Bulk Boys

Bulk Boys

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  • Bulk Boys 15: Max Shethar

    Max Shethar is a twenty-one year old phenom, but only the second strongest bencher in his household. He's squatted 766.1, benched 462.9, and deadlifted 804.7 in competition; since then he's pulled 820 and benched 500 in the gym. Listen to HIS podcast, Large Lads, follow  @ShetharTraining , and find him on Instagram @the_one_rep_max

    TIMESTAMPS
    00:20 Introducing Montana’s strongest little brother
    01:00 Max’s mustache is multi-ply
    01:30 Max’s 500 pound bench is not poverty
    02:40 His Max is using headphones won from Dave & Buster’s
    03:30 Intuitive drinking
    04:15 Age records are killing your gains
    05:00 That celebration looked pretty enhanced to me
    05:50 Max’s patient progression
    06:00 His empty calendar
    07:00 The design of his training blocks
    08:35 Max’s low bar technique
    10:30 Pre-squat mobility and self-talk
    11:20 The Dave Tate soundboard
    12:00 Leg extension withdrawal
    13:00 Other less important leg accessories
    14:00 Variation between belt squats
    15:30 Why you should never use three fingers
    16:00 Chase stimulus over external load on developmental movements
    17:30 Walking the line on RDLs
    19:00 SLDLs after deadlifts cultivate legitimate meat
    20:30 Max’s current split, and how that split has evolved
    24:00 The ego check of transitioning from a strength phase to a hypertrophy phase
    27:00 Your ten-rep max probably isn’t relevant to your 1-rep max
    28:00 Max corrects some misconceptions about Large Lads canon
    29:00 Young Max had to put pillows under the blankets to defend his shins from Sam’s baseball bat
    31:00 Early training strategies
    31:30 Max decided to be gifted
    32:00 The accountability of progress; eleven-year old vanity
    32:50 “a really depressed loser who had a massive ego”
    33:45 *water cameo*
    34:00 Max also gets nothing out of straps (see Freakie D)
    36:30 Training grip
    38:30 The myth of “skin toughness” (it’s just your grip)
    39:00 Monk-mode Max refuses to announce his intentions
    40:00 Max’s long-term ambitions
    43:30 Max’s advices for athletic longevity
    46:45 Low bar squatting like one of the French girls
    48:00 Recovery maxing
    51:45 If you are checking your phone after belt squats, you dun goofed
    55:00 Adopting the angst lord mindset
    56:30 Doom OST for pushdowns only
    57:30 Lifting music is the heart of this podcast
    1:00:00 Being fourteen and living out an Animal Pak ad on the bus to the YMCA
    1:01:00 We reminisce on our first 500 pound squats (I was thirty; Max was fifteen)
    1:05:00 Brotherhood
    1:06:45 Even the lone wolf needs its belly scratch
    1:07:00 Max makes a STRONG pod-ending statement
    1:08:00 Large Lads shout-out

    1 hr 10 min
  • Bulk Boys 14: Dennis Arnold II (Freakie D)

    Freakie D is a Youtuber, powerlifter, coach, mentor, father, and diversely strong dude.

