lifter.
Latest episodes

Jan 25, 2022 • 46min
#58 | Prof Luc Van Loon | Using Sports Nutrition to inform Healthy Ageing
In this episode, I chat with Professor Luc Van Loon Professor of Physiology of Exercise at the Department of Human Biology at Maastricht University Medical Centre. We talk all about Plant proteins, supplementation and how sports nutrition can inform ageing.
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Timestamps + links to items in video:
00:00 Start
01:58 Introduction to Luc
07:14 Are plant proteins as effective for muscle building?
11:30 Can lab studies looking plant protein be translated to real world?
20:50 Is there utility in using fast-digesting carbs post-workout
24:40 Are supplements for useful for people who cannot eat enough food?
28:30 What are the effects of non-essential nutrients from plants?
36:15 What is healthy ageing and how can sports nutrition inform it?
44:48: More about Luc and his work
If you have any questions or want any general advice/tips I'll be more than happy to help. Send me a DM on Instagram or drop a comment down below.
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Jan 11, 2022 • 42min
Wearable Fitness Trackers in 2022 | Dr. Peter Tierney Ep57
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In this episode, I chat with Dr. Peter Tierney about the state of the fitness wearable industry in 2022. We look at what’s currently available, what you can track and how useful some of the metrics are.
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Timestamps + links to items in video:
00:00 Introduction
03:14 Peter's Background
10:10 What are the wearables on the market now?
13:00 How useful are metrics such as HRV for the average person?
19:19 How do you interpret the data from wearables?
21:45 What's the use of Continuous Glucose Monitors?
29:45 The use of GPS trackers in sports
30:43 What wearables are actually useful?
42:20 More about what Peter is up to
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Dec 30, 2021 • 35min
Staying Lean as A Digital Nomad | Ep56
In this episode, I speak to Emil who is an emergency medicine doctor turned performance coach who travels the world. Today we chat about he travels the world and manages to stay in shape.
Timestamps + links to items in video:
00:00 Introduction to Emil
05:01 Why Emil quit strongman and dropped tonnes of weight
08:10 Travelling for fun versus business - different approaches
19:10 What are the initial barriers that people face?
27:41 Can you get in the best shape of your life while travelling?
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🌐 Emil’s site - https://www.doctoremil.com/
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Nov 22, 2021 • 1h 4min
Maximising Nutrition for Ultra Endurance Sport | Greg Potter, PhD. | #55
In this episode of the Health Mastery Show, I chat with Dr. Greg Potter about how to fuel for ultra-endurance sports and events. Greg has worked with professional athletes who completed record-breaking feats of endurance and we sit down to chat about how someone can alter their nutrition to maximise their performance in ultra-endurance events.
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🙋🏽♂️Who am I? My name is Adam and I'm a final year Masters Student in Sports Nutrition, a competitive natural bodybuilder, a coach and a semi-retired basketball player. I hope you guys enjoy my content!
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Timestamps + links to items in video:
00:00 Introduction to Greg
05:01 is nutrition more important for Endurance Athletes?
08:55 What is Ultra Endurance?
10:58 What are the most important things for fuelling for Ultras?
14:10 Are electrolytes needed during training?
24:29 Are fats or carbs preferred for Ultra Endurance events?
38:50 Mitigating Gastrointestinal Issues during training
52:26 Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport
1:01:40 What's Greg doing next
If you have any questions or want any general advice/tips I'll be more than happy to help. Send me a DM on Instagram or drop a comment down below.
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🌐 Resilient Nutrition - [https://resilientnutrition.com/]
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Oct 25, 2021 • 55min
#54 |TANNER STOKES | ALL ABOUT PROTEIN
In this episode, I talk with PhD candidate Tanner Stokes from McMaster University in Ontario all about protein.
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Stu Phillip's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mackinprof
Tanner's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tjstokes5?lang=en
Tanner on Pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Stokes+T&cauthor_id=29414855
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction and background
07:00 What is protein used for in the body
15:26 Factors that affect MPS
19:46 Can you add Leucine to poorer quality protein sources
22:07 Can we just eat only Essential Amino Acids?
31:44 EAAs during exercise, are they useful?
36:06 Why is MPB important?
43:54 Does collagen protein have utility?
47:52 Should we consume slow digesting protein before bed?
54:40 More about Tanner and His work

