Muscle fibre type is yet another irrelevant academic construct which has been blown out of all proportion. It has even become the basis of some ridiculous training protocol recommendations. The truth about muscle fibre types is not hidden and not complicated; but it seems to have been completely overlooked. So I try to explain it in simple terms to show how irrelevant it is.

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Many lifters and coaches diagnose weight-training problems as being caused by weight, and therefore the solution being to reduce the weight. I see it differently. In this episode of the Damon Hayhow Podcast, I analyse this question.

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Since the invention of pizza, man has debated the virtues of the clean versus dirty bulk up diet. As with everything in bodybuilding, this question has turned into an ideological religious war with each side defending their position with the strongest form of argument: personal abuse and threats of violence. In this episode of the Damon Hayhow Podcast I pontificate upon the existential meaning of each diet method, to come to no firm conclusion.

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My latest podcast: Sports Nutrition Supplements that “work”. Yes, the title is pure click-bait. But that is appropriate for a class of garbage, snake-oil products that set the standards for overpromising and underdelivering.

What I have to say is not your typical biochemistry scientism waffle. This is a real world discussion about a half-dozen supplements that I have consistently measured offering mild, drug-like, tangible benefits… in extremely specific contexts, within extremely narrow parameters, that are not what you typically hear.

0.00 Introductory banter

4.02 Protein Powders

14.41 Creatine

22.58 Caffeine

26.10 Alpha Lipoic Acid

29.51 Vitamin C

32.13 Magnesium

36.31 Beta Alanine

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I finally explain what body recompositioning is and the ridiculously simple, logical and obvious way to go about doing it… that nobody else seems to do. And I also rant about why the popular methods are so silly, as usual.

This is essentially the basis for most of my diet and training ideas.

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This is a purely self-serving rant about the widespread, but utterly moronic belief, that hormonal medications are a miraculous elixir of youth that will make all men look, feel and function like 18 year olds, for the rest of their lives until they die. It is such a shame to see Anti-aging medicine subverted by shysters and marketers to sell modern day pharmaceutical snake oil. While everybody should see straight through the obvious con, most people fail to realise the obvious truth: your hormones do not conspire against you to make you old, weak, tired and flaccid. Your hormones are, at worst, another victim of our lifetime collection of bad decisions and mistakes.

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Testosterone is the most horrendously overhyped and misunderstood hormone in the human body. It is the victim of the most absurdly hysterical misinformation from all sides of the manufactured argument. As should be expected, it is neither a deadly killer nor holy grail. I explain the simple realities of testosterone.

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You’ve probably heard of Cortisol. You’ve probably heard its an evil hormone which only exists to ruin your physique and make you miserable. As usual, the reality is closer to the opposite of the common understanding; in more ways than you can imagine. Find out how cortisol can actually help you lose fat, grow muscle and feel fabulous; and the guaranteed way to achieve all of these benefits for yourself.

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I chat with Pro Natural Bodybuilder and founder of Hold Your Own, Nathan Wallace, about training.

If you want to watch our talking heads, for some strange reason, it is also here on YouTube

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