

The Revive Stronger Podcast
Revive Stronger
Welcome to the Revive Stronger Podcast your go-to podcast when it comes to evidence-based training & nutrition practices.Together we delve deep into everything related to training, nutrition, bodybuilding and much more. Talking to the brightest minds in the fitness industry, elite coaches, top tier athletes and dispensing world-class knowledge to the public. Coaches and trainees this is the podcast for you!
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May 6, 2019 • 1h 7min
153: Greg Potter - The Science of Sleep
Greg Potter has a PhD focused on sleep, diet, and metabolism.
He also holds an MSc Exercise Physiology and works at HumanOS with our previous guest Dan Pardi. Furthermore, his work has been featured by the BBC World Service, TIME magazine, Reuters, and more. He is also a qualified personal trainer and sports massage therapist, having worked as a sprints coach at Loughborough, coaching an athlete to four gold medals at the European Championships in his category. He also previously worked in the sports medicine department at the RFU.
In today’s episode, we get deep into the importance of sleep and how you might optimise your day to get the best sleep possible.
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Timestamps:
01:59 Why is sleep so important
07:53 Sleep deprivation and its impact on blood glucose regulation & research on getting back sleep
11:21 What is defined as "Sufficient sleep"
22:39 What does count? Number of hours of sleep or numbers in bed?
26:51 How do you know when to get up without an alarm?
31:49 Lights as a tool for people to get blue light substitution
34:21 Priority of sleep hygiene
53:46 ZMA's effect on sleep
57:45 Efficacy of lavender spray and chamomile
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Apr 29, 2019 • 1h 5min
152: Andrew Chappell - Evidence Based Recommendations for Bodybuilding
Andrew is a Pro Natural Bodybuilder who has been training and competing for over 10 years.
He competes with the Drug-Free Athletes Coalition in professionally sanctioned contests and is previously a five-time British Champion with the British Natural Bodybuilding Federation as well as a World amateur champion. Andrew also has judged physique contests for over 7 years and has judged at British and World Finals. He also regularly competes in Strongman and Powerlifting events.
Andrew holds a PhD from the Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health and is a Dr of Nutrition. He also holds a BSc (honours) degrees in Sport and Exercise Science and an MSc in Human Nutrition and Metabolism. He is a published author and that is something we did into in today's episode, going over some of his findings relating to natural bodybuilding diets and peaking strategies.
Timestamps:
01:08 Andrew starts off with talking about his background
08:08 Andrew talks about how bodybuilding changed him
14:44 Andrew continuous with talking about the limitations on bodybuilding studies
18:44 Andrew speaks about his papers and what successful bodybuilders do
27:47 Andrew elaborates on nutritional strategies of the successful athletes vs. "unsuccessful"
35:28 Genetic impact or overall muscle mass?
41:05 Andrew shares a slight peak into common training modalities and cardio
48:39 Andrew further talks about training splits
53:38 How much pepsi max does some competitors drink?
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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Chappell
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RP Books
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RP + Members site
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Apr 22, 2019 • 1h 17min
151: Mike Israetel - Lessons Learned from getting Lean
London Seminar 2019
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The final instalment of the three-part London Seminar series is Mike Israetel. This time, Mike talks about what to expect at the upcoming London Seminar, diet methodologies and things he has learned throughout his career.
Timestamps:
00:20 Mike starts off with talking about his lessons learned from his cutting phases
29:48 How to get rid of water and strategies for dieting populations such as carb cycling, diet breaks, refeeds, etc.
38:35 Diet breaks with higher bodyfat?
47:47 Mike talks about what he's going to cover in London at the seminar
01:10:25 When coming out of contest prep, is a metabolite training recommended?
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Apr 15, 2019 • 1h 6min
150: James Hoffmann - Sleep & Recovery for Hypertrophy
London Seminar 2019
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James Hoffmann comes onto the podcast to talk all things recovery. From the importance of sleep, de-stressing to the efficacy of massage therapy and more.
Timestamps:
04:21 What approaches has James changed in regards to recovery and fatigue management
06:55 Efficacy of HRV for a physique athlete
11:29 How bad is waking up a few times during the night
14:10 Protein pre-bed negatively impacting sleep?
16:24 James speaks about personal experience with athletes who don't need much sleep?
20:21 James take on training after a poor night of sleep
23:17 Can someone being under-recovered in a muscle group without soreness
27:15 Anything that can be done for connective tissue recovery?
30:47 James talks about supplements
33:20 James follows up with talking about the placebo effect
36:01 How big of an effect can compassionate touching have
38:42 Does training within 24h impede recovery
41:54 James shares his take on volume landmarks for legs vs. the general recommendations out there
45:20 James thoughts on exercise variations on stimulus/fatigue ratio
55:01 James talks about reps in reserve
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For more
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Apr 8, 2019 • 58min
149: Gabrielle Fundaro - Fasting & Gut Health
Gabrielle is back...again! She has a PhD in Human Nutrition, Foods and Exercise and is coming to the London Seminar 2019 as well! To celebrate this, we delve into a Q&A about gut health.
London Seminar 2019
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Timestamps:
02:04 Why might Greens powders be harmful?
10:53 Multivitamin or Greens powder
13:14 How sweeteners impact the gut
21:28 What role does Sodium & potassium play for gut health
27:42 Circadian Rhythm and sleep on the microbiome
32:02 Do we benefit from eating at similar times?
35:51 Fasting beneficial for gut health?
40:47 Why is eating in a sympathetic state a bad thing?
