Optimal Physique Development

In the final instalment of our deep dive into training volume, Dr Soko joins us to give you guys exactly what you need to know to ensure you know exactly what training volumes are best to drive your progress, how to adjust that volume accordingly over time, and how to interpret the research data in context.

Tonnes of topics covered in this one, including liver enzyme escalation in bodybuilders, useless nootropics for bodybuilders to use, increasing dopamine without next day negatives, balancing glutamate & GABA, the list goes on!

This episode, we help you guys to cut through the noise of the current social media craze in the bodybuilding world, training volume. We cover what some of the new research says, our interpretation of that data, what in the trenches anecdotal evidence tells us, and how to use the whole body of evidence to make a decision on where to set your own volumes on a per body part bases. Also, some cool side quests regarding effective reps and how to track volume with various RIR and rest pause sets also. For part 2, Dr. Chester Soko will be joining us to give us his expert opinion on all of the above too!

We kick this one off with a surprisingly scary yet funny story from Joe's travels to Milan, and then some extensive Q&A featuring modafinil recovery and nootropic protocols.

After our brief podcasting hiatus, Austin & Joe get caught up over the Christmas period, with some funny stories from the end of the show season dropped in there too!

This is one from the archives that had not yet been posted, when Austin and Joe get caught up at the tail end of the 2023 season. Considerations for any new competitors to keep in mind when rolling into their first season.

In this episode, Jasmin Jeffery, the owner of UK/EU's largest one stop shop for all of your competing products and resources joins us to give you guys some insight on how to nail the finer details of your contest prep outside of just bringing your best physique.

In this episode, we take you guys through some of the lessons we have learned over the years of working with competitors to help to fine tune your own contest prep programming.

Joe's wife, and the owner of UK, UAE & EU's number one shop for bodybuilding and bikini competition essentials walks us through exactly how to ensure you are nailing the details on your physique that many miss, but will make a difference to your stage look as placing.

Joe's wife, and the owner of UK, UAE & EU's number one shop for bodybuilding and bikini competition essentials walks us through exactly how to ensure you are nailing the details on your physique that many miss, but will make a difference to your stage look as placing.

The year-round peeled, nomadic online physique coach Dean McKillop of Flex Success joins us today to provide an insight how you can run a successful business and stay on top of your own physique goals whilst travelling the world.

Jeff Su, owner of First Call Out Fitness joins us this week to break down exactly how to market and develop your business as a coach, how to avoid some marketing traps and most importantly, how to retain and provide the best service to your clients over a long career.

In this episode we dive into how Austin's post-show period was programmed, alongside some discussion on p-ratios and rebounds.

One from the archives! A throwback to Austin's 2022 season, how he peaked for his first show and things that changed rolling into show number 2.

What to do when your clients get poached? We discuss this and plenty more running through you guys questions for this month!

A comprehensive update on Austin's prep, and some considerations for you guys prepping in this upcoming year.

Trevor joins us this week to take a deep dive on all things programming for maximum returns on investment for hypertrophy. Set volume, RIR, specificity, periodisation and how to apply all of these things to maximise your own progress.

One from the archives that didn't quite make it, a Q&A episode from earlier this year!

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