Managing The Champions Mentality, attitude to competition, enjoying the process, fallacy of the mindset “I can suffer now because when I achieve X... THEN I will be happy”

In this episode we share our experiences and observations of longer term dieting to get stupid peeled... and what it's really like to walk around lean for extended periods of time!

Today's discussion centres around sustainable PED-use in lifestyle bodybuilders.

How Thom's first show of the year went, reflections and learnings going into the next one!

Pitfalls, mythbusting and common mistakes we have made and see others make in pursuit of their physique goals! NOT to be missed!Like, subscribe, SHARE and please don't forget to RING THE BELL!

Inevitably this episode starts with the fundamentals and evolves in to SO MUCH MORE. Another great conversation and hugely informative deep dive into performing and thriving at the highest level!

This week Matt joins us on the podcast to talk mindset, motivation and business mastery while managing to look and feel GREAT!

Episode Five: Female PED-use and TRT, use of non-steroidal performance enhancing drugs to promote fat loss, performance, muscle gain, health and recovery then moving into use of TRT on a needs basis and in physique competitors where exposure to anabolics may be considered! We discuss compounds suitable for females and appropriate dosing… and above all the importance of using blood test data to identify opportunities.

Episode 5 Timestamps:

1:00 Get bloodwork

2:25 People can still be reluctant to get bloodwork

5:15 Supplements can cause reflux

7:00 Thyroid

12:40 Telmisartan

13:02 Metformin

13:40 Injectable L-Carnitine

14:27 Berberine

15:46 Growth Hormone

17:00 Clenbuterol + Yohimbine

22:25 Testosterone

24:00 AAS: Anavar, Primo, Masteron

27:28 Importance of testosterone as a base

29:45 Dangers of Nandrolone

31:45 Models that can be run for an extended period of time

32:44 Bikini

34:00 L-Theanine and NAC

35:00 Matcha Green tea

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Talking all things bodybuilding, finding out about Eleonoré's first impressions of the UK scene and a deep dive into baked goods!

Health, Wealth and Sex

Episode 4

0:20 Welcome Dr. Eleonore Vatin!

0:60 Eleonore’s journey

4:40 Eleonore’s dramatic changes when she ate in a surplus

6:35 Competitive history

9:00 UK bodybuilding scene

11:00 Thom’s experience of training in Romania

13:00 Romanian KFC is 🔥

14:45 Thom’s set up

15:04 Ultra Flex

16:40 Lidl for the win

18:30 How Eleonore manages recovery

21:00 How Eleonore manages food through the day

24:10 What’s good about UK food

26:00 Baked good are Thom’s Achilles heel

28:00 Thom no longer preps on terrible food

30:40 Alex is OCD

31:00 Eleonore’s diet

31:40 Flexible dieting

35:00 Bodybuilding dieting lore

39:00 Tribalism around ea

In Episode 3 we talk about the different challenges faced by lifestyle clients vs. full-time bodybuilders, breaking down expectations and exploring the tangible and important aspects of the bodybuilding lifestyle to focus on no matter where you are at in your physique development journey!

Health, Wealth + Sex

Episode 3:

1:15 Alex talks about what led him to competing.

2:30 When is the ‘right time’ to compete or live life like a professional bodybuilder?

3:36 You don’t need to step on stage to be a bodybuilder.

4:50 The importance of empathy with lifestyle clients.

6:00 Understanding the situation that the client is in.

7:00 It’s all stress.

10:00 Finding a tolerable training program for lifestyle clients.

14:00 Ensuring quality habitual behaviours are established before manipulating variables.

15:00 Building foundations.

15:20 Stimulate not annihilate.

17:25 Training hard enough to create a stimulus.

21:00 The need to be with pain during a set.

24:45 Pro bodybuilders have unique recovery abilities.

26:40 Where a logbook is/isn’t useful.

27:40 Quality training doesn’t always look impressive.

29:20 Stimulus to fatigue ratio.

33:10 Find ways to remove psychological stress from your day.

35:30 Keeping things simple and consistent.

37:50 Recommended resources.