    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:00 Pretty hype intro
    00:40 I attempt a pec pop in Dennis’s honor
    01:00 Dennis Arnold is in fact the second
    01:15 His best lifts
    01:30 Freakie D doesn’t get anything out of straps
    02:00 It’s mainly an issue of engaging the lats
    02:30 BIG FITNESS is lying to you about bicep tears from mixed grip
    03:55 Dennis’s Kinobody summer
    4:30 The origins of Dennis’s long-time lower back pain
    08:15 How to mend up from a back tweak
    11:15 I whine about my back tweak from last fall
    12:45 I erroneously assume that Dennis has been Larsen pressing despite viewing and liking his incline press video from literally that morning
    14:20 Dennis is the dean of Larson pressing
    15:45 Leg drive is overrated
    16:00 We return to Dennis’s youth, when even he was a Johnny one-plate
    18:00 The OG Freakie D bench and basketball program
    19:15 Pro tips for recovery: no squatting or benching, a few free throws, and many grams of MSG
    20:00 Takeaways from Dennis’s early training
    22:50 Dennis ‘s first Youtube upload was him benching 405 in gloves, Tims, and jeans
    23:55 Dennis started powerlifting at Shake ‘N Bake Fitness and Tanning
    24:30 Dennis’s first meet
    25:50 Dennis’s first 500 lb bench
    26:45 Benching 500 without much upper back work
    27:45 If you become a turbo bulk boy, you’ll probably surprise yourself with your strength gains
    28:30 My bench has plummeted since entering a deficit
    29:30 Dennis’s bloat maxing recommendations (tl;dr: stick with slow and steady)
    32:00 Dennis basically lost 100 lbs
    32:30 Why he did it
    34:30 Sometimes the flu takes you on a vision quest
    38:00 Discipline is discipline
    39:45 Dennis’s appetite is simultaneously fascinating and disgusting
    40:15 Volume eating hacks: 11 pounds of food for 2600 calories
    41:45 Fast and feast
    42:30 Fasting to remove the reliance on food for dopamine
    44:30 Exercise selection: sick vs. optimal
    45:45 How Dennis’s training changed during his epic diet
    48:30 The origins of Crossfat (a trademark of Freakie D enterprises)
    50:00 Dennis would be in the NFL if he hadn’t found pot and pussy in middle school
    52:20 The first time Dennis touched a log
    55:00 Powerlifting is basically a JRPG
    56:00 Dennis’s shocking suggestion to bring up your log press
    58:00 Split jerking the log
    58:45 Standing incline log press
    59:45 I passed out the first time I tried log press
    1:00:00 I also passed out on a paused front squat
    1:00:30 Derek Wilcox made Dennis exhale and re-brace at the bottom of front squats
    1:03:00 Dennis’s current lifting aspirations
    1:05:45 Dennis’s coaching (conditioning block guaranteed)
    1:10:00 The mindset dangers of surprise PRs
    1:11:30 Athletes need to give coaches the chance to learn how they respond to training
    1:15:00 Dennis goes above and beyond for his athletes
    1:15:45 Tobias has horrible taste in snacks
    1:16:45 The importance of building rapport with your athletes
    1:17:25 Mentorship
    1:21:00 Dennis has become a role model in the lifting community
    1:23:30 Therapy helps
    1:25:00 The perspectives Dennis inherited from his childhood, and how he outgrew them
    1:26:00 Divorce, growth, and what you carry with you
    1:27:30 Dennis’s marriage was like Game of Thrones
    1:30:00 Why Dennis goes to bed at 7:561:31:30 Fatherhood
    1:33:00 Dennis’s parenting style
    1:35:50 my two cents as the child of two fucking incredible parents
    1:37:00 The rewards of parenthoodIntro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    1 hr 23 min
  • Bulk Boys 13: Buck Tow Truck

     @bucktowtruck4993  is a guitar virtuoso, YouTube legend in the making, and almost certainly the world's strongest landscaper. That's his music in the intro and outro. He's also really fucking funny. I edited out about twenty minutes of laughter in this one.

