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1:11 - How athlete personality tests impact how Sean coaches his athletes & what are the specific personality types Sean encounters most frequently as a coach? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each of those personality types?

9:33 - How Sean prefers to communicate with athletes based off their personalities

15:07 - How to help clients who struggle with comparing themselves to other lifters develop confidence in their abilities as a lifter

24:34 - The importance of having other positive things outside of training for having longevity in powerlifting & being less phased by fluctuations in training performance & progress

36:30 - How our thoughts and feelings about training sessions impact how we adapt to our training program depending on the athlete’s perception of how their training went; coaching strategies to help lifters stay mentally motivated & invested in training through poor periods of training; coaching strategies to make sure the lifter maintains training momentum through periods of good training

52:20 - The importance of giving the lifter rep ranges they enjoy that don’t cause a lot of mental and/or emotional fatigue so they can build training momentum and make progress

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0:59 - History & unique characteristics of Deca compared to other AAS

7:41 - How NPP differs from Deda Durabolin

10:11 - Could the extra water retention from Deca result in improved performance and consequently more muscle growth compared to other AAS?

14:18 - Using Deca during contest prep or general fat loss diets to maintain fullness & performance

16:21 - Who would be a good candidate for using Deca as a primary anabolic in their stack?

22:49 - Common doses of Deca for joint health vs driving anabolism

24:59 - The validity of Deca only cycles with no test base

27:12 - Is there any benefit to having higher E1 levels from taking Deca vs E2? How the physical and psychological effects differ

28:57 - Managing prolactin and progesterone levels while using Deca

36:02 - Who would not be a good candidate for using Deca?

38:31 - Deca’s uniquely long detection time in drug tests

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1:01 - History of Tren, what makes Tren so different from other AAS & unique benefits of tren

9:13 - Is Tren overrated and overhyped as far as its effects and side effects? Can you get similar results that Tren provides taking different compounds?

17:33 - How much more anabolic is Tren compared to other AAS? How much stronger will it make you?

24:18 - Why are anabolic steroid users generally not much stronger compared to elite natural athletes? How much stronger can anabolics make you beyond your natural limit?

35:50 - Does Tren make your connective tissue weaker?

37:10 - Are there any differences in effect between Tren acetate vs enanthate besides ester length?

42:51 - How to minimize the negative mental & physical effects of Tren

48:23 - Typical starting doses of Tren & typical duration of exposure to Tren

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Timestamps0:18 - What Joe changed about my training & our collaboration on my programming to overcome my injuries & high fatigue problems interfering with my ability to progress20:21 - Program design for lifters who’s bottleneck for progress is hypertrophy vs neural adaptations 34:20 - How to know when a lifter specifically needs more comp lift volume or if increasing accessory volume is a better solution if a lifter’s progress is stalled48:40 - The importance of programming enough intensity on a secondary day in order to keep the primary day progressing and how to find that intensity threshold for the athleteJoe's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/1repmethods/Joe’s YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/@JoeStanekJoe's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@thejoestanekApply For Coaching - https://bit.ly/3QpfduxGet My FREE Programs - https://bit.ly/4fF4wPcSign Up For My Newsletter - http://bit.ly/4lHqnrVMy Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Uy2zfbMacroFactor Diet Tracking App (Use code PEELER for a 2-Week FREE Trial!) - https://bit.ly/49Vz2ADLeviathan Nutrition (Code: ADAM10) - https://leviathan-nutrition.com/Built Bar (code PEELER for 10% off) - https://builtbar.com/

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1:06 - Managing work & life stress with training so that the athlete can progress

8:39 - Are SBD days overrated & when it makes sense to program them

12:52 - Is training block length a fixed training variable that can’t be changed or can athletes respond to a variety of block lengths?

