Barbells and Banter

Spacing volume out over a week, figuring out how to prioritise training in your schedule, and more answered in this week's Q&A.

This week's topics:
1. Dieting while your family aren't 13:17
2. How often should your program change? 28:58
3. One intense leg day vs. Spreading it out 39:30
4. Struggling to fit training in your routine 58:51
5. "Coaches" working in areas they shouldn't

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Here are the best ways we've personally found, to approach your dieting phase with greater success.

This week's topics:
1. What we listen to while training 23:17
2. Reducing food friction while in a deficit 30:27
3. Are processed foods bad for you? 38:28
4. How to build a diet for yourself 49:52
5. Caffeine detox? Chats with god? 59:51

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Feeling sluggish in a surplus / strength phase? Or feel you don't look as good as you want? Us too...

This week's topics:
1. Set the date, work towards it 19:12
2. Higher intensity vs. higher volume 32:34
3. Should you rearrange your workouts? 43:01
4. Feeling chunkier in a strength prep 53:31

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What kind of lifter are you on comp day? Or maybe you don't know yet - tune in for some game day insights.

This week's topics:
1. Finding good quality gym apparel 00:00
2. Are fat-burner supps effective? 19:41
3. Yabby racing & flannos in the gym 26:13
4. The job of a powerlifting handler 35:22
5. Does your online coach have F2F skills? 52:38

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From Ben's pathology "deposit" visit, to Jason's rear-end puncture wounds, to bodybuilding medals and golf lessons... Strap in for this ep!

This week's topics:
1. Ben's awkward medical "deposit" 4:03
2. The benefits of social training 17:52
3. From a bad prep to a gold medal 24:32
4. Anyone can prep, recovery is the key 33:40
5. Parallels in golf & training? 48:17

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This week the boys chat all things golf, to running, to bodybuilding and powerlifting goals.

This week's topics:
1. Ben's 5km hill run (& injury?) 15:51
2. Our worst golf performance ever 21:22
3. The return to bodybuilding 28:29
4. How complex do you need to train? 38:40
5. They keys to progress over time 49:22

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Are you an all-in type of person? The boys chat about some of the drawbacks, but also benefits, and how you could utilise this trait.

This week's topics:
1. Country stories & Project Hybrid 2:39
2. Ben's recent powerlifting team killed it! 17:21
3. A P.L. comp day - food, routine, attempts 33:28
4. When is being hyper-neurotic worth it? 44:39

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People will try to chime in with bodybuilding advice - although not always incorrect, learn to tune it out and execute the plan with your coach.

This week's topics:
1. How much does genetics matter? 24:02
2. Tuning out what's not in the plan 40:49
3. Advice for your first comp prep 52:20
4. How much $ should coaching cost? 1:05:07
5. Why you can't stick to your plan 1:11:10

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This week, the boys sat down to chat all things from goals to coaching styles, supplements and cardio programming.

This week's topics:
1. When to change your training goal 19:29
2. Should your coach "crack the whip"? 28:41
3. Supps that might help in the winter 40:57
4. Creatine - popular again? 47:35
5. How much cardio do you need? 52:10

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We had a great sitdown with Ben & Brooklyn in Queensland, chatting all things bodybuilding/prep mentality, what newcomers should expect, and all the warning signs (and how to avoid them).

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This week's topics:
1. Getting stage-lean isn't for everyone 13:30
2. A healthy prep VS. social media 23:41
3. Contest prep as a female first-timer 42:32
4. Managing life commitments in prep 54:46
5. PEDs - widely unspoken but significant 1:02:55
6. Is your identity attached to your body? 1:10:20

As always, if you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to drop a comment or get in touch!