    TIMESTAMPS:
    1:00 Jeff Nippard-approved BCAAs. Also, my balls are out
    1:45: Buck is 7 feet tall and 500 lbs
    2:15 Buck’s early videos
    2:45 The YT algorithm wants you to clean your garage
    3:35 Buck squatted 495 for 20 in that unclean garage
    4:00 Buck’s best sets
    5:45 Buck’s barebones, Starting Strength-like approach
    6:40 The goofy-ass shit that Buck did before he went barebones
    7:30 You aren’t a Bulgarian.
    10:30 Most of us fade into obscurity
    11:00 I have a momentary existential crisis
    11:30 Buck counsels me
    13:00 How Buck got into lifting
    14:30 The long shadow of the Ripple Toad
    15:00 “20-rep squats CURE ITB pain” -direct quote from Buck
    15:30 “20-rep squats don’t do much to get you stronger” -direct quote from everyone who’s ever tried 20-rep squats
    17:00 Buck doesn’t do enough volume, allegedly
    18:00 BIG FITNESS is LYING to you about CNS fatigue
    19:30 “CNS fatigue”=you turn into a noodle
    20:30 Gym injury fetishes
    21:30 Sam Hyde is a lot
    23:15 People who get accidentally strong
    25:00 The toxic influence of anime
    25:40 BIG FITNESS is STILL lying to you
    27:15 One weird reason why Ben Shapiro isn’t in the NBA
    27:30 Dieting to make weight for a strongman competition
    28:45 One time Buck called me a pirate on Instagram
    29:00 How to pirate-max
    29:30 Pirate rape culture (also toxic)
    30:00 This podcast has consistently neglected pirate history, and for that I sincerely apologize
    30:10 Why Buck hasn’t competed
    31:00 Buck has Frankenstein wrists and 17.5-inch forearms
    31:20 Hook grip sucks
    32:00 Deadlift is not a grip exercise
    32:45 Buck deadlifted 570 for 15 with mixed grip
    33:15 If you do chin-ups weighing 500 pounds, you’ll have big forearms
    34:25 Jeff Nippard’s optimal bicep training recommendations
    36:00 Buck’s unwashed multi-ply coveralls
    37:05 Buck’s going to give his unwashed multi-ply coveralls to his next Tinder match
    37:50 Dadbod is a psy-op
    38:30 Buck plays impeccable guitar
    39:00 Buck’s camera accentuates his strong features
    40:00 Buck’s YouTube ambitions
    41:30 Wrestling
    43:00 Buck stunted his LITTLE brother’s growth with a piledriver
    44:00 We speculate on Jeff Nippard’s true height
    44:45 “Evidence based” fitness
    45:00 I fondly recollect stumbling upon Buck’s YouTube channel
    46:00 The modern dating market is bleak; Buck’s advice on it
    46:30 We delve into Buck’s origins
    47:30 Learning guitar
    48:30 Evolving musical tastes
    49:40 The goldfish diet
    51:30 Upright rows to Bawitdaba
    52:45 I make a completely inaccurate assumption
    53:15 Buck actually doesn’t like lifting
    54:15 In the scheme of sports, lifting really isn’t that dangerous
    56:45 ITB pain
    58:00 What my fiancée likes to do to me
    59:00 Buck’s significant acne
    1:00:30 Buck wants to know how natty I am, and I tell him exactly in ng/dl
    1:03:00 Environmental toxins are killing your gains
    1:04:30 We address the carousel horse in the room
    1:04:40 We address the Steve Austin poster in the room
    1:05:15 Straightedge Steve Austin
    1:06:00 Buck’s top three metal bands, with justifications
    1:08:20 We hate* black metal
    1:11:00 Don’t worry, we’re still shitting on black metal
    1:11:30 Devin Townsend
    1:12:30 Buck’s biggest influences
    1:13:00 Mark Rippetoe was actually pretty strong
    1:14:00 Louie Simmons is Yosemite Sam, and Jim Wendler is the Five Finger Death Punch of powerlifting
    1:14:30 I briefly shit on Five Finger Death Punch
    1:15:00 Buck’s homebrewed take on Westside
    1:18:00 The key to Buck’s guttural efforts
    1:19:30 Not looking like a pussy in front of your younger brother
    1:20:00 Injurious feats of strength
    1:21:00 Knoblet squats
    1:22:00 Tearful goodbye

    1 hr 23 min
  • Bulk Boys 12: pro strongman Brett Fain

    Brett Fain is a pro strongman who has competed in the U80 and U90 class, placing 7th at OSG in 2017. He's also the founder and owner of Iron Vault gym in Tallahassee. We talk about his penchant for building unusual equipment, water cutting, and the strongman community.

