Brains and Gains with Dr. David Maconi

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

0:00- Intro
 0:30- Bryan’s journey testing glucose levels 
 8:30- My home OGTT test and more on glucose 
 11:50- Aaron’s glucose monitoring journey
 14:30- Bryan’s bro split 
 17:30- Specialization routine
 20:00- Aaron’s volume
 23:00- Supplements
 26:45- TRT for increasing dopamine baseline
 43:30- Using PEDs early in your training career 
 52:30- Hyper-responders to PEDs 

0:00- Intro

3:00- Jason’s lifting background

8:00- Aging in powerlifting

17:00- Balancing extreme success among different areas

27:00- Stacked home gyms

32:00- Peptides

38:30- Sleep routine

44:30- Final thoughts on life success while keeping fit