Brains and Gains with Dr. David Maconi

| 0:00 | Intro 
| 0:57 | How Skip and Jeff connected 
| 4:31 | What is Skip Loading? 
| 8:28 | Skip Loading misconceptions and who it works for 
| 9:30 | Jeff's easiest diet yet vs 2023 
| 14:18 | Extreme dieting and pushing the body too hard 
| 18:17 | Skip's early steroid use and training motivation 
| 20:13 | Can you build a great physique naturally? 
| 38:11 | Health risks of steroids and body weight 
| 50:47 | Why Jeff stopped dirty bulking 
| 58:50 | Training volume: low vs high 
| 70:17 | Where to find them 

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0:00- Intro
1:00- Steve’s competition history
10:00- Cliff Wilson coaching
14:00- Steve’s training now compared to the past 
16:00- Specialization phase / Training updates 
36:00- Maintenance volume at one’s peak
45:00- African vs Caucasian ancestry
48:00- What does it mean to be untrained
52:00- Maintenance volume 
1:06:20- Enjoying training 
1:19:20- Race study

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0:00- Intro
3:32-  Evidence based content
6:09- Keeping content independent
9:40- Conflict of interest
17:27- Emotion vs Science
26:16- Does diet quality matter
28:34- How much does food quality matter
33:10- Eat to your blood work
42:57- Omega-3
48:24- Do you need supplements
52:14- Vitamin D
01:00:22- Research



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0:00- Intro
2:00- Updates from Abel
6:00- Reminiscing with Abel
11:30- New training goals
17:00- Orthopedic injuries and strains
23:00- Is maintenance volume really low?
34:45- Pull up specialization
42:00- Different macro splits
51:00- Chest development
56:00- Surplus size 

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0:00- Intro
 1:30- Everyone’s TRT journey
 4:00- Total versus Free Testosterone 
 20:00- Emotional differences on TRT
 30:30- Will they maintain TRT forever?
 37:00- Motivation levels
 48:00- Will Aaron stay on forever?
 52:20- Scott’s very high long term doses
 54:00- Progress versus end result
 56:00- Should I go on TRT? Analyzing my blood work 
 1:10:00- Going for “stimulus” versus progressive overload
 1:17:00- The slippery slope of TRT
 1:19:00- Changes to lipid levels from diet changes 
 1:23:50- Where to find everyone 

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0:00- Intro
1:00- Tirzepatide 
5:00- Using tirzepatide vs strict discipline
14:00- Accurately tracking calories
23:45- Differences in metabolism vs appetite 
30:00- Potential consequences of being very lean
34:00- Incorporating refeeds 
35:00- Being shredded
42:00- Using medications
48:30- Why not retatrutide?
51:15- How is strength while this lean?
55:00- Realities of later natural lifting
1:03:45- Kinoclinic 

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0:00- Intro
1:00- James’ background
6:00- Macrofactor
11:30- Am I blackpilled?
16:00- James’ specialization phase
29:00- How quickly do the majority of gains come?
55:00- Measuring size vs appearance 
1:11:00- Where to find James

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0:00- Intro
0:05- How to deal with overeating while dieting
17:00- When will Geoff compete?
27:10- How many sets to failure?
36:10- Vegan Gains vs GVS
37:30- How much would you reduce volume when dieting?
39:50- Any tips for transitioning away from tracking and still hitting goals
47:00- Now that you’ve changed lat work, do your lower lats get sore?
49:50- Is it true that dropping the same weight of fat gets easier as you gain more mass?

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0:00- Intro
0:30- How to deal with body dysmorphia
11:00- Switching over to lower volume
30:50- Peptide hype
41:10- Feeling laterals in the side delts vs traps

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0:00- Intro to Data Driven Strength

15:00- Self experimentation and variable responses

48:00- Baseline differences versus response differences

58:30- Short term gains vs changing rates of growth

1:06:00- Specialization phases

1:10:00- Diminishing returns

1:13:00- Energy flux