    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:20 I signed up for my first strongman competition without doing any research
    00:35 The Iron Vault Classic
    01:30 Brett teaches physics by day
    02:10 Brett’s advice on becoming an educator
    02:50 Brett replaced his high school physics teacher
    03:20 My anticipatory synopsis of this episode
    03:45 Brett started out as a wrestler
    04:10 There is a trove of old equipment in the basement of the Pep Boys across the street from my apartment
    04:45 Brett’s best numbers as a powerlifter
    05:00 The legend of Dave Covan
    05:15 If you look under enough tarps, you just might find yourself an Atlas stone
    05:45 Brett’s resume as a strongman
    06:25 The sweat shed
    08:00 What drew Brett to strongman
    08:15 Brett’s homebrewed strongman equipment
    09:00 The events for this year’s Iron Vault Classic
    11:10 Brett became handy out of necessity
    13:00 Bud Jeffries and the odd lifts
    13:45 Strongman is a spectator sport
    14:30 Brett says I deadlift a lot, and I can’t wait to disappoint him
    15:15 Daughter cameo
    15:45 What to order at Chick-Fil-A
    16:00 Brett’s kids are all lifting
    17:00 Iron Vault Classic will be an evening event to minimize instance of heatstroke
    17:30 Jamie Lewis’s X-rated blog
    19:00 The diet of the Saxon Trio would get a 2/3 from Stan Efferding
    19:45 I pick Brett’s brain about strongman training
    21:15 You’d better be doing your cardio
    21:40 Brett usually water cuts from 210 to 198
    22:00 Andrew Clayton’s 38-lb water cut and other horror stories
    23:20 Going keto on comp week to drop water weight
    24:00 Hot baths and sauna suits
    24:25 But do I have to stop taking creatine?
    24:45 Brett tells me which events will suck the most
    27:00 We program our own reward systems as teenagers
    28:00 Even gen pop should pick performance goals
    28:40 Brett has helped me become slightly less unprepared
    29:00 Strongman has a WHOLESOME community
    31:20 It’s harder to get competitive when you’re woefully unprepared
    32:00 Event lottery at Will Development’s Psycho Circus
    32:15 Florida strongman community

    34 min
  • Bulk Boys 11: Jakob S is still riding

    At this point, the broad boy from Albuquerque needs no introduction. Give him a follow  @JSStrength 

    TIMESTAMPS:
    00:30 THE PAINTING HAS EYES
    1:00 Jakob’s program to squat 300(+)x20
    1:30 Cat cameo
    2:45 Pete Rubish gave Jakob 20-rep squats
    3:30 How Jakob eliminated elbow pain from low bar squats
    4:00 Starting Strength’s hidden agenda is to turn you into a pterodactyl
    5:00 We parrot wisdom from @Shethar_Training on getting your upper back TIIIIGHT
    5:45 Jakob’s squat stance is approaching Westside territory
    6:55 Hyper-specific anatomical cues are killing your gains
    7:25 Jakob’s half-decent Jeff Nippard impersonation
    9:00 The purpose behind Jakob’s 300x20 squat
    10:00 LIFE DOESN’T GIVE YOU A RE-RACK, BROTHER
    10:45 Jakob is looking about as broad as Beorn, but only his forearms are sore
    12:00 Grip training
    15:00 Farmers carries
    16:30 Strongman gyms
    17:00 Jacks and trades
    18:30 Jakob might hop into a strongman show
    20:00 Jakob’s robust rate of progress
    26:20 Jakob’s beef lord cousin
    28:30 Jakob only trains DOGS
    30:00 When to be present and when to just get in the work
    32:00 Dan Green doesn’t get that aroused
    33:00 My “adaptive metabolism”
    36:00 Jakob’s life goal
    37:30 The Ukrainian invasion
    38:30 Strongman politics
    39:30 Sigmarsson and Kaz
    40:00 Eddie Hall controversy
    41:00 Who screenshots the screenshot?
    43:00 Fortissimus and the Shaw Classic
    44:30 Iron Biby is underrated
    45:30 we need more bicep tears
    47:00 standardized circus tricks
    47:30 Venmo us funds for BULK BOYS LIVE at The Shaw Classic
    49:00 Jakob wants Tom Stoltman to just get over his autism (jk)
    51:20 Jakob is the sorcerer of strongman
    52:30 MARTIIIIIINSSSS
    55:30 Jakob is concerned about Thor’s legacy
    58:00 I begin a streak of unfounded claims
    59:30 Jakob’s Pete Rubish impersonation
    1:00:30 Jakob’s grandpa thinks that if you lift you also do g4p
    1:04:00 Even powerlifters want to look like they lift
    1:05:00 What ego lifting really means
    1:07:00 How lifting changed my dating prospects
    1:08:00 There are no white lights at Anytime Fitness
    1:09:30 Jakob delivers yet another wholesome message
    1:09:45 Now we are going to spend several minutes embarrassing Ethan Montoya, who is skipping his glute accessories
    1:14:00 My achilles elbow; Jakob’s achilles feet
    1:16:00 Rock climbing, jiu jitsu, arm wrestling
    1:17:00 If Jakob doesn’t have a physical outlet, he resorts to constructing Ponzi scheme
    1:18:50 Jakob’s secret sauce (not what you think)
    1:20:45 My programming as of early May
    1:22:00 Jakob hates hyper-specificity
    1:25:00 20-rep squats are chemically castrating Jakob
    1:27:30 Expensive intra-workout
    1:28:00 I do a terrible job of explaining DoggCrapp training to Jakob. Guaranteed cringe of a listen
    1:30:00 Accessories are you chance to go Blood and Guts
    1:31:00 Another successful rant about effective reps
    1:32:00 We hate dogmatic deloads
    1:34:30 RPE 7-8 on comp lifts is the money range
    1:36:00 Wait until your accessories to pillage the muscle

