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Built With Science

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May 13, 2024 • 48min

The Most Underrated Exercise for Fat Loss & Health

In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss one of their most favorite exercises for fat loss and overall health: walking.
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Apr 29, 2024 • 46min

Intermittent Fasting: How It Works & What It Does To The Body

In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss everything you need to know about intermittent fasting, also known as time restricted feeding in the literature. They'll discuss different ways to implement it, and some situations it may be better suited for to optimize body composition changes.
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Apr 15, 2024 • 36min

How to Work Out Like A Minimalist And Still Make Gains

Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss maximizing muscle gains with minimal effort through workout techniques like super sets and drop sets. They touch on optimal exercise selection, the importance of sleep for muscle growth, and the benefits of creatine and caffeine supplements for enhancing performance.
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Apr 1, 2024 • 28min

Light VS Heavy Weights: What Builds More Muscle?

In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss the research around heavy versus light load training for muscle growth. Do you really need to "lift big to get big"? Take our quiz to find the best fitness program for you and your body: https://quiz.builtwithscience.com/
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Mar 18, 2024 • 38min

Natty VS Steroids: Should We Train Like Them?

In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss their opinions on the "natty versus not" movement from the perspective of the origin of the movement and how you should interpret discussions on whether an individual is natural or not. Take our quiz to find the best fitness program for you and your body: https://quiz.builtwithscience.com/
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Mar 4, 2024 • 48min

How to Lift Weights for MAXIMUM Muscle Growth

Various components of form and technique can alter an exercise, such as range of motion, tempo & repetition speed, and posture and positioning (biomechanics). In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss the optimal technique that will result in the most muscle growth possible. Take our quiz to find the best fitness program for you and your body: https://quiz.builtwithscience.com/
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Feb 20, 2024 • 1h 5min

We Were WRONG (5 Fitness Beliefs We've Changed Our Minds About)

In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss various topics they've changed their minds about over the years as their knowledge and experience have expanded. They also discuss why changing your mind and opinion isn't necessarily bad! Take our quiz to find the best fitness program for you and your body: https://quiz.builtwithscience.com/
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Feb 5, 2024 • 1h 11min

How to Build Muscle Almost 2x Faster (NEW RESEARCH)

In today's episode, Built With Science researchers Max Coleman and Daniel Plotkin discuss partial range of motion training, specifically training the muscle at a long muscle length and how that can potentially lead to more muscle growth than full range of motion. Take our quiz to find the best fitness program for you and your body: https://quiz.builtwithscience.com/
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Jan 24, 2024 • 40min

10 Things That ACTUALLY Kill Your Gains (Based On Science)

Researchers debunk gain killer myths, discuss impact of rapid weight loss, very low calorie diets, stress and alcohol use on muscle growth, emphasize optimal protein intake and resistance training, explore maximizing muscle gains through failure or not to failure.
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Jan 8, 2024 • 1h 2min

How to Eat to Build Muscle and Lose Fat (Using Science)

The podcast discusses how to set up your diet for muscle gain or weight loss, exploring concepts like bulking, cutting, and maintaining. They also cover the challenges of gaining weight and the best way to set up a diet for fat loss. The importance of tracking in diets and understanding dietary needs in weightlifting is emphasized. The significance of tracking calorie intake and protein intake for muscle building and fat loss is discussed as well.

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