Let's Grow Big Together

When it comes to putting on muscle, if you want to get big, you have to eat big.

But what kind of nutrition you need to get there isn’t always clear, especially when you’re pushing your body to get huge and freaky. It’s especially hard when there’s so much misinformation about food and supplements that don’t do anything at all, or even worse, hold you back.

Let’s Grow Big Together! the podcast that always has room for J-Lo. The podcast that always fits your macros.

In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks connect with bodybuilding.

Today boot camp fitness instructor and nutritionist Jeff Kurtz from Ann Arbor, Michigan joins us to look at food, glorious food, bodybuilding nutrition and why inflammatory foods may be holding back your gains.

JEFF KURTZ ON INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/fitgaymer

Plus--

➤ Is it best to oil up with grape-seed oil when you’re a big hairy muscle beast?

➤ The Himbo esthetic.

➤ Why are baked potatoes great for building muscle, but French fries terrible?

Your body is an battleground. Whenever you post pictures online, there’s always someone ready to tear you down because they think you took some magic pill to look the way you do.

Our friend Welshy in the UK is living his dream of being a jacked muscle god that makes the haters come out as being secret admirers, whether they admit it or not.

Let’s Grow Big Together! The only podcast that comes with the Charles Atlas seal of approval.

In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-
how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.

I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion-

Today bodybuilder Welshy joins us from his home gym in Cardiff, Wales to talk about getting huge, his swolle inspirations and making the haters eat it.

FOLLOW WELSHY ON INSTAGRAM:
https://www.instagram.com/mrwelshy

• What’s it like when two competitive gay bodybuilders date.

• The benefits of letting angry people rant against you online.

Although he’s new to the bodybuilding scene, Joey Kiening is a pro when it comes to competitions. Joey is better known to fans of drag as Natasha Douglas, winner of the 2016 Miss Continental Plus pageant for queens who weigh 225 pounds or more.

Now after snatching the crown, Joey is dropping the wig and picking up the iron, setting his sights on winning bodybuilding contests like the NPC Illinois championship.

Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that slays it at the gym and sashays it on the runway sweetie.

In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-
how to build it and keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.

I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion-

Today Natasha Douglass joins us out of drag as Joey Kiening to look at his new passion for bodybuilding.

Are there any huge differences between bodybuilding competitions and drag queen pageants?

Plus-- The world’s most famous drag queens who are also bodybuilders.

And spotlight focus: smith machine hip thrusts. Thrust it!

At the age of 17, Joshua Garver suffered a terrible fall down the stairs that left him with bulging discs that required five surgeries and a spinal fusion.

Amazingly, during his recovery, Joshua started bodybuilding and despite having limited mobility, he’s now huge and ready for his first physique competition this spring.

Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that was born in the darkness and came out looking all jacked like Bane from Batman.

In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle-
how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.

I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m Marc Felion-

Today bodybuilder Joshua Garver from Hayden, Colorado joins us to look at his passion for muscle, how bodybuilding helped him to move past his broken back and how he plans to win big in the NPC Supplement Giant Northern Colorado Championships and swap meet.

FOLLOW JOSHUA GARVER: https://www.instagram.com/joshuaclarkbtw

Plus--

➤ Planning your tiny meals to look big for a competition

➤ How much does bodybuilding cost in the pursuit of glory?

Episode #3007

Bodybuilder Thomas Terry is well known for his Instagram account Game of Swolls, which he started in order to show off his biceps and make new friends.

He soon became known as a muscle god after getting hired by a company specializing in videos of jacked up guys flexing their goods.

But it came as a shock when Thomas announced on social media that he was undergoing chemotherapy-- prompting him to say “Everyone loves you when you're dying.”

Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that gets you hot and sweaty, so grab a towel.

Today bodybuilder Thomas Terry joins us to talk about his side hustle as a muscle god in erotic muscle worship videos and overcoming Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia which requires weekly chemotherapy treatments.

Plus-- how can you tell if someone is on steroids (even if it’s none of your business.)

When people hear about muscle worship, where jacked up guys get oiled up, kissed and caressed by their admirers, the reaction usually is either titillation or distaste.

But for those turned on by a muscular physique, whether it’s bodybuilders, bears, otters, or jocks in speedos, muscle worship is an exhilarating celebration of the body.

Let’s Grow Big Together! A podcast that makes your legs weak, but that’s because yesterday was leg day.

In this series, we’re taking a look at the passion for muscle: how to build it, how to keep it, muscle gods and muscle worship, and how LGBT folks are connected to bodybuilding.

Today we’re talking to a man we call Muscle Worship Bill, whose anonymous Instagram account Slave to the Muscle states “I pay to worship muscle.” While Bill’s identity is kept a secret, he’s happy to share his stories about what it’s like to kneel before a muscle god’s beefy brawn.

FOLLOW MUSCLE WORSHIP BILL:
★ instagram.com/slavetothemuscle

MARC FELION:
★ instagram.com/marcfelion
★ facebook.com/marcfelion
★ twitter.com/marcfelion

FAUSTO FERNOS:
★ instagram.com/faustofernos
★ facebook.com/faustofernos
★ twitter.com/faustofernos

DISCLAIMER: The information or opinions presented on Let’s Grow Big Together are for entertainment purposes only. Podcasts are no substitute for advice from medical or fitness professionals.

If you do some of the things our guests do, you could run into trouble. So please, like anything you find on the internet, proceed with caution and a dose of healthy skepticism.