Oct 10, 2021 • 47min
#53 | BILL CAMPBELL, PhD | RIGID vs FLEXIBLE DIETING
In this Episode I chat with Dr. Bill Campbell about some of the work that he's been doing in the Performance & Physique Enhancement Laboratory at the University of South Florida.
We chat about flexible vs rigid dieting and if one is better than the other for physique outcomes. We also touch on refeeds and diet breaks and if they are worthwhile adding into your dieting phases.
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My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Bill's: https://www.instagram.com/billcampbellphd/?hl=en
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:55 Bill’s background
08:55 What does IIFYM mean?
10:30 Flexible vs rigid dieting study
14:45 What were they expecting to find?
18:03 Do Phytonutrients impact body composition
24:15 Does flexible dieting improve post diet outcomes?
28:50 Do refeeds help maintain lean body mass?
36:50 Are there benefits of diet breaks?
42:50 Why do IFBB pros often follow a clean eating approach?
45:00 Bill’s dream research

Sep 16, 2021 • 53min
#52 | Dr. IAN STEELE | IS BODYBUILDING PATHOLOGICAL?
In this episode I talk with Dr. Ian Steele, Consult Liason Psychiatrist about a recent paper he co-authored called "Competitive Bodybuilding: Fitness, Pathology, or Both?"
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To access the paper on pubmed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31219882/

Aug 30, 2021 • 60min
#51 | JEREMY LOENNEKE, PhD | STRENGTH, POSING + BFR
In this episode I talk with Dr. Jeremy Leonneke, assistant professor at the University of Mississippi.
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Jeremy's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jploenneke
Jeremy's Research: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term...
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
04:15 Does Hypertrophy lead to strength
19:20 How does strength and hyp
ertrophy impact aging populations
21:40 Do anabolics effect strength independent of muscle size
25:00 The relationship between grip strength and mortality rates
34:09 Does posing lead to increases in muscle size
40:43 Practical applications of Blood flow restriction
51:40 Is there utility in using BFR for those looking to maximise hypertrophy
55:45 Where can people find more about Jeremy

Jul 4, 2021 • 1h 13min
#50 | DR. CODY HAUN | SARCOPLASMIC HYPERTROPHY?
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Cody's Website: www.lab.fitness
Weightology Research Review: https://weightology.net/become-a-member-of-the-weightology-research-review/
01:40 Introduction to Cody
08:10 What is sarcoplasm and sarcoplasmic hypertrophy?
14:50 Cody’s research indicating sarcoplasmic hypertrophy
21:38 Should training variables be changed to maximise all avenues of hypertrophy?
40:15 Why is failure different from person to person?
44:00 Should you training with lower reps when glycogen depleted?
53:50 Why isn’t HIIT inferior to LISS for fatloss
01:09:40 Where can people find more about Cody?

Jun 18, 2021 • 47min
#49 | BRANDON KEMPTER | BRINGING PEAK CONDITIONING
In this episode I talk to ICN and INBA pro bodybuilder Brandon Kempter about how he sets up his contest prep.
02:55 Intro to Brandon
4:27 How many weeks should one start a prep?
07:05 How do you know how much you need to lose?
08:50 The 4 phases of competition prep
11:20 The habits needed for prep
20:10 Rate of weight loss for prep
22:40 A deficit through diet, cardio or both?
23:55 Energy efficiency during a prep
31:32 Should Flatness/Fullness be used to make decisions
36:55 Refeeds and diet breaks during prep
42:10 Crazy food combinations in prep
44:50 Macronutrient breakdown for dieting
48:10 More about Brandon
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https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
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Brandon's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brandonkempter