
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

May 30, 2021 • 1h 12min
#48 | DATA DRIVEN STRENGTH
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to:
https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Data-Driven Strength website: https://www.data-drivenstrength.com/
Time Stamps
01:18 Intro to Josh and Zach From Data Driven Strength
02:30 What does Data-Driven Strength mean
07:20 Why do less genetically gifted often focus less on scientific evidence
13:12 Training for hypertrophy vs strength
17:55 Are the initial reps more important
26:45 How muscle fibres are recruited throughout a set
32:38 Training to failure for strength vs hypertrophy
44:00 Do you need to get bigger to get stronger
54:33 Do you need to add weight or reps to progress
01:14:42 More about the guys

May 17, 2021 • 1h 7min
#47 | DR. MIKE T. NELSON | METABOLIC FLEXIBILITY AND HRV
In this episode, I talk to Dr. Mike T. Nelson about metabolic flexibility and heart rate variance (HRV).
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to:
https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Mike's website: https://flexdiet.com/
Mike's Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/drmiketnelson/
01:00 Intro to Mike
07:02 What is metabolic flexibility
08:50 Can healthy people affect their metabolic flexibility
12:55 Does diet type or exercise intensity affect fat loss
20:00 Does substrate utilisation shift throughout the day
25:15 What is VO2max
31:05 Is metabolism local to the muscle
38:15 What is Heart rate variability
41:40 Why is HRV higher in a parasympathetic state
47:00 Are wearables accurate for HRV
51:25 Is natural intuition as accurate as a device
53:20 What's the issue with stress
1:01:02 Can stress impact health and body composition
1:05:50 What's the best device for accuracy
1:08:30 More about Mike

May 12, 2021 • 54min
#46 | DAVID NOLAN | RESISTANCE TRAINING & SPORTS
In this episode, I talk to David Nolan from Synapse Performance about resistance training and how to use it to improve your sporting performance.
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
David's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/synapseperformance/
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro in David
02:20 Do Women gain muscle at the same rate as men?
04:30 Difference between personal training and S&C
09:19 Difference between strength training for sports vs aesthetics
16:00 Balancing resistance training and sports performance
18:50 How do you balance overall Allostatic load
26:44 How to mitigate injury risk?
31:15 Are higher reps safer for athletes?
37:50 Is functional training just a novel idea?
46:29 How to manage your resistance training and sport
55:55 More about David

Apr 5, 2021 • 1h 10min
#45 ERIC HELMS, ALAN FLANAGAN & DANNY LENNON | WHO TO TRUST ONLINE?
In this episode, I talk to Eric Helms, Alan Flanagan and Danny Lennon about who to trust online.
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Alan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thenutritional_advocate
Eric's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/

Mar 23, 2021 • 57min
#44 JEFF ALBERTS | MENTALLY DEALING WITH GAINING BODYFAT
In this episode, I talk with pro natural bodybuilder Jeff Alberts about how to deal with gaining bodyfat in the off-season.
If you are listening on Youtube, please subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/34iHcBP
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Jeff's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/3dmj_godfather

Mar 8, 2021 • 50min
#43 DR. PETER FITSCHEN | RETURNING TO THE GYM AFTER LOCKDOWN
In this episode, myself and Dr. Peter Fitschen talk all about how to return to the gym after a lockdown.
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Peter's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fitbodyphysique/
Peter's website: http://www.fitbodyphysique.com/
08:50 How to approach going back
14:13 Nutrition when coming back
21:20 Avoiding particular exercises
28:20 Calling off a bodybuilding prep
31:30 How have shows changed due to lockdown
36:00 How long will it take to get back to your best
38:20 Peter’s thoughts on cardio for prep
48:00 Where can I learn more about stats

Feb 22, 2021 • 51min
#42 CLIFF WILSON | RAPID BACKLOADS AND PEAK WEEK
In this episode myself and Cliff chat about his approach to prep and peak week, if you enjoy then please subscribe.
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Cliff’s instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cwteamwilson/
Cliff’s website: https://www.teamwilsonbb.com/
Timestamps:
03:30 Cliff’s thoughts on conditioning
06:31 Is natural vs enhanced prep different
06:31 How does Cliff set up a prep diet
11:00 What is someone is stressed during prep?
14:07 Is pushing harder difficult for adherence?
15:50 Creating a deficit through diet or cardio
19:10 Specific foods during prep
24:05 Is dieting for new competitors harder?
33:15 Cliff’s peak week strategy
40:10 How does ethnicity effect peak week
44:30 How does the depletion state look
48:30 Does Show day Differ?
53:10 More about Cliff

Feb 11, 2021 • 33min
#41 BRETT FREEMAN | HOW FAT IS TOO FAT FOR BODYBUILDERS
Myself and lightweight WNBF pro Brett Freeman chat about gaining bodyfat and how lean you need to stay in the off-season.
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to:
https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
You’ll also find information on coaching 1:1 with myself there too
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Brett's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/baftub
Brett's coaching services: https://www.atpperformancellc.com/
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to:
https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648

Dec 29, 2020 • 56min
#40 JARED FEATHER | DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NATURAL & IFBB PRO
In this episode I have Jared Feather back on the podcast after his IFBB pro card win to talk about the differences between being a natural pro and an IFBB pro.
If you are listening on Youtube, please subscribe for more: http://bit.ly/34iHcBP
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/
Jared’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jared_feather/
RP Hypertrophy Book: https://renaissanceperiodization.com/the-scientific-principles-of-hypertrophy-training
Timestamps
00:00 Start
01:47 Olympia thoughts
05:39 Jared's road to IFBB pro
09:08 Jared’s goals in Pro Bodybuilding
18:18 Brining sports science to enhanced bodybuilding
26:15 Differences between training in Natural and Enhanced bodybuilding
30:45 Do enhanced bodybuilders need more protein?
32:00 How does the peaking process change?
40:35 Jared’s Olympia Plans
47:00 What causes the bubble gut?
48:19 Is dieting easier enhanced?
50:55 Do weight gain/loss
recommendations change?
52:55 Can you gain muscle too fast?

Dec 22, 2020 • 48min
#39 A Solo Episode
In this episode I chat a little about me and how I got into Bodybuilding.
For a free 7 Day Natural Bodybuilding prep course go to: https://members.healthmastery.co/optin1592314349648
For 1:1 Bodybuilding coaching: www.Healthmastery.co
My instagram: https://www.instagram.com/adammc192/