All Episodes

#316: Maintenance Phases in Bodybuilding

#315: The Identity Trap of Bodybuilding

#314: Training Modifications During a Diet

#313: Diets For Crazy Schedules

#312: The Mentality Required to Finish a Bodybuilding Prep

#311: Machines vs. Free Weights

#310: Q&A Session 31

#309: Recreational Drugs & Bodybuilding

#308: Building Your Own Bodybuilding Team

#307: Do I Have to Learn Programming to Get Jacked?

#306: How Much Does Food Quality Matter?

#305: Periodization for Bodybuilders

#304: How to Build a Training Day

#303: Who Still Counts Macros?

#302: Stress Management for Bodybuilders

#301: Our Biggest Bodybuilding Lessons of 2025

#300: Q&A Session 30

#299: How to Fast-Track Fat Loss

#298: What Does “Evidence-Based” Even Mean?

#297: Verbal and Mental Cues for Lifting

#296: How Much Consistency Is Required for Progress?

#295: Why Do You Stay Natural?

#294: The Biggest Mistakes Among Intermediate Bodybuilders

#293: When to Bulk, Cut, or Maintain

#292: Competition Day Coaching

#291: Optimizing Your Off-Season

#290: Q&A Session 29

#289: How to Beat Cravings, Hunger, and Lethargy

#288: Bodybuilding With a Social Life

#287: Intuitively Tracking Your Training

#286: The Ideal Pace for Fat Loss

#285: The True Cost of Contest Prep

#284: How To Build Your Back

#283: Is Your Obsession With Clean Eating Holding You Back?

#282: The Importance Of Mind Muscle Connection

#281: You Need Better Progress Pics

#280: Q&A Session 28

#279: Post Competition Assessments

#278: The Art Of Fatigue Management

#277: Stretching For Hypertrophy & Performance

#276: How To Travel & Keep Your Gains

#275: Why You Should Gamify Your Gains

#274: Gut Health & Fat Loss

#273: Are You Progressing?

#272: Tackling The Mental Isolation of Bodybuilding

#271: How We Train Arms & Delts

#270: Q&A Session 27

#269: Train & Diet For Your Competitive Division

#268: Rest Periods, Rest Days, and Double Days

#267: Cardio Programming For Physique Sport

#266: How Much Does Genetics Matter?

#265: How & When To Adjust Your Diet

#264: The Best Male Bodybuilder Of All Time?

#263: Why Is Gaining So Hard?

#262: Is Powerbuilding A Compromise?

#261: How To Act Right During Prep

#260: Q&A Session 26

#259: How Our Hypertrophy Programming Has Changed

#258: Dads Who Lift

#257: You Could Be Tracking The Wrong Nutrition Data

#256: Is Using RPE Worth It?

#255: How To Leg Day

#254: Is Your Body Fat Set Point Holding You Back?

#253: Is Bodybuilding An Eating Disorder?

#252: The Big Volume Debate

#251: Modern Powerlifting Nutrition

#250: Q&A Session 25

#249: The Hidden Risks of Supplements

#248: The Extreme Side Effects of Contest Prep

#247: Why Do I Keep Cheating On My Plan?

#246: What You Actually Need From Bodybuilding

#245: 3 Pro Bodybuilders: 1 Year Out

#244: Your Default Diet

#243: All About Range Of Motion

#242: Improving As An Advanced Athlete

#241: What’s Our Coaching Style?

#240: Q&A Session 24

#239: How To Build Your Meal Plan

#238: Cutting Weight For Powerlifting

#237: What Competitors Can Learn From Non-Competitors

#236: Post Contest Blues

#235: Do This Before You Prep

#234: When Is Your Bodybuilding Career Over?

#233: Is Inefficient Training Holding You Back?

#232: Powerlifting: Beyond The Big 3

#231: Keeping Your Cool On Show Day

#230: Q&A Session 23

#229: What To Do When You “Mess Up” Your Diet

#228: Becoming A Self-Aware Competitor

#227: Should You Train At Long Muscle Lengths?

#226: When To Suck It Up

#225: Revisiting Rep Ranges

#224: How To Avoid Coaching Plateaus

#223: What Matters More Than Macros?

#222: How To Run A Surplus

#221: Adjusting Training As You Advance

#220: Q&A Session 22

#219: Are You Training Too Much?

#218: Take the Plunge and Prep

#217: 3DMJ Origins: Brian Minor

#216: How To Eat Out

#215: Are Diet Breaks Worth It?

