Mike Israetel, fitness expert and competitor, shares his recent competition prep and the lessons learned. They discuss stress impact on diets, refeeds, metabolic building, and fatigue management. The podcast also covers dealing with online haters, receiving feedback on social media, and the importance of resilience in bodybuilding.

Dr Peter Fitschen, a competitive bodybuilder and PhD researcher, discusses his recent competitive season, the impact of generics on bodybuilding, and the importance of long off seasons. They also talk about offseason approaches, the preferred peak week, planning a competition season, understanding bodybuilding, and the psychological stress of putting yourself out there.

Dr Pak is back on the show and this time we talk a lot about science, it’s use, miss use and actually whether it has use at all for an advanced bodybuilder.You don’t want to miss this!Timestamps:00:00 Intro04:16 Ignoring new evidence and discounting science13:34 Strawmanning what science is16:59 Social media and clickbait titles on the effects on how science is interpreted19:48 Danger of misinterpretation and different interpretations of the results of scientific studies28:49 Practical applications for practitioners34:39 What has changed in the last years?42:19 Training volume 47:44 What if the gym changes frequently in terms of accurately on RIR50:19 Research on RIR and training to failure53:09 Standardising training and programming01:01:02 Dogmaticism and extreme approaches01:05:31 How to apply standardisation as a range01:10:20 Fallacy of optimal and enjoyment of tracking01:14:15 What makes up a good coach?https://www.instagram.com/dr__pak/linktr.ee/drpakThanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________Supplements:https://cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% offhttps://prozis.com/JNvY - PascalRevive10__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself! MASS (Research Review): • https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwyMuscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tG__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I have Daniel Plotkin on the show, he recently headed up a study that looked at the differences between squats and hip thrusts for hypertrophy and various other outcomes. We dig into that, the practical take homes and much more.Timestamps:00:00 Intro08:07 What was the study about?15:03 EMG results in studies?18:20 Does sensation correlate with EMG activation?21:33 Stretch-mediated hypertrophy23:52 What is a multichip?29:28 Matching variables in between partials vs. full ROM studies34:16 Experimenting with training variables40:28 The inability to detect individual differences48:50 Squats vs. Hip Thrusts52:07 Specificity of training56:45 Anything else Dan is working onhttps://www.instagram.com/danielplotkin/References:Hip thrust and back squat training elicit similar gluteus muscle hypertrophy and transfer similarly to the deadlift: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.06.21.545949v1Thanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself! MASS (Research Review): • https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwyMuscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tG__________________________________________________________________Supplements:https://cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% offhttps://prozis.com/JNvY - PascalRevive10__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Potter is back on the show and we’re talking about everything from how to maximise your sleep when it’s hot to whether or not you should concern yourself over your biological age.As always a super in-depth and interesting discussion to be had with Greg.Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:53 Saunas as an alternative to cardio?12:45 Differences in Sauna and body temperature19:27 Wearing additional clothing in the gym21:47 Heat and its Impact on sleep39:57 Sleep stages and tracking/optimising these01:01:00 Health and biological ages01:08:34 What are the key determines of biological age?01:19:00 Fallacy of optimisation01:38:00 What is Greg's podcast about?Greg's podcast: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/reason-wellbeing/id1690563973https://www.instagram.com/gregpotterphd/https://www.youtube.com/@gregpotterphdThanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself!MASS (Research Review):• https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwy__________________________________________________________________Books we recommend!Muscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tGFor more• http://revivestronger.com/library/__________________________________________________________________Supplements:www.cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% off__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Martin is back on the show talking about a study he is conducting. It’s comparing the muscle hypertrophy achieved in one leg vs. The other when following either a failure or RIR protocol.This was an excellent discussion, not just for diving into the paper itself but also for how you can look at research in future for informing your practice.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:56 Where we are at with training to failure13:04 What Mark wants to investigate with the new study30:22 How to make sure that people push to failure35:28 How to make sure that participants training doesn't interfere with the results39:11 Anything that could have been done differently?44:29 Measuring hypertrophy52:29 What is statistical significance and bayesian analysis01:05:09 Injuries in the study01:15:27 Volume, performance and other metrics to look at01:23:19 Development of exercise science01:31:29 Philosophy around studies, training and combining the twohttps://www.instagram.com/mrfitness__/https://www.instagram.com/jps_education/Thanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself!MASS (Research Review):• https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwy__________________________________________________________________Books we recommend!Muscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tGFor more• http://revivestronger.com/library/__________________________________________________________________Supplements:www.cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% off__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week I have Max Coleman on the podcast to discuss his recently published paper on deloading.Max is a student at Brad Schoenfeld’s lab and looked into the impact of a week of the gym and the impact it had on performance and muscle growth. Did it help boost results or was it not needed at all? Find out today.Timestamps:00:00 Intro02:19 Intro about Max05:39 Gaining more from doing less, deload study10:45 Study design and hyptothesis20:34 Differences found24:00 Extrapolations and assumptions of the findings27:43 When to take a deload and