This is a discussion between Justin Johnson and a retired pastor talking about his life and ministry. 

Pastor Vern recently retired due to health issues after his cancer went into remission. He spent nearly his entire career as a pastor starting in the pentecostal world and ending up embracing Calvinism. We talk about his life, family, pastoral ministry, and his thoughts as he lives out his final chapters on earth.

Insulin

Intro

Hormone that signals cells throughout the human body to intake energy, and promote various performance and recovery based outcomes. 

Body

Modifying the activity of enzymes and the resulting reactions in the body.

glycogen and fat synthesis from glucose are stimulated, and glucose production by the liver through glycogenolysis and gluconeogenesis are inhibited.[68]

The breakdown of triglycerides by adipose tissue into free fatty acids and glycerol is also inhibited.[68]

Building muscle following sickness or injury via the transportation of amino acids to the muscle tissue, which is required to repair muscular damage and increase size and strength. It helps to regulate the uptake of amino acids, DNA replication, and the synthesis of proteins.

Managing the synthesis of lipids by uptake into fat cells, which are converted to triglycerides.

Uptake of amino acids and potassium into the cells that cannot take place in the absence of insulin.

Managing the excretion of sodium and fluid volume in the urine.

Enhancing the memory and learning capabilities of the brain.

Alzeimers patients had increased memory recall with hyperinsulemia and with hyperglycemia (due to consumption of sugars).

Hyperglycemia with insulin suppression via Somatostatin had no positive effect on memory recall.

Dave questions

Glycemic index carbs - should the score on these matter and should you take low vs high index food pre vs post workout

Carb timing - is it really important to time carbs (perhaps pre, intra, and post workout) before you sleep to avoid increasing fat synthesis?

Why is it that some people can do a low or no carb diet and make gains while others need a moderate level of carbs fats and proteins?

Controlling overall caloric intake, does the complexity of the carb matter?

Why is the a war on carbs? Is it a good marketing ploy or something more legit?

Fasted training - have you seen there to be any merit to it in regards to increased fat loss?

How much does controlling sugar intake assist with body recomposition compared to carb intake?

What about those that are pre-diabetic or morbidly obese? Does that mean a person isn’t as insulin sensitive? 

Conclusions

Insulin is highly anabolic and starts a cascade of events that result in more energy storage in muscle cells, recovery, hypertrophy, and hyperplasia.

Insulin is also converted by the liver to IGF-1 and higher levels of insulin result in more IGF-1.

Carbs are just as key to performance and recovery as proteins. 

Hyperplasia is different from hypertrophy in that the adaptive cell change in hypertrophy is an increase in the size of cells, whereas hyperplasia involves an increase in the number of cells.

Hypertrophy seems to generally lead to hyperplasia

Swimming pool analogy

Hypertrophy for beginners, intermediate, advanced

Common hypertrophy rep ranges

Mechanical tension model

Pure volume model

Periodization changes what works best

Sensitization to intensity, volume, etc

Not just for bodybuilders

Dietary considerations

Lean gains vs “bulking”

Blood flow restriction training - should we mention

Periodization!

We catch up with Everett and Toney after 3 years since the podcast ended. We chat about what we've been up to since then and talk about future strength/training goals. Mentioned in the show is Toney's new company, Those Florida Guys. We chat about WSM, lockdowns and much more!

What is peaking for athletic performance?

Temporarily adapting to a competition or event at the expense of general or other adaptations.

Why peak?

To maximize performance potential while letting general adaptations to diminish

What happens if you don’t peak?

Lesser performance but maintains general adaptations

How to peak?

Powerlifting vs strongman vs other sports such as cycling

Risk management while peaking

Risks inherently are higher when peaking

Do not cut during a peak generally

Tapering while peaking

For the purpose of stress reduction at the very end

Men need more, women need less

The magic of peak week

Supercompensation

What to do after a peak

Worst peak vs best peak stories

This episode we had a fun conversation with Amanda Kroeker and Levi January regarding all things bodybuilding.

Levi January is a bodybuilding coach and can be found on Facebook. 

Amanda Kroeker is a bodybuilding competitior as well as a mom/gymnast/entrepreneur/etc and can be followed on Instagram.

We discuss dietary periodization, training, competition prep, the day of the competion, work life balance, etc.

We are back with our new monthly format, going through our top downloaded content with Matt Wenning. 

Matt Wenning is one of only a handful of people to total over 2600 lbs in a professional competition, hold an all-time world record of 2665 lbs in the 308-lb class, and bench press over 800 lbs in a full powerlifting meet. He currently the owner and a private strength coach at Ludus Magnus gym in Columbus, Ohio, a personal trainer to many executives and professionals at Capital Club Athletics, and contracted by the US Army. He also works with firefighters, physicians, children with disabilities, and all forms of athletes in the Columbus, Ohio, area. His raw total is 2205 and equipped is 2665 lbs.

Some of the topics we covered included:

• What differentiates your form of conjugate to Westside?
• Raw PL vs Equipped – is there animosity between the two or is just on the equipped old school lifters?
• Do you think equipped PL will get popular again?
• What do you like about owning/operating a gym?
• Are you in Columbus, OH for any particular reason? Because Rogue or Westside?
• What is MAW (Mountain Athlete Warrior?

Strength Accomplishments 2011 World Record Holder at 308lbs Former all time World Record Holder with 2665 lb total World record Raw Squat (no wraps) – 832 lbs World record Equipped Squat – 1197 lbs 2010 APF National Champion 2009 IPA National Champion UPA National Record Holder – Open Division

Hey all, we are re-posting the top downloaded episodes from the past 4 years as we look forward to the future. We are currently re-vamping up the podcast, taking a few weeks off from posting new content to re-create the show, fix a few things, and make it better than it was before. Hope you enjoy this interview we recorded back in December 2017 with Matt Reynolds. Gainz and Grace!

We will be talking steroids and powerlifting so buckle up!

We are joined with Pete Rubish who is talking all about how 2018-2019 is going for him. We are also going to be talking about the effects of social media on the sport of powerlifting as well as the continuing evolving of the sport and how drugs are effecting the sport. Basically what the combination of drugs plus social media is doing to powerlifting. The video we discuss can be found here. We also talk about a video he posted nearly a year ago that went viral that can be found here. Pete can be reached at [email protected].

This year the podcast team got media passes to attend the Arnold Classic 2019. We are extremely grateful for the opportunity and took many photos and was hoping to do some onsite interviews but that didn't pan out. Instead we go over everything Arnold Classic 2019 here and we say goodbye to our longest running co-host, Everett. If you want to follow Everett on social media you can follow him on IG and Facebook.

The podcast is planning on taking a few months off as we re-calibrate our show and make some major changes. During that time we will post the most listened to episodes of the past few years and ask that you remain patient with us as we rebuild the podcast. Gainz and Grace!