PODCAST · health
Let's Grow Big Together
by Feast of Fun, hosted by Fausto Fernós & Marc Felion
Building muscle mass with a whole lot of sass. A podcast on building muscle, muscle worship and muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding, gay and LGBT culture. An irreverent look at how to build muscle, muscle worship, muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding and gay and LGBT culture. Hosted and produced by Feast of Fun’s Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós, Let’s Grow Big Together features all new shows weekly. For the past 16 years Feast of Fun has defined podcasting a podcast pioneers with their original series “Feast of Fun - the Gay Talk Show” a collection of in-depht interviews with comedians and aritsts, drag queens and legends, plus a look at the hot news wrapped up in candy coating of camp. 5 time winners of the People’s Choice Podcast Award, with 3000 episodes and new series like Let’s Grow Big Together and Cooking with Drag Queens, have a smorgasbord of amazing shows waiting to fill your plate.
Episodes
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Matthew Davies - Designing for Star Trek & Bodybuilding in the Future
People love sports for the thrill of the challenge, to push their bodies to boldly go where they’ve never gone before. But in Star Trek, how would people compete in a universe where physical augmentation makes almost anything possible? What happens to bodybuilding a thousand years from now?…
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Kyle Smolinski - Muscle, Mass and Rainbows
Chicago’s very own Kyle Smolinski is a rising star in the Open Bodybuilding scene, dominating some of the top NPC heavyweight contests—including a gold-medal win in the heavyweight division at the NPC Jay Cutler Classic in Virginia. But beyond his impressive size and stage presence, Kyle is also...
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Brian Yuen - Bodybuilding with HIV
We’re living in a new golden age of bodybuilding, thanks in part to the Internet, which provides endless resources for building muscle, and to medical advancements over the past few decades in fighting HIV, AIDS, and cancer. Let’s Grow Big Together! The podcast that tests positive for F.U.N. (and...
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Shaw Knight - Muscle for Hire
Bodybuilding isn’t cheap- food, gear, training, and coaching can make the road to becoming a legend super expensive. Now that’s where the generous benefactors come in handy! Famous bodybuilders like Arnold Schwartzenegger, Sylvester Stallone and Kai Greene made money as muscle for hire and it...
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Plus Sized Mobility - Roy Belzer
For those struggling with fitness and building muscle, coaches can sometimes do more harm than good by not meeting clients where they are at. This can lead to people feeling overwhelmed, giving up on their goals and not living their best life. Let’s Grow Big Together! The podcast that tells you:...
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Getting Rid of Gym Anxiety
If you’re not used to going to the gym, working out can seem like you’re walking through a field of landmines. Am I doing this right? Will I hurt myself? Do I look good? They’re all going to laugh at me! And what happens If I run into the person I hooked up with last week and it didn't go so well...
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Susan Powter is Still Trying to Stop the Insanity
In the 1990s fitness guru Susan Powter rose to fame with her sassy late night TV infomercials, short cut platinum hair and her catchphrase: “stop the insanity!” Do you remember “stop the insanity?” Well the insanity never stopped. For the last 50 years, corporations have been making a lot of…
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Bad Ideas Good Bodybuilders Fall For
When you’re busy making gains in the gym, it’s easy to overlook your own vulnerabilities. Because workouts can be exhausting, it’s easy to let your guard down and fall for bad ideas, snake oil supplements, scams or even worse. Let’s Grow Big Together! You got big dreams, you want big muscle? Well...
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Outrageous Ways Bodybuilders Overcome Injury - Dr. Jesse Roles
In the 1980s, actress and workout guru Jane Fonda popularized the mantra “no pain, no gain” as a way to suggest that discomfort is necessary for muscle growth. Unfortunately, this type of thinking can lead folks to ignore the very injuries that might be holding back their gains. Let’s Grow Big...
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Matt Claussen: Coaching Bodybuilders for Success
We live during an extraordinary time for building muscle. What started out over a hundred years ago as a theatrical curiosity has grown to become a sport and art form that has millions of people pumping iron all around the world. And while genetics certainly plays a factor, from Hollywood to your...