    1 hr 37 min
  • Bulk Boys 10: Jakob S Rides Again

     @JSStrength is back and jacked. We recorded this a little over a month ago, prior to Jakob's epic 20-rep squat set. Check out the story behind that side quest on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PuPGYk0gJ4

    Timestamps:
    00:15 Jakob forgives me for interrupting his training
    00:45 Jakob’s home gym
    01:15 I stopped summoning Paimon
    01:30 We become art historians
    02:00 THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
    03:00 We address our 8 billion fans
    03:15 Jakob remains a true bulk boy
    04:00 20-rep squats
    05:00 Conditioning vs. capacity
    06:00 Breathing is for cheaters. Also: SAVE YOUR BRACE.
    07:30 Jakob’s adductors were not prepared for this
    08:40 Extremely in-depth update on Jakob’s love life WITH NAMES
    10:30 Jakob sheds weight like I shed my soon-to-be-gone golden locks
    11:30 You are basically one Taco Bell Supreme away from shitting yourself down an entire weight class
    12:00 You have to shit on your squat opener if you want three white lights
    13:00 Being a busy bee
    13:45 Albuquerque never changes
    15:00 How to water cut in New Mexico
    16:00 Jakob is afraid of getting mogged by his clients
    17:00 Jakob’s email is out there for the freaks
    17:30 Jakob says more nice things about my dumb channel
    18:40 Laughter gets me off
    19:00 Jakob asks me about my “process” as a “creator”
    ***Youtubers gonna Youtube***
    21:00 We want to get so huge we viscerally disgust onlookers
    22:00 A xenomorph is growing inside Jakob’s ribcage
    23:00 Jakob got thrown out of a car when he was eight
    24:30 Jakob’s problems with NMAA Powerlifting
    26:30 Accessibility of PEDs
    29:00 Cerebral SARMS goblins
    31:00 Subpar testing parameters
    32:45 Training update
    33:30 Sure cure for elbow pain
    34:00 Jakob just pause benched 325 for 0.999 reps
    35:00 Jakob evangelizes about banded bench
    38:00 Rep ranges on compound movements
    40:00 Beltless work and percentage-based training
    42:00 Efficiency can preserve your gumption
    42:30 I’ve abandoned neck work
    43:30 Jakob is concerned about sleep apnea (humble brag)
    43:45 We both fuck heavy with high pulls
    44:30 Yoke pumps
    45:15 Getting comfortable with letting adaptations decay
    46:30 If you’re benching 200, you probably don’t need a peaking phase
    48:30 Injuries outside the gym
    50:30 Train happy
    51:30 Lifting music
    52:30 Using music to achieve a flow state
    53:45 My unsolicited recommendations
    55:30 Your hype song is like your Patronus, but also like what your uncle did to you when you were twelve
    56:30 The arousal snowball
    57:00 They used to sell Superdrol at GNC in the good old days
    58:40 You’ve got to take at least 200 milligrams of melatonin a night (srs)
    01:00 Our supplement recommendations
    1:01:00 Things get vivid and viscous
    1:02:15 Healing peptides
    1:03:00 I’ve been using TB-500…NOT NATTY
    1:04:00 We get existential about competing
    1:04:30 We love gym maxes
    1:05:00 Fake weights at Anytime Fitness
    1:07:00 I know a heavy 45 when I see one
    1:08:00 How fake plates sabotaged Ed Coan
    1:08:30 Training on calibrated plates satisfied my autism
    1:08:50 A message to our adoring listeners
    1:09:15 Don’t get your squat briefs in a wad about switching equipment
    1:10:30 If you grab something stiff, you might strain your erector
    1:12:00 The OPTIMAL bicep workout
    1:13:00 Honorable mention
    1:14:30 We love painful forearm pumps
    1:15:30 How I partially tore my bicep
    1:17:00 Getting reacquainted with hook grip
    1:18:00 Hook grip tips from a 600 lb deadlifter
    1:21:00 Even more side quests
    1:23:00 Grip hack to develop ROBUST fingers

    1 hr 26 min
  • Bulk Boys 9: Rob Austin (USAPL ref)

    Rob Austin is a Tallahassee-based powerlifter, USAPL ref, and front squat enthusiast.  


