Today we have Steve Hall back on the podcast to discuss our 6 months of coaching together as well as a few other topics

0:00- Intro
1:00- The importance of a routine
2:00- Force feeding calories
7:20- Is gaining a lot of weight necessary
11:00- Are appetite stimulants natural?
12:00- 6 months coaching with Steve
23:20- Should Steve still put everything into bodybuilding?
28:00- Progress at an advanced level
34:50- Positivity as a coach and belief
36:00- Hard stalls as an advanced lifter
44:00- What would Steve have changed if we continued working together
48:00- Mindset and placebo
58:30- Comparisons to others
1:02:40- Partitioning at higher body fat
1:06:10- Can naturals learn from enhanced lifters?
1:11:00- Setting up one’s life to compete
1:12:00- Other YouTubers
1:14:20- Other sports
1:17:00- Data collection

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This is part 2 of the podcast with Vigorous Steve. Part 1 is on Steve's channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM4JA...

00:00 - Why Does Steve Even Come Off?
02:41 - Sourcing Legitimate HCG Is A Headache In Thailand
08:15 - Cycling & TRT Is A HUGE Commitment
10:45 - Steve's Future Plans To Have Kids
16:21 - Contingency Plans For Fitness "Celebs"
20:54 - Finances Discussion
23:55 - Turkesterone & Ecdysterone; Anecdotes Vs. Science
28:36 - Dave's Fluctuating Lipid levels
30:58 - Organ Imaging & Interpretation By Medical Professionals
35:47 - Steroid Temptations
37:59 - How Come Steve Feels Fine Being Androgen Deficient?
40:22 - Steve's Triptorelin Experiment
43:35 - Dave's Current ALL-NATTY Testosterone Levels
46:57 - Stress Kills Gains! Balancing Work & Bodybuilding
51:56 - Closing Thoughts

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Today I was interviewed by Rachel and Nikki of the RachandNikkipodcast. Check out their channel below

00:00  Intro
02:14  Is there such a thing as a slow or fast metabolism?
04:45  NEAT
05:50  Metabolic adaptation
09:33  Prevention of negative adaptations when dieting
12:54  Diet breaks
18:06  Fasting and appetite suppression
18:56  How to find maintenance after a diet
22:36  How long does it take to adapt to new maintenance calories after a diet?
25:05  Obstacles to coaching
33:26  Adaptive vs nonadaptive metabolisms
37:25  What is set point theory?
40:22  Do any supplements work for fat loss?
42:40  Can people build muscle and lose fat at the same time?
45:03  Where to find Dave

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Today we're joined by Natural Hypertrophy

 0:00- Intro
0:30- Intro to Natural Hypertrophy
2:00- Comments section
5:00- Fitting YouTube into regular life
6:00- Making it on YouTube
9:55- NH getting kicked off YouTube
15:50- NH stats
19:20- Stance on PEDs
23:30- Is it important to know if someone is enhanced?
30:40- Rating NH’s genetics
33:00- Genetics vs Steroids
43:00- The importance of who you’re giving your message to
46:15- Deloads
49:30- Number of sets per week
52:00- Difficulty of sets
54:15- How does lifting schedule fit into life
56:30- Deloads again

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0:00- Intro
1:00- Gym culture / those around you
9:00- Concrete goals at an advanced stage
14:20- The problem with PEDs as the answer
16:10- Other sports vs lifting for life
20:30- Periworkout nutrition
22:05- Success making it easier to be motivated
27:30- Detecting changes at an advanced stage
28:20- Proper exercise selection vs more volume
35:30- Safety of deadlift variations
46:00- Deloads

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Today we're joined by Jessica Terrier, a coach with Revive Stronger

0:00- Intro
1:00- Jess’s recent season
6:00- Reversing out of the diet
8:50- How low calories have to get
12:40- Post show feels
19:40- The pressures of being lean
23:30- Do you caution people against getting lean Website and Coaching: https://brainsandgainspodcast.com/

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TRT Discussion

0:00- Intro
0:30- Diving into TRT inquiries
0:45- Merijn coming off TRT
5:00- People acting like they need TRT when they don't
7:15- True TRT results
8:20- Reasons one might want to go on TRT
10:10- Potential issues with TRT
13:10- Dr. Thomas O'Connor / The Anabolic Doc
14:00- Ways to keep natural lifting fun
16:00- How most normal people view physiques


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Q&A 6 (Ft. Abel Csabai) is live!

 0:00- Intro
0:30- How many calories to eat to gain without fat gain?
5:00- Vertical vs horizontal pulling and shoulder issues
10:30- How much protein to eat based on bodyweight and goals
17:00- Obsessive health measures taken by people like Leo and Longevity
32:00- How long would you want to live with your current health?
33:00- Can you use a few cycles of gear for permanent gains?
41:30- What will Mike Israetel and others do after their run at bodybuilding?

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Krystle Zuniga, PhD, RD, is a registered dietitian in UT Health Austin’s Dermatology Clinic, UT Health Austin’s Endocrinology Clinic, UT Health Austin’s Infectious Disease Clinic, UT Health Austin’s Livestrong Cancer Institutes, UT Health Austin’s Primary Care Clinic, and UT Health Austin’s Rheumatology Clinic. She is also a part of UT Health Austin’s Integrated Behavioral Health care team, UT Health Austin’s Hereditary Cancer Screening and Risk Reduction care team, and UT Health Austin’s CaLM Care Team. She specializes in using evidence-based nutrition to develop individualized nutrition care plans that help patients meet their personal health goals, optimize clinical outcomes, and improve quality of life. Additionally, Dr. Zuniga is an assistant professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Oncology.

Dr. Zuniga earned her doctorate in nutritional sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she also completed a dietetic internship. She is a Level 2 Clinical Cancer Exercise Specialist.

Dr. Zuniga previously served as an Assistant Professor of Nutrition at Texas State University. As a translational nutrition scientist, she conducts basic, clinical, and epidemiological research to understand how nutrition and physical activity may promote physical and cognitive health in cancer survivors and older adults. Her research has been published in several scientific journals, including Nutrition and Cancer, Cancer Prevention Research, Journal of Geriatric Oncology, and Journal of Nutrition, Health, and Aging.

 0:00- Intro
0:20- Moving Beyond Cancer Collaberative
0:50- Meeting Dr. Zuniga / her background
2:30- Frustrations with “experts” on social media
4:10- Inflammatory bowel disease and diet
5:30- Exclusive enteral nutrition
9:00- Specific Carbohydrate Diet
12:45- Dietary influence on cancer
14:40- Medical Medium
16:30- Mark Hyman
20:15- Making conclusions on dietary studies
23:40- Terrible insurance company issues
24:30- Keto diets and cancer
29:50- Fasting mimetic diet
41:15- Ketogenic / carnivore diet for gut health
49:00- Dietary advice to avoid cancer
56:30- Where to find more from Dr. Zuniga

Mario Tomic is back to discuss the following topics:

 0:00- Intro
0:30- Intro to Mario Tomic
1:00- People getting deleted off of Instagram
3:00- Max strength testing
11:00- Strength differences at different weights
12:40- The importance of having goals to work towards
16:30- Setting priorities
18:00- Discipline vs consistency
23:10- Mario’s recent changes to lead to strength increases
27:00- 1RM calculators
29:00- Working with Steve Hall 
37:00- How we look at different body fat levels
41:00- Meeting people in person vs online 
44:30- Form/Biomechanics/Stretch mediated hypertrophy

Mario's IG: https://www.instagram.com/mariotomich/
Mario's Website: https://www.tomic.com/

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