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Joel Bryant on Jumping Through Obstacle Courses and Comedy
There’s a belief that fitness and comedy are at odds with each other. We’ve seen many comedians get jacked and then they don’t appear to be as funny. Carrot Top famously said he stopped bodybuilding because it didn't fit his style. Dave Chappelle put on muscle and started trolling trans people…
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My First Bodybuilding Competition
Last weekend in Bloomington, Illinois, over 210 bodybuilders showed up to go for the glory at the NPC Mid-American Winter Classic. The competition was intense, but surprisingly friendly and juiced up with sportsmanship. Let’s Grow Big Together! The podcast that reminds you the biggest prize of…
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Meet My Coach: Matt Claussen
When training for any athletic event, a lot can go wrong. Even worse: your mind can start playing tricks on you. So it helps a great deal to have a great coach guide you on the road to become a legend. Let’s Grow Big Together! The podcast that climbs the Stairmaster along with you, but not on the...
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Tyler Fluitt on Harm Reduction for Steroids
Almost a third of American gym goers will use performance enhancing substances at some point in their lives. There’s always risks to consider when supplementing to get big muscles and many doctors just don't have the training or knowledge to help prevent serious complications. So what do you do?...
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George Ward on Building Impossible Muscle
Bodybuilding legend Ronnie Coleman loves to say “Everybody wants big muscles but nobody wants to lift no heavy ass weights!” But lifting heavy ass weights isn't the most difficult part of bodybuilding for everyone. For some, the biggest challenge to coming home with that sword in a competition is...
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Derek Bolt’s Recipe for Building Muscle
When it comes to building muscle, eating is fundamental. Besides being incredibly good looking, bodybuilder and film star Derek Bolt is great at fixing yummy things in the kitchen to help build his legendary physique. Let's Grow Big Together: the podcast that shows you the things you need to put…
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Get Inspired at the Arnold Sports Festival
Bodybuilding can be very lonely as you toil away at the gym, make your meals and rest a lot all by yourself. So in the endless pursuit of building muscle it’s important to always be looking for inspiration that reminds you of why you fell in love with it in the first place. Let’s Grow Big…
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Shea Menchaca, Austin’s Bodybuilding Glamazon
Every great adventure begins with an explosion that sets our heroes on a new path, and bodybuilding is no exception. When the journey begins, it’s great to have the wisdom of a good teacher to help illuminate the path towards building muscle. Let’s Grow Big Together - where sticks and stones may...
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Chris Bickley - Eat Big, Get Big
If you want to be big, you have to eat big. When it comes to building muscle, the cornerstone of bodybuilding is nutrition, not just what you eat, but when you eat it to keep those gains in motion. But it’s not always that easy, for some people it’s incredibly hard to get the calories and protein...
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Carter Kissick Squats Heavy to Lift Everyone Up
One of the drawbacks of following bodybuilders on social media is you come across a few muscle giants who unfortunately have fallen for a lot of right wing nonsense, sexism and bigotry. Thankfully, the kids are all right and a rising tide is shifting to invite everyone to pump iron and bring on…
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Building Muscle with Boobie Hypnosis - Erica Nix
Folks used to discourage training your legs because they thought it would make your butt too big! Today we know better, weightlifting not only gives you a strong core and legs, but now everyone wants a muscular booty! Let’s Grow Big Together - the podcast that loves big butts and can not lie even...
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Climbing the Bicep Peaks - Hamilton Parks
A lot of great bodybuilders begin their journey by overcoming huge challenges. Some people’s bodies fall apart long before they begin to build them back up, so when they step onstage, the battle has already been won. Let’s Grow Big Together- the podcast that tastes as good as it looks! In this...
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Voguing at My Bodybuilding Show - John Paul O’Neil
If you’ve never been to a bodybuilding competition in person, it might seem quite intimidating with all that muscle painted dark and greasy, strutting it on stage. But in reality a lot of these contests have a wide variety of people from different ages, backgrounds and bodies ready to showcase...