how much to do34:05 Common claims about deloads38:22 What were the limitations of the study45:19 Was performance tracked and were there outliers?49:36 Concluding thoughts and practical takeaways53:32 What are indicators that you need a deload?56:56 When do you know that you're recovered?01:01:47 Are there times for pro-active deloads during a cut?https://www.instagram.com/coleman.et.al/https://sportrxiv.org/index.php/server/preprint/view/302/604Thanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself! MASS (Research Review): • https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwy__________________________________________________________________Books we recommend!Muscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tGFor more• http://revivestronger.com/library/__________________________________________________________________Supplements:www.cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% off__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jake Remmert PhD student is on the show and we dig into some of his recently published research and what he is going to be doing his dissertation on.A very interesting discussion that I am sure you will enjoy!Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37036795/Halperin Paper: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34542869/https://www.instagram.com/jake.datadrivenstrength/Timestamps:00:00 Intro01:31 Competitive aspirations09:55 What took Jake to research17:52 Dissertation about volume autoregulation23:00 How to set up the study27:39 Individual differences and timeframe32:57 What people are part of the study38:46 How to deal with differences 42:21 Things to consider with what arm to start with?43:41 Overview of the study design48:23 How was failure defined?52:59 Fake failure?01:00:43 Does RIR need to be accurate?01:02:58 Surprised about findings between multijoint vs. single joint movements01:08:07 RIR vs. training to failure. Is it a skill?01:12:35 Science confirms what the bros been doing 01:14:56 Proxi for muscle growthThanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself! MASS (Research Review): • https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwy__________________________________________________________________Books we recommend!Muscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tGFor more• http://revivestronger.com/library/__________________________________________________________________Supplements:www.cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% off__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I don't remember clicking record to cloud, but I must have as that's where it went. I think it just means Cliff's audio isn't split out. I'm sorry, but I thought initially it hadn't recorded so glad it did!Cliff is back on the show and we dig into some of his training methods that are to quote Cliff “methods are significantly off the wall”. Cliff basically talks about his training methodologies as a natty pro coach.You don’t want to miss this.Timestamps:00:00 Intro03:53 Dealing with sickness and injury06:14 Truly evidence based practices15:13 Self efficacy in a client and training trend24:55 Neurological efficacy and high rep work34:53 Discovering things for yourself and intuitive training41:52 Overthinking and being paralysed by ideas49:14 Rationalising things when there is no justification for it57:09 Client results and setting realistic expectations01:06:11 Concluding thoughtshttps://www.instagram.com/cwteamwilson/https://www.teamwilsonbb.com/homeThanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself!MASS (Research Review):• https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwy__________________________________________________________________Books we recommend!Muscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tGFor more• http://revivestronger.com/library/__________________________________________________________________Supplements:www.cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% off__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today I am talking with Joe Jeffery from Physique Collective. We dive into some recent travel Joe has been on to see clients compete and ask the question if it’s important for a coach to be there on show day. Then we dive into how to find a good coach and also what makes a good bodybuilding coach before finishing with some discussion surrounding new literature coming out surrounding range of motion and relative intensity as it pertains to hypertrophy.Timestamps:00:00 Intro04:43 Subjectivity in physique sports08:57 Conditioning vs. shape and balance10:40 How important is it to be present as a coach19:51 How long has Joe been coaching and how has online coaching evolved?27:38 What to look for in a coach31:19 Natty vs. enhanced bodybuilding34:52 When the bros are right. New meta regression analysis and its pitfalls37:43 The incredible individual differences42:37 Partials and ROM47:36 RP hypertrophy app49:43 Pump, lengthened partials and morephysiquecollective.comhttps://www.instagram.com/joe_physiquecollective/https://www.instagram.com/physiquecollective/Thanks, please comment, like and subscribe!COACHING: https://revivestronger.com/online-coaching/WEBSITE: https://www.revivestronger.com/MINI CUT MOVEMENT: https://revivestronger.com/mini-cut-movement/DISCORD SERVER: https://discord.gg/WtDsYWAAgTMEMBERSITE: https://revivestronger.com/team-revive-stronger/SHOP: https://www.revivestronger.com/shopFACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/revivestrongerINSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/revivestrongerNEWSLETTER: https://bit.ly/2rRONG5__________________________________________________________________If you want to support us via a donation, that's highly appreciated!Patreon• https://www.patreon.com/revivestrongerDon't like Patreon, go to Paypal!• https://bit.ly/2XZloJ4__________________________________________________________________Our Ebooks!Ultimate Guide To Contest Prep Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-ultimate-guide-to-contest-prep/Primer Phase Ebook:• https://revivestronger.com/product/the-primer-phase/__________________________________________________________________Stay up to date with the latest research and educate yourself!MASS (Research Review):• https://goo.gl/c7FSJDJPS Mentorship• https://jpseducation.mykajabi.com/a/13324/esJ8AZwy__________________________________________________________________Books we recommend!Muscle & Strength Pyramids• https://goo.gl/S8s6tGFor more• http://revivestronger.com/library/__________________________________________________________________Supplements:www.cnpprofessional.co.uk - STEVE15 for 15% off__________________________________________________________________When you're interested in online coaching, please go visit our website and follow the application form:https://www.revivestronger.com/online-coaching/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices