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This is a podcast for strength and physique athletes. Our episodes feature a combination of industry experts and academics along with world champions and record holders. The intention is to offer listeners advice from some of the most accomplished lifters on the planet, as well as present a scientific approach to training, recovery, nutrition, rehab, and sports psychology. Hope you enjoy it!
Episodes
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Dorrell Petties. Topics of discussion include common mistakes people make when deadlifting, which exercises Dorrell uses to increase his deadlift, training frequency, injury prevention, different styles of deadlifting, his mental approach to lifting heavy, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:09 Introduction
02:10 What are common mistakes people make when deadlifting?
06:24 How has your training evolved?
07:47 How did you find which exercises worked best for you?
09:14 What impact did westside barbell have on your approach to training? 13:20 Variation in exercise selection.
17:27 Which exercises reliably increase your deadlift?
21:10 Training frequency for deadlift.
27:03 How to use touch and go deadlifts.
31:30 What are some of your competitive goals in powerlifting?
33:16 What’s your mindset when approaching a big deadlift?
38:12 How have you managed to stay injury free?
54:32 Your mindset when lifting heavy.
01:04:50 Recommendations for lifters to follow.
01:07:20 Where can people find you?
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Dorrell Petties:
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Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with JM Blakely. Topics of discussion include individualizing training and effort level, programming, staying centered, and identifying blind spots, breaking through self-limiting beliefs, perfecting technique, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:09 Introduction
04:24 What do you individualize?
13:16 Programming, effort, injury and progress
19:18 How do you approach the development of a powerlifter?
27:04 What books do you recommend to develop a strong mind?
37:26 Avoiding confusion and staying entered
46:25 Identifying your blind spots
50:14 How do you develop dedication and mental fortitude?
01:02:18 Breaking through self-limiting beliefs
01:10:25 Perfecting technique
01:16:33 JM’s training
01:28:10 Utilizing top sets
01:33:23 What’s a controversial opinion you have?
01:45:09 Where can people find you?
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JM Blakely:
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Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Danny Lennon. Topics of discussion include Dietary differences between strength and physique athletes, body fat percentage and nutrient partitioning, slower vs faster weight loss, goal setting, individualizing your diet, managing gut health when bulking, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:05 Introduction
02:33 What are some of the primary differences between strength vs physique athletes?
06:38 Differences in diet between bodybuilder and powerlifter?
11:50 High rep phases and strength expression
14:30 Common muscle building mistakes of intermediate and advanced lifters.
23:01 Does body fat percentage impact nutrient partitioning?
27:14 Slower vs faster weight loss for strength athletes.
29:25 Setting the right goals and expectations
33:32 Evaluating your progress.
43:10 Individualizing your diet.
52:53 Managing gut health, bloating, and GI issues when bulking.
57:07 Food quality and dietary patterns.
01:01:39 Where can people find you?
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Danny Lennon:
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Website: https://sigmanutrition.com/
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Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Jose Antonio Ph.D. Topics of discussion include how the research process works, the impact of funding on research, changes to make in research, limitations of research, how to make research more accessible to general public and more.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:09 Introduction
00:30 How does the research process work?
05:26 Different types of research
10:16 How does funding impact research?
18:44 What limitations do researchers face?
22:55 What changes would you like to see in sport science research?
25:10 How can we make research more accessible to the public?
26:41 What’s a controversial opinion you have?
33:08 Where can people find you?
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Jose Antonio:
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Website: https://www.sportsnutritionsociety.org/
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Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
Wednesday Nov 04, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Gabrielle Fundaro. Topics of discussion include artificial sweeteners, the link between stress and gut health, probiotics, common misconceptions about gut health, strategies to improve gut health, and much more.
TIME STAMPS:
00:09 Introduction
06:02 What are some of the more common gut issues experienced by both active and inactive demographics?
11:21 Nutrient processing in the gut microbiome and athletic performance.
16:52 Common misconceptions about gut health.
25:35 What role do genetics play in gut health?
32:05 Recommendations to reduce GI distress for individuals looking to gain weight.
39:46 Vegetable intake and gut health
46:38 The link between stress and gut health.
54:47 Artificial sweeteners
01:04:55 Strategies to improve gut health
01:09:17 Pharmaceuticals and gut health
01:13:55 Probiotics
01:18:34 What’s a controversial opinion you have?
01:20:55 Where can people find you?
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Gabrielle Fundaro:
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Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Greg Potter. Topics of discussion include chronobiology, sleep deprivation and athletic performance, how sleep regulates hormones, sleep extension, polyphasic sleep cycles, and more.
TIMESTAMPS
00:09 Introduction
01:26 What is chronobiology and how does it relate to athletics?