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Fearlessly Building Muscle: Derek Bolt
When it comes to building muscle, it helps to fearlessly be yourself. Amateur bodybuilder Derek Bolt raised eyebrows and shook the bigots when he competed in a bodybuilding contest wearing purple nail polish that matched his purple posing trunks. Although Derek loved the presentation, he felt the...
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Musical Theater Muscle: Jimmi Cook
When you think of musical theater you don’t often think of bodybuilders, but the roles of Rocky in Rocky Horror Picture Show, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast or Tarzan in Disney’s stage adaptation all require a certain amount of muscle to portray the role. Let’s Grow Big Together- the podcast that...
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The Jacked Priest: Father Ethan Jewett
Going to the gym can make some folks want to shout “Hallelujah!” In a world that often positions the body as sinful, taking the time to build muscle can shift you into a spiritual place that connects you with the swole divine. Let’s Grow Big Together- the podcast who asks for forgiveness on our...
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The Lifts of a Natural Bodybuilder - Aaron "Iron" Curtis
To form those legendary bodybuilder physiques, athletes have long relied on hard work, good food and lots of drugs. But not everyone takes this path. Created as a counter-movement to conventional bodybuilding, the category of natural bodybuilding places the focus on building muscle without...
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Courageously Authentic Muscle - Scott Holliday
Pop culture artist Andy Warhol once predicted that in the near future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes. But with the advent of social media and pay per view sites of an adult nature, muscular athletes can now be stars for a lot longer than 15 minutes. You get a whole month for $9.99 plus...
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Muscle Worship for Fun & Entertainment - Andrew Dombos
Bodybuilding is now a competitive sport, but its roots lie in show business. Strongmen have long been a staple of circus acts for their feats of strength but it was Prussian bodybuilder Eugen Sandow, who, under the management of Florenz Ziegfeld, went from lifting heavy objects onstage to…
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Becoming a Mass Monster - Pawan Lapborisuth
When it comes to bodybuilding, most people reach for the stars but then reassess their goals when their bodies simply don’t cooperate with the master plan. If you want to be big, you got to eat big, but being a mass monster isn’t just opening up your mouth and piling in the food, it takes a whole...
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Thom Austin - The Healing Power of Building Muscle
Almost every great bodybuilding career starts off as a response to some sort of trauma. For some it’s a terrible accident that forces them to give up their dreams of being a superstar athlete, for others it's mending a broken heart. Amazingly, all these folks turn their trauma into treasure with...
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Listener Questions: Overcoming Obstacles
Building muscle is a heck lot of fun when you’re getting good workouts, great pumps and plenty of food and rest. But beware when you push your body hard, for it can reveal the monsters that lurk in the shadows. Let’s Grow Big Together: the podcast that is just one set away from being done, but...
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Bodybuilder Burlesque - Chaka Corn
Most strip tease shows have a narrow idea on what makes a body beautiful, but newer burlesque shows invite everyone to fearlessly be themselves, no matter how thick or juicy you may be. Even the fellas are getting in on the fun. The new film Baloney, (now streaming everywhere) tells the…
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Listening to the Muscles in Your Body - Levi David
At the start of the Covid Pandemic, a lot of people said to “hell with it, I could be a goner tomorrow” so they pursued their wildest dreams! Bodybuilder Levi David decided to sell off most of his goods and like a jacked up Jesus, he traveled the country spreading his gospel of self love and...
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Building a Secret Agent’s Body - Agent Dave Oleksa
There’s something irresistible about James Bond, a secret service agent who stops supervillains from destroying the world with diamond powered lasers. But despite endless martinis and bullet wounds these super spies seem to effortlessly maintain rock hard bodies. Let’s Grow Big Together! The...
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Muscle Worship Bill Returns
We were shocked on the first episode of Let’s Grow Big Together when our guest, Muscle Worship Bill, delighted us with the story of hooking up with one of his favorite bodybuilders who used his face as a footstool as he scarfed down on his breakfast of toast, bacon and eggs. The food at IHOP is...
