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We are joined with Dave Crosland who talks all about SARMS - selective androgen receptor modulators. They are in your local stores being pushed at your local gyms. What are they? Are they legal and safe to use? 

We are joined by Jeff Ash who talks all about nutrition myths among a variety of topics. We talk about how to build a diet program for the average joe as well as how to do nutrition when you are trying to be obese in powerlifting. Check it out!

According to Openpowerlifting.com, Jaisyn MIke started competing in 2014 and has 21 meets under his belt in 5 years.  In the 264+ lb weight class in the USAPL, his best raw squat is 749.5, bench was 619.5, and deadlift was 771.6 lbs for a 2061.3 total and a wilks of 523.45, which he got Jan 14, 2018 in the Winter Games of Texas. Raw Nationals in October he came in 2nd in the Open and 1st in the Masters 1 division. Jaisyn Mike is a sponsored athlete and he has a youtube channel under jmikefitness.     We talked about Jaisyn competing at Jezza Uepa's PL competition and how that all went. Check it out!

Dave Ricks, has been competing for over 30-years!  He won is first Open IPF Championship in 1991, winning a total of 5 Open World Championships in his career (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999) and placed Silver in 7 other Open World Championships.  In addition, he has taken Best Lifter at the Arnold Sports Festival in 2009, 2010 and 2011, 2012. He has also been a competitor at the 2009 World Games (placing 5th at the age of 50!) and now into his Master's years of competing, Dave is setting new Master World Records almost every time he hits that platform.  He won the 2013 Master World Championships as well as the 2011 World Master's Championships. At age 53, Dave placed sixth in the Open World Championships.  He continues to set Master World Records, most recently the deadlift at the 2013 World Master Championships with a lift of 328 kg. World Record: Master Squat: 90/93 – Broke the record 6x Master Deadlift: 90/93 Broke the record 4x Master Total – 90/93 – Broke the record 6x Set 16 Master World Records Dave also holds the Open American Raw record, set in 2013. He continues to compete at the Elite, Open level at 54 years of age.   He has been selected for the USA Team to compete at the Classic World Championships as an open lifter, where he will be 55 years old. Dave is an ambassador for powerlifting.  He coaches young lifters, hosts local and high school level competitions, and referees from the local to the national level in the USA   Rogue Grand Prix Basic questions - Why did you get into powerlifting? What are your strength numbers -best & current What are the most common injuries you see from powerlifters and what is the usual reason for this? What do you take on a regular basis to supplement your training? What is your worst injury and what did you do to fix it? What accessories do you use for lifting? What supplements do you take? What pet peeves do you have when it comes to training in a gym? What is one thing you have heard many lifters say that is WRONG/MYTH? Favorite powerlifter to watch progress/compete? How hard was it to train while in the Navy? Did you train while deployed on ships? What keeps you into powerlifting? What have you seen change in powerlifting since you started competing? Good/bad/ugly

We are joined this week with Micah Marino. According to Openpowerlifting.com, Micah Marino started competing in 2012 at the age of 21 weighing in at 184 lbs. His bodyweight as fluctuated from 165-184 lbs. He is the former world record holder at 165 lbs. And has two all time world records, the 795 lb deadlift single ply and the 165 lb total. His best raw squat is 534.6, bench is 429.9, and deadlift is 728.6 (4.4 times his bodyweight) lbs at a bodyweight of 165.3 lbs. Biggest total was 1665.5 at American Cup Los Angeles Fit Expo in 2016 with a wilks of 538.34. He also has a 614 wilks in Single Ply with a 2007 lb total and a multi ply wilks of 667 with a 2190 lb total. He's also the owner of the apparel company Fight or Quit which can be found at fightorquit.com.

We talk about two big subjects, Bible Reading Plans and Dave's recent competition, video of that can be found here. Everett has some choice thoughts about Bible reading plans and some insights that we should consider as the we end January and start heading into February. 

This episode we discuss our strength/health/life goals for 2019. We got all the hosts in on this one and it was a fun episode, check it out!