19:30 - Priming deadlifts with rows

25:11 - Does perception of pain correlate with severity of injury? How coaches should respond to a lifter reporting pain in training

32:59 - How being a DPT impacts programming decisions as well as feedback on lifting technique

38:41 - Balancing what’s “optimal” for a lifter to progress and what they enjoy as a coach when programming & creating long term buy in with athletes and expectations around progress as a coach

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Timestamps0:35 - What is BPC 157, how does it work, what injuries does it help with? What is TB500, how does it work, what injuries does it help with??8:41 - Injectable vs nasal BPC 157 and TB50011:31 - Can you take these peptides long term or in prep as a strength athlete as an injury prevention strategy? 16:52 - Synergy between BPC 157, TB500, and HGH19:40 - Issues with long term BPC 157 and TB500 use24:38 - Injury prevention strategies32:15 - Other hormones & peptides that reduce injury risk Team Evil GSP - https://teamevilgsp.com/Hire Mircea - https://teamevilgsp.com/team/mircea-balaj/Membersite - https://members.teamevilgsp.com/Mircea's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/mirceabjr/Apply For Coaching - https://bit.ly/3QpfduxGet My FREE Programs - https://bit.ly/4fF4wPcMy Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Uy2zfbMacroFactor Diet Tracking App (Use code PEELER for a 2-Week FREE Trial!) - https://bit.ly/49Vz2ADLeviathan Nutrition (Code: ADAM10) - https://leviathan-nutrition.com/Built Bar (code PEELER for 10% off) - https://builtbar.com/

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1:19 - Why does science based training matter & how can coaches use it combined with personal anecdote and experience to get better results across a lifter’s training career

9:15 - Does it matter if you choose to train high volume/further proximity from failure vs low volume/closer proximity to failure when it comes to maximizing hypertrophy long term

21:29 - Progressing accessory movements across a training block in a powerlifting program

26:47 - Programming intensity on the SBD vs bodybuilding movements: differences between the two & determining whether or not you need to prioritize neurological vs muscular adaptations re: volume on accessories vs SBD across your training career

37:13 - Are subjectively high levels of training fatigue problematic if the lifter is not getting hurt and is making consistent progress? Could they make better progress if subjective feelings of fatigue were lower?

52:41 - Why programming is the most importantly variable in rehab & injury management - NOT “rehab/prehab exercises” & is the biophyscosocial model of pain valid for powerlifters?

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Timestamps1:17 - What it takes to get to a 500+ DOTS6:26 - How fatigue management & microcycle design changes in programming as you get stronger11:11 - How Caden thinks of specificity in programming and applies it to his lifters17:54 - Designing secondary days based off of what makes the lifter feel best on their primary day from a movement quality perspective22:14 - Signs of detraining vs overtraining/overreaching & troubleshooting lifts that give the lifter chronic aches and pains & how to reduce risk of overuse injuries29:54 - How variations can help the lifter unlearn inefficient technique patterns & why they tend to work better than cueing for teaching movement 33:30 - Microcyle design for well-leveraged lifts vs poorly-leveraged lifts40:00 - Difference between pain symptoms from too much intensity vs too much volume 43:19 - Squat & Deadlift microcycle design 47:07 - Factoring in fatigue cost from the primary session in the secondary session & identifying early vs late signs of fatigue Caden’s Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/coach_caden?igsh=MXRqbjduZ2U5cHZzag==Apply For Coaching - https://bit.ly/3QpfduxGet My FREE Programs - https://bit.ly/4fF4wPcMy Instagram - https://bit.ly/3Uy2zfbMacroFactor Diet Tracking App (Use code PEELER for a 2-Week FREE Trial!) - https://bit.ly/49Vz2ADLeviathan Nutrition (Code: ADAM10) - https://leviathan-nutrition.com/Built Bar (code PEELER for 10% off) - https://builtbar.com/

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0:25 - Training volume for hypertrophy: misconceptions around it, diminishing returns, what actually grows muscle, and strategies to program accessories without negatively affecting your performance on SBD and actually enhancing performance on the SBD

15:27 - Phasing sensitivities throughout a macrocycle using SBD variations to enhance hypertrophy and strength adaptations

19:00 - How to find intensity zone where the lifter feels and performs the best in

21:13 - The value of work capacity PR’s and why they matter at the beginning of a macrocycle

24:23 - Differences in volume for driving hypertrophy vs strength and how that changes throughout a lifting career & the reality of fatigue being necessary to drive fitness adaptations

31:00 - How frequency affects hypertrophy vs strength adaptations & machines vs free weights for accessory programming

36:06 - The importance of identifying the muscularity limiter for strength output and biasing more accessory volume for that muscle to drive strength and “specialize” volume stimulus on that muscle group

40:08 - Rate coding & muscular synchronization’s role in powerlifting

45:21 - High intraset fatigue programming vs low intraset fatigue programming & how periodizing intraset fatigue protocols can help you overcome training plateaus

51:26 - Periodizing average intensity throughout a training block & macrocycle

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