04:27 Monophonic vs polyphasic sleep
09:44 What variables influence our sleep cycle?
14:46 Impact of sleep deprivation on performance outcomes
23:12 Sleep extension on athletic performance
30:13 Chronotypes and plasticity
37:01 Sleep, hormones and body composition?
48:02 What’s a controversial opinion you have?
55:12 Where can people find you?
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Greg Potter:
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Website: https://resilientnutrition.com/
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Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
Wednesday Oct 21, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Jimmy Bagley. Topics of discussion include limitations to muscle growth, muscle fiber differentiation, PED's and gene doping, AMPK and mTOR, blood flow restriction training, improving tendon strength, and more.
TIME STAMPS:
01:47 How does muscle growth occur?
08:23 What are the leading theories explaining the upper limits of muscle growth?
12:26 How is muscle growth impacted by biological age and training age?
13:49 At what age do muscle fibers start to differentiate between type I and type II?
18:30 When regaining lost muscle will the muscle fiber distribution match what you had previously?
20:37 How far can an individual develop athletically in spite of not having optimal genetics?
26:13 What physiological factors outside of muscle fiber type impact force production?
28:30 How do PED’s help an individual exceed their natural limit for muscle growth?
33:02 Gene doping
35:35 AMPK and mTOR signaling
38:29 Muscle fiber types and substrate utilization
42:10 What research are you currently working on?
48:08 Recommendations for improving tendon strength
51:44 Blood flow restriction and tendon health
53:00 Relationship between the rate of force development and 1RM strength
55:48 What’s one controversial opinion you have?
01:03:30 Where can people find you?
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Jimmy Bagley:
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Website: www.kin.sfsu.edu
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Matt Wenning. Topics of discussion include primary contributing factors to injury, competition frequency, metrics to inform programming, autoregulation, keeping tendons and ligaments healthy and more.
TIME STAMPS:
00:09 Introduction
03:45 What are the primary contributing factors to injury?
10:10 How many meets should an athlete aim to compete at each year?
11:20 How do you manage program design to minimize the risk of injury?
17:38 What programming metrics do you monitor to inform future programming decisions?
22:44 Autoregulation and individualization in program design
26:40 What strategies do you have to keep tendons and ligaments healthy?
33:11 What’s one belief you have that goes against the grain?
34:29 Where can people find you?
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Matt Wenning:
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Website: https://www.wenningstrength.com/
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Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
Tuesday Oct 06, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Bryce Lewis. Topics of discussion include overcoming psychological hurdles, developing confidence as an athlete, brining awareness into your training, building mental toughness, how to approach competitions, dealing with burnout, and more.
TIME STAMPS:
00:09 Introduction
02:37 What psychological hurdles have you had to overcome as an athlete?
04:33 How did you overcome anxiety related to lifting very heavy weights?
07:56 How do you instil confidence and consistency with an athlete?
12:57 How do you find the balance between maintaining an intrinsic focus during competition while simultaneously being cognizant of the competition and what you need to do to win?
15:48 How do you build a strong coach/athlete relationship?
19:01 How do you bring more awareness and focus into your training sessions?
22:32 Is there a difference in how you mentally approach training vs the competition?
23:40 What mental process do you use to prepare to lift a weight you’ve never attempted before?
25:59 How do you deal with lingering doubt during a competition?
27:28 Is there a particular area of research that’s helped you gain a better understanding of your own psychology?
29:57 How do you build mental toughness?
36:31 What’s the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation?
40:25 How do you avoid burnout as a competitive powerlifter?
44:50 The influence of your social circle on performance
47:12 How did you overcome burnout?
51:55 Making decisions quickly to move past setbacks
54:53 Utilizing a blinded approach to weight selection
01:00:10 At the 2018 world championships did you know you were fighting for first place on the podium?
01:01:52 Defensive pessimism and recalibrating your level of effort
01:10:37 Where can the listeners find you?
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Bryce Lewis:
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Website: https://thestrengthathlete.com/
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Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
Tuesday Sep 29, 2020
In today's episode, Daniel sits down with Gareth Sapstead. Topics of discussion include methods of overload, addressing weaknesses through exercise variation, when is decreased specificity better, regional hypertrophy and more.
TIME STAMPS:
00:09 Introduction
03:10 How would you describe your training philosophy?
07:57 Methods of overloading your training
17:21 How did you come about utilizing such unique exercise variations?
24:47 How do you develop exercises for your athletes?
32:44 How do you identify weaknesses and address them?
39:34 Under what circumstances can reduced specificity have a higher transference to strength?
44:32 How does exercise variation impact hypertrophy?
51:00 Regional hypertrophy
54:54 What advice do you have for the listeners?
57:48 Where can people find you?
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Gareth Sapstead:
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