#214: An Honest Examination of Genetics

#213: How I Wish I Would Have Started

#212: Overcoming Information Overload

#211: Recalibration Throughout Your Athletic Career

#210: Q&A Session 21

#209: Overcoming Burnout and Motivation Plateaus

#208: Fat Storage, Fat Manipulation, Fat Holding Patterns

#207: Periodization for Hypertrophy

#206: Advanced Training Techniques

#205: Planning Predictable Peak Weeks

#204: All About Nutrient Timing

#203: The Unexpected Ways Bodybuilding Makes You Stronger

#202: Developing Your Deload Strategy

#201: Should You Take It To Failure?

#200: Q&A Session 20

#199: Upgrading Your Bodybuilding Diet

#198: Upgrade Your Gaining Game

#197: Weight Loss, Perfection, and Flexible Dieting with The MASS Reviewers

#196: Why You Should Just Keep Lifting

#195: Is Natural Bodybuilding Viable?

#194: Setting The Right Kind of Goals

#193: Programming Considerations

#192: Surprise Bonus Q&A with Brad and Jeff

#191: Establish Your Powerlifting Foundation

#190: Q&A Session 19

#189: Invasive Dieting

#188: All About Back Pain

#187: Preparing for the End of Prep

#186: Tapering for Max Strength

#185: Are Your Expectations Too High?

#184: Getting Ready Early and Surviving Prep

#183: The Habits of Highly Effective Preps

#182: Creating Bodybuilding Timelines

#181: How To Select Your Ideal Exercises

#180: Q&A Session 18

#179: Is Inefficiency Holding You Back?

#178: Mastering Stress as a Bodybuilder

#177: Being OK with Body Fat

#176: Finishing What You Started

#175: Blood Flow Restriction Training

#174: Developing Your Content Filter

#173: Flat, Full or Spilled: Visual Coaching Adjustments

#172: Minicuts: Not So Fast

#171: Perfectionism in Bodybuilding: Is it ever enough?

#170: Q&A Session 17

#169: Coaching Elite Athletes

#168: Accomplishing Our Goals in 2021

#167: How To Keep Progressing

#166: Why You Shouldn't Prep

#165: Appetite Manipulation

#164: Why Bodybuilders Binge

#163: Our Coaches' Latest Training Techniques

#162: Insecurity and Bodybuilding

#161: Principles of Injury Reduction & Management

#160: Q&A Session 16

#159: Natty or Not, We're All Just Lifters

#158: Plant-Based Nutrition for Lifters

#157: All About Confidence

#156: Teaching Lifters How To Move Online

#155: Judging A Physique

#154: Real World Nutrition Coaching

#153: When Your Show Dates Move

#152: Should Bodybuilders Max Out?

#151: Quarantine Comeback

#150: Q&A Session 15

#149: 1 Year Out From Your Next Show

#148: Practical Bodybuilding

BONUS EPISODE – Coronavirus: One Rep at a Time

#147: All About Body Dysmorphia

#146: 3DMJ Powerlifting in 2020

#145: Who Can You Trust In Fitness?

#144: Your Best Off-Season Yet

#143: All About Refeeds

#142: Am I Too __ To Start?

#141: Contest Prep Case Study: Jeff Alberts' 2019 Season

#140: Q&A Session 14

#139: You Are Not Broken

#138: Bodybuilding Dads

#137: Using And Losing Your Ego

#136: Contest Prep Case Study: Eric Helms' 2019 Season

#135: Transitioning Away From Tracking

#134: A New Approach to Cardio

#133: How To Be Coached

#132: Unconventional Nutrition Advice

#131: Building Something That Matters: From Competition to Community

#130: Q&A Session 13

#129: Diet Recovery Advice

#128: Finding a Way Forward: Pain Management and Injury Prevention

#127: Next Level Details

#126: MASS Insights w/ Greg Nuckols & Mike Zourdos

#125: When Your Friends Don't Lift

#124: Bodybuilding Tales From the Trenches

#123: Jeff Alberts' 2019 Contest Prep Update

#122: Sustainable Body Comp Management

#121: Our Latest Coaching Techniques

#120: Q&A Session 12

#119: Eric Helms’ 2019 Contest Prep Update

#118: What First-Time Bodybuilders Need To Know

#117: Eating Behaviors in Physique Sports

#116: Q&A Session 11

#115: How Our Business Operates in 2019

#114: Program Individualization with Mike Tuchscherer, Bryce Lewis, & Greg Nuckols

#113: Learning to Eat Again

#112: Omar Isuf, Jacob Schepis, & Mike Israetel

#111: Male & Female Coaching?