This episode was our most highly downloaded episode of 2018 and we are glad to re-share it as we start 2019.   Greg Nuckols has over a decade of experience under the bar, and a BS in Exercise and Sports Science. He's held 3 all-time world records in powerlifting in the 220 and 242 classes. He's trained hundreds of athletes and regular folks, both online and in-person. He's written for many of the major magazines and websites in the fitness industry, including Men's Health, Men's Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Bodybuilding.com, T-Nation, and Schwarzenegger.com. Furthermore, he's had the opportunity to work with and learn from numerous record holders, champion athletes, and collegiate and professional strength and conditioning coaches through his previous job as Chief Content Director for Juggernaut Training Systems and current full-time work here on Stronger By Science. His passions are making complex information easily understandable for athletes, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts, helping people reach their strength and fitness goals, and drinking great beer.   Some of the questions we got to ask him included: Mobility, foam rolling, and stretching (static or dynamic) – what is good for powerlifters vs bad or waste of time? How would you recommend a powerlifter do an off season on season when they are scheduling meets in a year? Is it true that you should only work on weaknesses on off season times? Lets assume you have 16 weeks before the next meet, how much weakness work can you do before you should start focusing on being more specific on the comp movements? Should there be a body fat percentage that is optimal for bigger powerlifters to try to stay around? Is there a good rule of thumb on weight gain when trying to go up a weight class? BB medicine has the limit to 40″ on the waist and PLto win says to maintain no greater than 15% bf Cardio – are 10 minute walks enough for most lifters? What would also be good as far as cardio for general health? From Jeff Ash – Is high intensity interval training better than low intensity cardio for strength athletes trying to maximize gains?

Ray Williams is the strongest man we have had on our podcast and a great way to end 2018! Really excited to talk to him about his background, his work, and current goals. 

Another episode is up! Everett and David talk all about all things Christmas, food, and theology. Check it out!  

Is warming up merely wasting time in the gym or is it something you should be doing on a daily basis?   Ethan McElroy is a strength coach in the Triangle area as well as a powerlifter. He recently wrote an article about warming up which can be found here. 

With the holidays coming around you may be stuck with you inlaws or outlaws talking about theology. This episode we are talking a bit about what dispensationalism is and compare that to covenant theology.

We are joined by Jono, Janine, and Everett to talk all about the new transgender policy that Strongman Corp has issued which can be found here.   Early in the podcast Dave mentions the Jugglife Podcast discussion on Transgenderism and we reccomend you check that out first before listening to the podcast if possible. You can find that episode here.

Discipleship - how do you do it biblically? We are joined with Everett and Janine to talk about discipleship and how we see it being done in the past in the church and what things we are getting right and wrong.

This episode we talk nutrition and diets with Jeff and Janine. We talk about what goes into the phrase "a calorie is a calorie". 

As of the posting of this episode we still do not have the official results of the IPL Midwest Open 2018. That being said we did a recap of how Everett's meet went and were joined by a guest host, Matt Turner. Matt is one of our Patreon contributors and is currently using Skynet AI coaching which we discussed at length in the episode.    You can find our Patreon page here.   Really grateful for Matt and his support of this show. Skynet can be found here.

  American Strongest Man 2018 details can be found here.  Sean Demarinis BIO - 32 years old, born and raised in CA. Currently live in south Orange County. Most famous for the beaches, weather, disneyland and reality shows about privileged housewives and teenage drama. Im in sales and also work part time as a strength coach for East West Strength in Costa Mesa, CA. Strongman/weight lifting is my only hobby. The demand it takes in and out of the gym occupies the majority of my free time. However, i still enjoy going to the movies, dinner, beach, amusement parks etc. Just try and avoid too many physical activities, the risk of getting inured is haunting lol. Notable Competition history: 4x CA strongest man. 2 HW and 2 MW titles 4x America's strongest man 105k MW and HW pro status 2nd place at WSM 105k in 2016 in Ireland 3rd place at the Ultimate strongman world championships 2018 in Czech Republic What hobbies do you have outside of strongman? Sleeping, movies, beach, eating What got you into strength sports? Where did your lifting journey start? Lifting begin when i was 12 years old. I was chubby and wanted to make an improvement. My mom actually showed me my first exercises. Really lifting or competitive lifting started when i played football in HS. What was your inspiration or mentor in strength sports? Arnold was a huge inspiration but id have to say what really drove my passion was competing. I really enjoy being able to test myself against others. Biggest strength numbers: Squat - 710 Bench - 501 Deadlift - 800 Push Press - 400+ Stone - 400+ Log - 405 Axle Clean n Press - 385 Farmers Walk - 360 Yoke - 1000 Any I might have missed - 250 DB. 900 18'' axle DL. 775 axle DL from the floor Any injuries that you had to deal with? Quad tendon rupture off the bone, torn quad muscles, compartment syndrome, pec tears, proximal bicep tendon rupture...and a million other small sprains and tears. How did you know that strongman was a good fit? I didn't at first. It took me 8 month of getting my ass kicked to feel like i was getting good enough to become a professional. However, i did take 4th out of 14 in my first show ever so based on that, i felt i at least had a shot to do well. How many hours a week would you train before a strongman competition? If the show is on Sat, my last raining day is Tuesday. Maybe 1-2 hours, light work to keep the blood moving and muscles staying primed to lift. What do you take on a regular basis to supplement your training? I work with a nutritionist and help with this but mostly the same things most people take...Vitamins, fish oil, protein powders etc  

