Brains and Gains with Dr. David Maconi

Myself, Jacob Schepis, and Steve Hall discuss adjusting training and eating when on vacation or during particularly stressful periods        1:00- Adjusting training to life stress 8:00- Neurological vs muscular adaptations 13:50- Training recommendations during holiday/vacation 24:00- Nutrition recommendations during holiday/vacationJacob's channel for part 2: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi6a...Website and Coaching: https://drdavemaconi.com/Smile Fund: https://secure.operationsmile.org/sit...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_maconi/Youtube Homepage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW-P...

Brad Loomis is a professional natural bodybuilder and powerlifter. While he has been successful in both of these areas he considers his best talent to be his ability to coach. He is an esteemed coach with 3DMJ and has coached many athletes to the bodybuilding stage and powerlifting platform. Today we discuss numerous topics including why he now leans more towards powerlifting, how to get around injuries, mental hurdles involved in competitive lifting, and more.0:30- St. Jude’s Charity donation1:00- Brad coming back from surgery 4:40- Best lifts vs current lifts9:00- How to come back from an injury14:00- Psychologically handling not being at your best18:15- Nutrition during a recovery period20:40- Changes and accompanying changesPart 2 can be found on the 3DMJ channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Team3DMJWebsite and Coaching: https://drdavemaconi.com/Smile Fund: https://secure.operationsmile.org/sit...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_maconi/

Andrew Vigotsky is currently getting his PhD in biomedical engineering at Northwestern University. He is a respected colleague among many of the well known science-based practitioners in the fitness community and is continuing to help publish relevant research in the field.   0:30- Andrew’s background  4:00- Does hypertrophy truly contribute to strength?  10:40- What factors contribute to getting stronger?  15:30- Moment arms and biomechanics  28:00- Future researchVariable gearing in pennate muscles: https://www.pnas.org/content/105/5/1745Some of Andrew's papers mentioned:https://peerj.com/articles/5071/https://journals.lww.com/nsca-jscr/fu...https://link.springer.com/article/10....https://peerj.com/articles/1462/Today's donation will go towards Operation Smile, to help provide surgeries for children with cleft lip and palate deformities. Website and Coaching: https://drdavemaconi.com/Smile Fund: https://secure.operationsmile.org/sit...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_maconi/Youtube Homepage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW-P...

Lyle McDonald, Sumi Singh, and I discuss the changes seen in lifting / fitness culture in recent years. Website and Coaching: https://drdavemaconi.com/Smile Fund: https://secure.operationsmile.org/sit...Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dave_maconi/Youtube Homepage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCW-P...