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Bodybuilding After 50 - Chris Lavoie
Whether you’re a spring chicken or a crowing rooster, the sun rises and eventually sets on your body’s ability to build muscle. But just because you’re headed into your golden years doesn't mean you can’t develop a jacked up muscular body that would make Zeus jealous! Let’s Grow Big Together, the...
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Getting a Go Go Boy Body - Danny Wilcoxx
When it comes to building your best body, it helps to have a passion for performance and getting an audience all riled up. Let’s Grow Big Together! The only podcast that thrusts it, does a pique turn and pops out of a paper mache volcano looking flawless and jacked. I’m Fausto Fernos, and I’m…
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Muscle Nerds - Kevin Giezy, the Singing Bodybuilder
Competitive sports and physical education have traditionally been difficult spaces for most gay men to be in, but now more than ever, the gym is a place where everyone is welcome. At the gym, we all come together to build muscle, get in touch with our bodies and be our best selves. Gay or…
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Superhero Muscle - Joe Miksan
For many folks who are passionate about building muscle, they found their first inspirations in comic book superheroes. Superman, Captain America,The Hulk, She-Hulk, He-Man, She-Ra and so many more jacked icons captured our imagination with the dream of being big and strong while making the world…
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Feeding the Military Muscle - Jeff Kurtz
When it comes to putting on muscle, if you want to get big, you have to eat big. But what kind of nutrition you need to get there isn’t always clear, especially when you’re pushing your body to get huge and freaky. It’s especially hard when there’s so much misinformation about food and…
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Mr Welshy Makes the Muscle Haters His Motivators
Your body is an battleground. Whenever you post pictures online, there’s always someone ready to tear you down because they think you took some magic pill to look the way you do. Our friend Welshy in the UK is living his dream of being a jacked muscle god that makes the haters come out as being...
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When a Drag Queen Becomes a Bodybuilder
Although he’s new to the bodybuilding scene, Joey Kiening is a pro when it comes to competitions. Joey is better known to fans of drag as Natasha Douglas, winner of the 2016 Miss Continental Plus pageant for queens who weigh 225 pounds or more. Now after snatching the crown, Joey is dropping the...
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Joshua Garver: From a Broken Back to Bulging Biceps
At the age of 17, Joshua Garver suffered a terrible fall down the stairs that left him with bulging discs that required five surgeries and a spinal fusion. Amazingly, during his recovery, Joshua started bodybuilding and despite having limited mobility, he’s now huge and ready for his first…
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Diary of a Muscle God
Bodybuilder Thomas Terry is well known for his Instagram account Game of Swolls, which he started in order to show off his biceps and make new friends. He soon became known as a muscle god after getting hired by a company specializing in videos of jacked up guys flexing their goods. But it came…
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Adventures in Muscle Worship
When people hear about muscle worship, where jacked up guys get oiled up, kissed and caressed by their admirers, the reaction usually is either titillation or distaste. But for those turned on by a muscular physique, whether it’s bodybuilders, bears, otters, or jocks in speedos, muscle worship is...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Building muscle mass with a whole lot of sass. A podcast on building muscle, muscle worship and muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding, gay and LGBT culture. An irreverent look at how to build muscle, muscle worship, muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding and gay and LGBT culture.
Hosted and produced by Feast of Fun’s Marc Felion and Fausto Fernós, Let’s Grow Big Together features all new shows weekly.
For the past 16 years Feast of Fun has defined podcasting a podcast pioneers with their original series “Feast of Fun - the Gay Talk Show” a collection of in-depht interviews with comedians and aritsts, drag queens and legends, plus a look at the hot news wrapped up in candy coating of camp.
5 time winners of the People’s Choice Podcast Award, with 3000 episodes and new series like Let’s Grow Big Together and Cooking with Drag Queens, have a smorgasbord of amazing shows waiting to fill your plate.
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Feast of Fun, hosted by Fausto Fernós & Marc Felion
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Building muscle mass with a whole lot of sass. A podcast on building muscle, muscle worship and muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding, gay and LGBT culture. An irreverent look at how to build muscle, muscle worship, muscle gods, and the connection between bodybuilding and gay and...
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