Rachel Pyron BIO -  I work at Bodybuilding.com - headquarters are in Boise, Idaho. Co-manage Regulatory Compliance Grew up in a small, rural town; Arco, Idaho. Very little exposure to gyms/weightlifting etc. Competed in bodybuilding in 2009 and 2010 and fell into strongman shortly after. Here's the results of ASM/ASW 2018.    Notable Competition history: Strongman Corp nationals 2013, 2014, 2015 Arnold 2014, 2015, 2016 - placing 4th at that contest and qualified as a pro ASW 2016, 2017, 2018 (current LW 1st) Strongest Woman in the World Norway 2018 World's Strongest Woman 2017     Some of the topics we discussed included: What hobbies do you have outside of strongman? Hiking, traveling, shooting.. Anything outside What got you into strength sports? Where did your lifting journey start? Started running in college and ended up with stress fractures in my feet - lead to weight lifting - bodybuilding -- and then strongman What was your inspiration or mentor in strength sports?- all of the other LW women mostly. Very competitive class and consistent women I have competed with year after year - Leslie Hofheins   Biggest strength numbers: Squat - good question ~ 225 front squat Bench - 180 Deadlift - 355 axle :) Long Beach Stone 210 Log - 190 Axle Clean n Press - 170~ just missed 185 Saturday lol Farmers Walk - 180 Yoke - 500 Any injuries that you had to deal with? Back injury - annular tears in two discs Dropped a stone on my foot April 2017 - I recommend avoiding this :) How did you know that strongman was a good fit? I'm still not sure that it is, but I love it anyway! How many hours a week would you train before a strongman competition? Close to 10 probably. General training about 1.5-2 hours plus one long event day. What do you take on a regular basis to supplement your training? Food; pre workout w/ creatine. Beta alanine. multi How many calories do you eat off and on season? How can you afford to eat that much? What is your approach/attitude to food? I honestly don't count. I just try not to get hungry and stress about weight cause I'm always way under. Any funny stories or events that happened in your competition? I won - ha I was going to hang out and enjoy the beach, I had very little expectations for ASW Favorite training music? Country, I know I'm weird What was the most famous person that you were the most stoked to meet in your competing? Meeting Big Z at worlds last year was cool. And I finally got to meet Clint Darden in person If you could do something different in your training (wind the clock back) what would you do? Oh man… start deadlifting earlier and take more time off What's one thing that you want all lifters in the BBB to know or consider before getting into strength sports? (be able to justify your training) Common injuries specific to strongman as well as other health issues that someone might not consider (mental, addictions, etc)? Little things matter - rest, sleep, food, take care of yourself. I want to get into strongman...where should I start? Local gym with equipment and hopefully a local coach - online is helpful, but not the same What now do you want to do strength wise? Get healthier, stronger - maybe a powerlifting meet What's one thing that you want all lifters in the BBB to know or consider before getting into strength sports? It takes a long time to get better - consistency Common injuries specific to strongman as well as other health issues that someone might not consider (mental, addictions, etc)? It can be a very selfish and lonely sport What pet peeves do you have when it comes to training in a gym?Techno music Article mentioned in the show