    Timestamps:


    0:10 How Rob found his way into the weight room

    01:30 How Rob found his way out of the weight room

    01:40 How Rob found his way into the weight room yet again

    02:00 Man walks into a commercial gym, gets Shane Hunt as his trainer

    03:00 Joining Capital City Barbell

    04:50 The infamous Coach Curling 

    06:00 Success is motivating

    06:50 The (recently) legendary Coach Curling’s patented 8/5/3

    07:45 You can get pretty far winging it

    08:20 Filming your lifts keeps you honest

    09:15 I get Molly’s name wrong

    09:45 How to get your wife to lift

    10:15 Rob convinces me to do the local deadlift only meet

    11:15 Specificity; Rob’s training approach

    12:30 Sometimes it feels longer than it looks

    13:00 The woes of paused benching 

    15:00 You’d better not sling that into the rack

    15:45 The ultimate goal, from a ref’s perspective

    16:45 Improvised touch-and-go

    17:15 How Rob got into refereeing for USAPL

    19:00 Crash course on the certification test

    20:00 The most obscure rule in the USAPL

    23:00 Front squats will get red lights

    24:00 Rob’s thoughts on anaconda-tight knee sleeves

    26:20 Rob’s quads

    27:00 You should be doing RDLs

    27:45 Rows for the seals

    28:30 Pull ups for some other endangered species

    29:00 Rob makes the mistake of mentioning dips

    ***LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT DIPS***

    30:30 What Rob used to lift back in college

    31:00 What Rob can lift now

    31:30 Resetting your goal posts

    32:30 The Georgia state meet pulls out all the stops

    33:00 Rob’s next meet

    33:30 Rob’s approach to meet prep

    34:20 Simulating meet pacing on SBD days

    37:00 I make more excuses about why I don’t compete

    37:30 Adjusting your expectations for meet day

    38:45 Attempt selection

    40:30 Deadlifts are always hard (and I envy them for that)

    42:30 Rob’s standards are impeccable 

    43:30 Sumo and its nuances

    49:30 The many blessings of belt squats

    50:30 Rob’s ambitions for his upcoming meet 

    52:30 The advantage of competing infrequently

    54:30 Alternative competition formats

    57:00 Rob says nice things about my channel

    58 min
  • Bulk Boys 8: Book Boys with Patrick Maguire

    Patrick Maguire is still a professional powerlifter, voice actor, Ghost Clash broadcaster, polyphasic sleep researcher, coach, and aspirational foot model. He has totaled 2342 raw with wraps, sporting competition bests of a 1014 squat, a 635 bench, and a 771 deadlift. His training ebook is dropping this week; he’s also writing a really epic progression fantasy that involves familiars, bone runes, fighting pits, and possibly a pro-garlic vampiric conspiracy. You can find him at Full_Primal_Power on Youtube, Instagram, and Only Fans.

