Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast where we sit down with Heavyweight Pro Natural Bodybuilding Champion Mark Claxton! Mark is a BNBF heavyweight and overall British Champion, DFAC Grand Prix Champion (2018) and competed in natural bodybuilding's most prestigious events including the IFPA Yorton Cup (formally the OCB) and the DFAC World Championships!


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:51) Turning Professional
(2:23) Competing at the IFPA Yorton Cup
(3:19) The biggest event Mark has competed in
(7:14) Mark's current training routine 
(12:51) How competing negatively influenced Mark's life
(14:55) Pressure with competing and will he ever compete again
(21:54) What Mark considers a "good workout"
(23:13) Did Mark keep a log book?
(27:07) How Mark would do things differently vs when he competed
(28:25) Why Mark isn't married to one single approach
(30:20) Training 3 days per week (Is Mark maintaining)
(31:55) Lessons learned with training
(41:53) Where you can learn. more from Mark + Outro


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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast where we sit down with Natural Bodybuilding Extraordinaire, Levi Burge! Levi turned pro in the OCB, WNBF, IPE and NGA. He's competed at multiple world championship events and was recently crowned the OCB 2022 Yorton Cup Champion.


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:32) Levi's experience competing in the WNBF
(11:23) How Levi did at the IPE World Championships
(13:13) Levi's weight class
(15:50) Levi's current weight and why he stayed leaner in 2022
(20:51) Defending the 2023 Yorton Cup Championship title
(22:06) Levi's first contest
(23:41) Levi's house of pain
(27:41) Levi's experience staying at 172lbs vs 190lbs in the offseason
(30:08) Why Levi does his own diet
(31:52) Levi explains his diet and how it's evolved over the years
(35:00) Eating "junk food" during the offseason vs contest prep
(37:58) Levi shares his. macronutrient breakdown from offseason to contest
(40:41) Calories during the offseason and why Levi stays closer to 190lbs
(43:43) Levi shares his motivation for training and competing
(46:13) Levi shares his most productive training routine
(55:05) Levi's experience training body-arts 1x per week vs 2
(59:13) How often Levi currently trains + rest days
(01:03:22) Having a log book
(01:04:22) Levi's experience training upper body on back to back days
(01:07:34) Where you can learn. more from Levi + Outro


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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast! Joining us today is Dr Joe Klemczewski. Joe is the President and Founder of the Diet Doc. He has his PhD and has earned degrees in physical therapy, health, nutrition, literary journalism and health education. He's written articles that have regularly appeared in Iron Man, Natural Bodybuilding & Fitness, Exercise for Men and Best Body. Joe is a retired WNBF professional drug-free bodybuilder, Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA), and is certified through the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN). Known as the “Godfather of Flexible Dieting,” it was Joe’s revolution in the science of contest prep that led to the coaching industry that exists today. He has personally coached more than 400 client to pro cards, more than 150 to pro titles, and almost 50 to world champion titles.


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:32) Joe's competitive days in the WNBF
(04:26) How Joe met Layne Norton
(05:15) How Joe became "The Godfather Of Flexible Dieting"
(10:14) The challenges with flexible dieting
(15:11) Margin of error with tracking macros
(20:11) When does tracking vegetables become important during fat loss?
(22:31) How much carbs should come from vegetables?
(25:40) Carbs vs Fats
(31:33) When might ketogenic dieting be appropriate?
(33:55) How low is too low for fat, protein or carb intake when dieting?
(42:50) Joe's sweet spot for protein intake
(43:25) How does someone know if they have a fast metabolism?
(47:05) Can a really high fat intake lead to a decrease in testosterone?
(49:56) Challenges with understanding research
(58:11) Joe's experience studying at Harvard
(01:03:41) Joe's current training and his motivation after retirement from competition
(01:07:05) Will Joe ever return to the natural bodybuilding stage?!
(01:07:38) How Joe has to adjust his training around orthopaedic challenges and injuries
(01:10:31) Joe's fondest memories competing and training during his competitive years
(01:14:21) Where you can learn more from Joe + Outro


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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast where we sit down with DFAC Pro, PNBA Pro and WNBF Pro, Ben Lloyd!


