In this week's episode I'm joined by Steve Hall. Steve is the Owner of Revive Stronger, Host of the Revive Stronger Podcast and is a competitive Natural Bodybuilder.

In the episode Steve discusses:
- His incredible backstory, how it lead him to Coaching and why he started competing in natural Bodybuilding.
- How he plans out Mass gaining phases during a competitors season/training year.
- The importance of focusing on rep PR's and performance during a mass gaining phase and why it's important to find your productive performance range.
- The positives, both physiologically and psychologically, of a calorie surplus and being in a massing phase.
- Which is the better approach for a mass gaining phase: A Big Surplus with Mini-Cuts VS A Smaller Surplus and a longer/slower Mass Gaining phase.
- The Key metrics he tracks when coaching clients and why they're important for progression and client accountability and adherence.
- The importance of maintenance phases.
- The Key Training approaches he uses during Mass gaining phases and how he progresses clients through Mesocycles.
- The issue with performing unproductive "Junk" volume in training sessions.
- The importance of training deloads.
- The biggest lessons he's learned from bodybuilding and the biggest misconceptions he hears about the sport.