Episode 154: Pat Davidson - MASS 2 - Judgement Day - Part 1

He's BACK!!!! Fuck YES!!!! My main Man Pat Davidson is back on the show to discuss everything about his epic ebook MASS 2.  This is only Part 1 of a number of episodes that Pat and I will be dedicating to MASS 2.  On this episode Pat and I discuss: Whats new with Pat We discuss creativity How MASS 2 came to be? Pat and I discuss the gift of the "Addict Brain" and dopamine Pat shares with us the 3 movies that inspired the conception of MASS 2 Pat shares with us how Mike Boyle, Val Nsedkin, Roman Fomin, Charlie Francis and Cal Dietz greatly influence the design of MASS 2 Pat and I discuss the hormone hypothesis of hypertrophy, and how it would seem that hormones are not as critical to the overall mucsle growth process as was once believed We discuss the microcycle set up utilized with MASS 2 which is a 4 day/ week set up that incorporates a 2 or 1.5 developmental days, a stimulution day, and an alactic-aerobic day Pat discusses the importance of recovery days for the upregulation of parasympathetic activity within MASS 2. Here we discuss how important social support is, and the work of Stephen Porges and his Polyvagul Theory We discuss how an excessive parasympathetic state can be detrimental to health and performance We discuss the molecular mechanism of protein synthessis involved in muscle mass accredition   This was an outstanding episode with my brother from another mother and I hope you all enjoy it as much as we did! Stay Strong, RB   Show Notes: MASS 2 Pat's Facebook   Show Sponsors: Ultimate Performance Online Mentorship To get INSTANT ACCESS to almost 20 hours of World Class online video Strength and Conditioning Information go to upmentorship.com ALTIS ALTIS 360 ALTIS Foundation Course National Sports Performance Association Certified Program Design Specialist Certified Speed and Agility Coach Cerfitied Weightlifting Performance Coach Certified Sports Nutrition Coach   Athletes Acceleration Complete Speed Training Complete Speed Games Complete Jumps Training Complete Olympic Lifting Complete Guide to Training the Female Athlete Complete Core Complete Sports Conditioning  Complete Sports Nutrition Complete Program Design Sports Camp Empire   Patreon Help support the podcast by becoming a Patreon to the show here - Patreon