52:00 Research on elimination diet for digestive issues
Gabrielle's Website: https://vitaminphdnutrition.com/
Gabrielle's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gabrielle.fundaro
Gabrielle's Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VitaminPhD/
Gabrielle's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vitaminphd/
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RP Books
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Apr 1, 2019 • 1h 6min
148: Alex Kolliari-Turner - Theoretical Mechanism of Muscle Memory
Alex Kolliari-Turner knows a tonne about muscle.
He is currently in his 2nd year of his PhD at the University of Brighton. Specifically, he is conducting research into the effect of anabolic steroids on muscle gene expression, epigenetic markers and their influence on the enhancement of muscle memory. Sounds really interesting, that’s because it is!
We talk about this research, how you could help with it and the hypothesis Alex has and what the practical realities of that would mean.
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If interested please email Alex Kolliari-Turner on A.Kolliari-Turner@brighton.ac.uk for further details.
Timestamps:
01:24 Alex talks about himself and the study
06:58 What got Alex into this field of research
09:38 Alex talks about the processes of hypertrophy
33:36 Similarities to fat cells and cellular memory systems
37:43 Alex on the theory on hyperplasia
40:59 What people Alex is looking for. Furthermore, he talks about steroids and sarms
45:13 Alex shares insight into people who took steroids in the past and competitive advantages?
51:30 Anabolic use, its side effects and adverse health prevention
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Mar 25, 2019 • 47min
147: James Krieger - The High Volume Project
James is back on the show!
We discuss his personal project of a high volume training protocol. Additionally, we talk about personal things such as P-ratio, exercise selection and much more.
Timestamps:
00:59 James talks about the targeted volume approach
09:48 Why 3 day per week frequency
11:56 What's the definition of a hard gainer
16:06 Relative intensity during the intensity
16:42 Specialisation as an alternative
17:37 Performance markers, such as soreness?
19:41 James speaks about his nutritional protocol and metrics to track progress
22:23 James take on P-ratio and higher BF
24:00 James's opinion on methodologies to maximise muscle gain
26:47 Protein intake for massing
28:49 James talks about intraset stretching for hypertrophy
32:39 Identifying volume landmarks
34:54 Individual differences in muscular response
36:32 Exercise selection for higher volumes
38:23 Deadlifts and overrated exercises for hypertrophy
40:40 Are there better exercises for hypertrophy
42:28 Lower soreness with higher sets. Soreness as a proxy?
Weightology: https://weightology.net/
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RP Books
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RP + Members site
• https://ob262.isrefer.com/go/plus/Steve90/
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• http://revivestronger.com/library/
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Mar 18, 2019 • 42min
146: Paul Serafini - Current Research on Training to Failure
Paul Serafini is currently doing graduate research into hypertrophy, protein and nutrition.
He has a BS in exercise science, is a coach himself and has a very impressive physique. In today's episode we talk about some of his up and coming research into training to failure. We also cover what the evidence currently says and Paul’s own personal experience with himself and clients.
Timestamps:
04:24 Paul talks about his study about training vs. non-failure
05:36 Paul goes into talking about the study design
08:02 Hypothesis on what's about to happen
09:37 Summarises his observations
16:42 Paul gives insight into what he does himself with his training
23:35 Paul's experience with the consequences of training to failure
27:02 How to sell people for not going to failure and transition to RIR
31:40 Clients that do not train hard enough
35:04 Paul speaks about future research and influences
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RP + Members site
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Mar 11, 2019 • 47min
145: Emilia Thompson - The Skill of Mindful Eating
Dr Emilia Thompson specialises in improving people’s relationships with food.
Sounds trivial? But it really isn’t, disordered eating is rife, especially within the fitness industry. Emilia does a great job at helping people transition to a more mindful eating style. She also is a nutritionist for optimum nutrition and previously a highly competitive bikini athlete.
Timestamps:
01:41 Emily talks about her background
04:26 Emilia shares her insight on what led to bad eating habits
06:36 How to transition to mindful eating
08:26 Experience with people who struggle with laying off the habits
10:19 Different methods to use
13:39 Emilia talks about her personal story
18:18 What are the strategies and metrics to focus on?
19:58 Prerequisite for mindful eating
21:42 Emilia touches on why language being used becomes so important
25:32 Impact on others via social media
28:09 Recommendations and guidelines for mindful eating
30:31 Differences between Mindful eating and Flexible dieting
32:51 Mindful eating for Offseason?
35:34 Emilia talks about her competitive career
39:16 Emilia shares her experience with clients who couldn't have done it without her
40:57 Emilia speaks about whether someone hasn't achieved a state of mindful eating
42:58 Furthermore, Emilia touches on if someone had negative experiences with mindful eating
https://www.emilia.fitness/
https://www.instagram.com/emiliathompsonphd/
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RP Books
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RP + Members site
• https://ob262.isrefer.com/go/plus/Steve90/
For more
• http://revivestronger.com/library/
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Mar 4, 2019 • 1h
144: Mike Israetel - The Likelihood of Muscle Loss
London Seminar '19:
http://revivestronger.com/product/london-seminar-19/
This time, Mike is talking about muscle loss, steroids, training volume and being limited on time and much more!
Timestamps:
18:47 Things to consider before taking steroids
22:59 Why people need some knowledge to not fall for fads
28:14 Mike and Joe Rogan Podcast
30:19 How likely is true muscle loss going to happen
41:38 High protein intake on anabolic signalling
44:53 Training volume limited by time
50:23 How fatigued should you feel before a deload?
55:10 Newbie gains on a body part you've never focused on when you're an advanced trainee
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Books we recommend!
Muscle & Strength Pyramids
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RP Books
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RP + Members site
• https://ob262.isrefer.com/go/plus/Steve90/
For more
• http://revivestronger.com/library/
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