#110: Q&A Session 10

#109: Rep-Load Zones with Brian Minor

#108: The Emotional Cost of Coaching

#107: Nutrition For Powerlifters

#106: Peaking With Dr. Joe

#105: Setting Up YOUR Systems

#104: How To Be A Good Competitive Bodybuilder

#103: Overtraining and Overreaching

#102: Anecdotes & Observations

#101: Q&A Session 9

#100: Q&A Session 8

#99: Don't Copy Bodybuilders

#98: Self-Coaching In The Gym

#97: The Tao of Bert

#96: Should You Prep?

#95: When Sh*t Gets Hard

#94: The Future of 3DMJ

#93: How Much Volume?

#92: Advice For Hardgainers

#91: Q&A Session 7

#90: Remote vs. In-Person Coaching

#89: Who Taught You?

#88: Maintenance Calories

#87: Let's Talk Genetics

#86: Let's Talk Supplements

#85: "Overcoming Insecurity As A Fitness Content Provider”

#84: "How Alberto Nuñez Bulks"

#83: "I Quit Prep"

#82: Loneliness And Bodybuilding

#81: Q&A Session 6

#80: Lifestyle Design for Athletes

#79: Parenting As An Athlete

#78: The Skill Of Lifting

#77: How To Learn

#76: How To Plan Your Year

#75: Q&A Session 5

#74: Q&A Session 4

#73: Holiday Bodybuilding

#72: When the Recovery Diet Ends

#71: Aging As An Athlete

#70: How to Build a Nutrition Plan

#69: How To Track Your Training

#68: Career vs. Click Bait

#67: Bodybuilding With A Desk Job

#66: Off-Season Realizations

#65: Exercise Selection & Modification

#64: Q&A Session #3

#63: Is Bodybuilding a Dying Sport?

#62: IIFYM Meets Reality

#61: Bodybuilding And Powerlifting At Home

#60: Two Professional Bodybuilding Preps

#59: How We Coach Other Coaches

#58: How to Build a Training Program

#57: What We Need From Our Athletes

#56: All About Mini-Cuts

#55: Your First 5 Years in Bodybuilding

#54: The Role of a Registered Dietitian

#53: Q&A Session #2

#52: Q&A Session #1

#51: Motivated Mindsets

#50: How do you know if you're evidence-based?

#49: The Details That Matter

#48: Assessing Your Athletic Identity

#47: A Smarter Contest Prep

#46: Tracking Training Progress

#45: Program Hopping

#44: Traveling While Dieting

#43: 3DMJ Coach Influences Part 2

#42: 3DMJ Coach Influences Part 1

#41: Bodybuilding in Your 40's

40#: Staying Natural

#39: The Intersection of Science & Experience

#38: Competition Coaching for Bodybuilding & Powerlifting

#37: How to Lose in Bodybuilding

#36: Contemporary Issues in Natural Physique Sports

#35: Why Prep Sucks

#34: All About Cardio

#33: Coach’s Spotlight 2016 - Andrea Valdez

#32: Coach's Spotlight 2016 - Jeff Alberts

#31: Coach's Spotlight 2016 - Alberto Nuñez

#30: Coach's Spotlight 2016 - Brad Loomis

#29: Coach's Spotlight 2016 – Eric Helms

#28: Dr. Mike Zourdos and The Future of Strength Training

#27: Lagging Body Parts

#26: Intuitive Eating

#25: When to Quit

#24: Finding Your Fitness Career

#23: Bryce Lewis & Brad Loomis at USAPL Raw Nationals 2016

#22: Training By Feel

#21: Off-Season Programming

#20: The Recovery Diet

#19: Show Day Stresses

#18: Sacrifice to Win

#17: All About Injuries

#16: How To Be Selfish

#15: How To Run A Coaching Team

#14: Social Media and Bodybuilding

#13: How Much Does Science Matter?

#12: What Makes A Successful Bodybuilder?

#11: The Art of Coaching Physique Athletes Pt. 2

#10: The Evolution of Natural Bodybuilding

#9: 3DMJ ORIGINS – Andrea Valdez

#8: Pro vs. Amateur Bodybuilding

#7: 3DMJ ORIGINS – Jeff Alberts

#5: 3DMJ ORIGINS – Alberto Nuñez

#3: 3DMJ ORIGINS – Brad Loomis

#2: The Art of Coaching Physique Athletes

#1: 3DMJ ORIGINS – Eric Helms