    TIMESTAMPS
    00:00 PREVIOUSLY
    00:46 Patrick’s inciting incident is the same as A Series of Unfortunate Events
    01:40 When the basement of Maslow’s Hierarchy collapses, you’ve got to start keeping a mattress in your car
    03:30 Patrick hallucinated a cat
    04:00 Institutionalized
    05:15 Getting evicted mid-pandemic
    06:30 Why Patrick left his government job
    07:00 Making the uncomfortable decision
    08:00 Patrick forced his way into professional broadcasting
    08:45 The orgy at Dave and Buster’s
    09:00 Moving toward what you want
    10:00 Bulk Boys becomes Book Boys
    10:55 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory 101
    12:30 Vampires as spaceship pilots
    13:20 A hard five is worth plenty
    13:45 You’ve got to have stakes
    15:15 Vegeta: jock mode. Goku: dork mode.
    16:30 We love it when nobody’s safe
    16:45 Audiobooks in the gym
    18:00 Approaches to progression fantasy
    20:00 Speedrunning Sonic Adventure 2 and Pokemon Yellow
    20:30 Patrick is knitting a Magicarp beanie for Shane Haller
    22:20 Don’t bring a party with all Eevee evolutions to a Pokémon battle with Shane Haller
    23:00 Patrick’s Pokémaster hacks
    24:20 There’s something defiant about facing the Elite Four with Rattata as your starter
    25:00 The Shuckle challenge; life is more fun when you cheat
    25:20 DAD, I CAN’T GO KAYAKING RIGHT NOW. I JUST BEAT POKÉMON SILVER.
    26:30 Patrick’s 300 episodes into One Piece
    27:00 Usopp is cringe
    27:30 I do a pretty good job of pretending I’ve seen 300 episodes of One Piece
    28:30 My problem with exposition dumps
    30:00 How to escalate scale in a story
    30:40 Tarantino’s villains
    31:00 Patrick is writing a torture scene
    33:00 Fuck The New Yorker
    33:30 Patrick’s fantasy novel
    37:20 Trans porn-based magic systems
    38:15 “Necromancers are just healers that are a little too slow”
    40:00 The vampiric garlic conspiracy
    41:30 You might not cum, but you still have to pay
    42:30 How to end the first installment of a trilogy
    44:00 Your character always needs something to lose
    44:30 I am so hard for Patrick’s book
    45:20 How Brownian motion applies to good fiction
    47:00 How to accommodate uncertainty as a writer
    48:30 It doesn’t have to be allegorical; it can just be personal
    50:00 Why and how Patrick started writing
    52:00 We are addicted to progression
    54:30 Patrick is getting his start as a voice actor reading cringey poetry
    54:40 My haiku joke doesn’t get enough credit
    55:40 You should be reading Chuck Tingle
    59:00 You’ll always wonder if you don’t go all the way
    59:45 The best gift you can give a child is a good bedtime story
    1:01:00 WE’VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT DUNE
    1:01:30 Patrick impersonates Lady Jessica
    1:04:15 “REMEMBER THE TOOTH”
    1:05:20 It wasn’t cliche when Shakespeare wrote it
    1:06:45 From fable to complex and conflicted characters
    1:08:30 We get the Latin in there
    Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    1 hr 11 min
  • Bulk Boys 7: Patrick Maguire @FullPrimalPower

    *PLS CONSULT TIMESTAMPS*

    Patrick Maguire is a professional powerlifter, voice actor, Ghost Clash broadcaster, polyphasic sleep researcher, and aspirational foot model. He has totaled 2342 raw with wraps, sporting competition bests of a 1014 squat, a 635 bench, and a 771 deadlift. His training ebook will be available on Kindle this week; he’s also writing a really epic progression fantasy that involves familiars, bone runes, fighting pits, and possibly a pro-garlic vampiric conspiracy. You can find him at  @FullPrimalPower  on Youtube and Instagram.
    Stay tuned for the back half of our interview next week.
    Timestamps:
    0:00 My important apology
    00:45 Hype-adjacent intro
    01:30 We establish Patrick’s ethos
    02:00 Patrick announces his ebook release
    02:20 Kindle publishing
    03:15 Patrick’s sweet, sweet voice
    03:50 Patrick’s athletic background
    05:45 I crash test a Goonies joke
    06:40 Arnold in the morning, Ronnie Coleman at night
    07:45 "Injuries are for pussies" (not our words)
    08:05 Training is like the top from Inception
    08:30 As in gym, so with life
    10:40 John Haack is victim weight; Patrick calls Shane Hunt a little guy
    11:30 You’ve got to train like the little guys
    12:00 Training under “Lil” Joe Sullivan
    12:30 Asynchronous deloads
    14:00 We’re going to rebuild him, less fat and stronger
    15:30 Phasic nutrition with Brianny Terry
    16:00 Sleeves are gay, and we fully support them
    16:30 Splenda mommies
    17:00 Lil Joe Sullivan does bodybuilding
    18:00 See that boat, sailor? You missed it.
    19:30 GPP facilitates a quicker turnaround time between meets
    20:30 The danger of water cuts
    21:00 Patrick competed at 328 in April; he’ll compete at 350 in November
    21:30 Stop being so (insulin) sensitive
    22:40 Sloppy honey application
    23:00 Pulling 771 at Ghost Clash
    23:45 Patrick’s deadlift plateaued at 700 until he implemented grip work
    24:30 Feeding two birds with one scone, but the birds aren’t real
    25:15 Patrick has a threesome with squat and bench while the deadlift gets cucked
    26:45 You know you’ve hit squat depth when you cum
    27:40 I aspire to become Dáin Ironfoot
    28:20 Patrick broke the assault bike to avoid having to use it
    28:40 TOP SECRET barefoot nose-breathing perineum-sunning protocol
    30:15 The cardiovascular system responds quickly to training
    31:20 Patrick’s actual warm up: Squat 3x10 with 525
    32:00 Joe’s incredible responsiveness as a coach
    34:00 Stress management
    35:30 Compartmentalization might make you productive in the short term, but it ultimately stunts you
    38:00 Patrick’s split: 4 days training, 1 day crying
    38:50 Foot finder can definitely be platonic
    39:25 Dicks in the DMs
    39:40 I asked Patrick to rub my belly until a genie came out, but he was pooping
    40:00 Mental health
    40:45 Patrick’s childhood home burnt all the way down
    41:15 When the basement of Maslow’s Hierarchy collapses, you’ve got to start keeping a mattress in your car
    41:40 Drexler’s landscape is Kafka-esque
    43:15 Sometimes you just imagine a cat
    43:00 Behavioral Health units
    46:00 Why Patrick left his government job
    46:45 Making the uncomfortable decision
    Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