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:32) Ben chats about how he met David Kaye
(01:36) 2022 contest season recap
(05:14) Ben discusses his experience with overdieting
(06:19) Cons of extreme bulking
(15:51) Ben discusses dieting practices when prepping for a contest
(17:54) How Ben will bring up his weak points
(21:58) Ben discusses his training style
(24:18) Ben talks about his progression practices
(32:02) How many sets?
(33:00) Ben shares his training split and frequency
(33:39) Ben shares his daily schedule
(42:17) How ben implements training to failure
(46:15) More on training frequency
(52:45) More on training intensity and volume
(58:26) Who inspired Ben's training approach?
(01:01:01) Discussing Ben's current offseason weight/dieting approach
(01:02:30) Ben's ultimate contest goal
(01:07:48) Where you can learn more from Ben + Outro


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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast where we sit down with DFAC Pro and Grand Prix Champion, Chris Mccreadie a.k.a Khifie West!


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:36) Chris's ultimate competition goal
(04:52) Why Chris will stay natural for the foreseeable future
(07:40) Will Chris compete at the Natural Olympia?
(08:31) More on Chris's ultimate competitive goal
(14:52) Training with AJ and moving for a better gym environment
(24:31) How Chris deals with "bad training sessions" 
(32:37) Deaload vs De-volume phases and why Chris doesn't do them
(34:37) Why Chris doesn't use a log book + discussing progression
(41:43) Chris shares his training split
(47:31) Talking sets, frequency
(49:48) Rest days after heavy deadlifts?
(50:34) Training to failure for arms + productive rep ranges
(51:25) Does Chris track sets?
(53:45) Talking about Dorian Yates' influence on Chris
(55:25) Why Chris trains 7 days per week
(58:59) The last time Chris took a day off
(01:07:38) When will Chris compete next?
(01:08:58) How long Chris's training sessions last
(01:09:25) Where you can learn more from Chris + Outro


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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast. Joining us today is WNBF Professional Natural Bodybuilder, Kurt Weidner. Kurt is a Core Nutritionals sponsored athlete and has been training for over 3 decades and has been competing since 1997!


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:40) Competing in the WNBF in the early 2000's and earning pro status
(04:15) Kurt talks about the AAU and competing at his first contest
(05:05) What inspired Kurt to compete?
(12:31) Why Kurt had to stop dips, tricep development and more
(17:26) Kurt discusses his shoulder and training with and around pain
(30:02) Mindset around training with pain
(37:03) Kurt shares his most productive training routine in detail
(43:15) Training to failure with less sets vs training close to failure for more sets
(52:45) Training near the extremes for a world class physique?
(59:50) How often is Kurt training now?
(01:01:04) Kurt shares his epic home gym
(01:05:43) Training frequency for muscle growth
(01:08:33) What's next for Kurt?
(01:10:29) Where you can learn more from Kurt + Outro


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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast. Joining us today is President and Promoter of the iconic Mr America and all American Sports Festival, Marc Tauriello. Marc is also a gym owner and physique coach for the past 25 years!


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:33) Why Marc got involved with the Mr America Contest
(04:33) When did Mr America become a drug tested event?
(09:55) How exactly is natural bodybuilding competition lacking?
(12:20) Prize money predictions
(15:00) Why Marc has never competed?
(21:00) Discussing masters bodybuilding
(28:26) Mr America classes
(29:46) How is natural bodybuilding different from classic physique?
(34:04) How to know what class you should compete in?
(35:40) Discussing the wellness category
(38:40) Marcs wall of fame
(42:18) Will Kiyoshi Moody compete at the Mr America?
(46:16) Is the Mr America open to internationals?
(47:57) Will there be a Mr America documentary on Netflix?
(51:22) What inspired Marc to get into natural bodybuilding?
(56:15) Conditioning in natural bodybuilding
(01:02:19) The direction that the Mr America Contest is heading
(01:05:30) Final remarks from Marc
(01:06:51) How Marc chooses his judging panel
(01:13:03) Where you can learn more from Marc + Outro


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Joining us today on the Longevity Muscle podcast for a part 3 is 3x British Champion, Lee Williams. If you haven't checked out part 1 and 2 we highly recommend that first!

Timestamps:
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Joining us today on the Longevity Muscle podcast for a part 3 is 3x British Champion, Lee Williams. If you haven't checked out part 1 and 2 we highly recommend that first!

Timestamps:
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Welcome back to the Longevity Muscle Podcast. Joining us today is lightweight world champion title holder and the UKDFBA Head Judge and Vice President, Mark Oakes! Also known as 'The Natural Oak'.


Timestamps:
(00:11) Intro
(00:59) Mark's first contest
(34:17) This is not Mark's job
(37:06) How Mark balances training, family and more
(46:07) Mark shares his ideal training approach
(50:30) Skipping workouts, never repeating the same workout and log booking
(54:45) Does Mark still train like he did when he was competing?
(01:10:46) Where you can learn more from Mark + Outro


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