3D Muscle Journey

Eric is about to hit the stage for the first time since 2011 and what better way to describe his thoughts about the experience than a deep conservation with his colleagues and friends. In this episode, Eric, Andrea, and Alberto discuss many different aspects of Eric's 2019 contest prep. Topics covered include: Eric's motives for [...]

In this episode, Alberto interviews coach, powerlifter, and professional natural bodybuilder, Brian Minor. Brian and Alberto discuss in detail the things a first-time competitor should expect during their contest prep. The coaches cover many important topics, including: how contest prep can affect your relationships, how to mitigate food focus, how prep affects your training, and [...]

In this episode, Eric Helms interviews Steve Taylor (the team registered dietitian) and Amanda Rizo (the team mental health consultant) about the issues of disordered eating and eating disorders in physique sports. What is the difference between disordered eating and eating disorders? What is the connection between physique sports and disordered eating/eating disorders? What does [...]

In this episode, Brad, Jeff, Alberto, and Eric are gathered together in person for an audience-sourced Q&A. What are the coaches' thoughts on intermittent fasting? Can pulling sumo help increase your conventional deadlift? What strategies can someone use to bring up a lagging body part? Does nutrition affect where you store fat or are fat [...]

For the final episode of 2018, Jeff, Eric, and Andrea reflect on how the coaches' roles have changed over the last nine years and elaborate on what their roles are now. This episode is full of personal anecdotes about the coaches' past failures, hard times, and weaknesses, all of which have led the coaches to [...]

In this episode, Eric Helms sits down with Greg Nuckols, Bryce Lewis, and Mike Tuchscherer to discuss Emerging Strategies. Emerging Strategies is a system invented by Mike that is designed to help athletes discover which styles of training they respond best to. The group start their conversation by covering what Emerging Strategies is and how [...]

In this episode, Andrea, Eric, and Brad discuss how they have learned to eat in a healthy balanced way after years of restricted, and at points absurd, dietary behaviors. The coaches start the episode by describing their relationship with food pre-bodybuilding. They discuss how they viewed food during this time and how they made decisions [...]

In this episode, Eric Helms interviews Omar Isuf, Jacob Schepis, and Dr. Mike Israetel. One by one, Eric asks each of the guests to share some of their most valuable anecdotes and observations since beginning their careers in the fitness industry. To kick off the episode, Omar and Eric discuss the importance of helping your [...]

Welcome to season twelve of the 3DMJ Podcast! In this episode, Jeff, Alberto, and Andrea discuss the influence of gender differences in online physique sport coaching. This is an important topic that up until now has received very little public discussion. During their conversation, the coaches look at coach-athlete gender differences from multiple perspectives: males' [...]

The 3DMJ coaches are back with another Q&A session! In this episode, Eric, Alberto, and Andrea answer seven questions sourced from the 3DMJ community. The questions addressed during this episode span a wide range of topics, including: the coaches' thoughts on using anger to fuel your training, advice for how to coordinate one's training with [...]