    48 min
  • Bulk Boys 6: Josh Chamblin, Owner of Capital City Barbell

    Josh Chamblin is the founder and owner of Capital City Barbell, the strongest gym in Tallahassee. (http://www.thecapitalcitybarbell.com/)

    You can find Capital City on Facebook and Instagram at The Capital City Barbell. Email josh@thecapitalcitybarbell for membership inquiries.
    Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio
    TIMESTAMPS
    00:30 Basement weights
    1:20 The Youtube salad days
    02:00 Zoomers are built different
    03:30 There’s not enough room in this town for all these good coaches
    04:45 Josh was a 5/3/1 bro
    05:30 Don’t you ever wish you could go back?
    06:00 What Josh’s training looks like now
    07:30 “Look good, feel good, move good”
    09:00 Motion is lotion
    10:45 Some exercises are best done in private
    11:30 My side quest with the neck harness
    12:30 Josh’s athletic background
    13:00 Dr. Zourdos hid a horcrux in Tallahasse
    13:30 The origins of Florida State’s weightlifting club
    16:00 DUP is conjugate; conjugate is linear; programming is a social construct
    18:00 What’s applicable to geared lifting vs. raw lifting
    19:00 The curious case of the vanishing EliteFTS article
    20:30 The AI coaching takeover
    22:00 Coaching your own damn self
    22:35 I was never coachable
    23:40 How Josh connected with Eric Altman (local powerlifting coach)
    24:30 The origin of Capital City Barbell
    26:20 Going all in
    30:00 How Josh started hosting USAPL meets
    32:45 Social media is changing the goal posts for lifting
    33:45 The legend of Shane Hunt
    36:40 Fake commercial gym weights
    38:50 Five actually goes a long way
    39:20 The MINDSET advantage of kilo plates
    43:40 “The more reds you get on there, the heavier it gets”
    40:50 Josh’s best competition lifts
    41:00 Josh got stronger after he stopped competing
    41:25 Adductor tear
    41:45 Other adductor tear
    42:00 Being healed vs. being able to train
    43:20 Josh’s current goals with his training
    45:00 600 pound deadlift incoming
    46:00 Josh is looking thick, solid, tight
    46:30 ILLUSIONS
    47:30 When you bench 405 twice a week, sometimes your shoulder gets angry
    50:00 The workout before the workout
    51:00 The cure for your injuries is…BLOOD
    53:00 One weird trick; take home message

    54 min

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Bulk Boys is a show about moving heavy objects where your pencil-necked host picks the brains of legitimate strength athletes. A caloric surplus is encouraged, but not required, for listening.