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Ep 226 - How to use high volume food in a calorie deficit

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Ep 225 - Our biggest lessons from 50,000 coaching check-ins

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Ep 224 - Why science-based lifting is killing your gains

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Ep 223 - Five reasons why your back won't grow

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Ep 222 - How much does genetics actually matter?

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Ep 221 - Are your gym shoes holding back your progress?

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Ep 220 - Lessons I learned from two decades in the gym, so you don't have to

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Ep 219 - How much has Australian health changed in 30 years?

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Ep 218 - Three things to check if you've hit a plateau in the gym

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Ep 217 - The habits you need to build your goal physique

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Ep 216 - How to build your perfect meal plan

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Ep 215 - What exercises expose poor vs. great lifters?

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Ep 214 - Most lifters miss out on the progress between phases

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Ep 213 - How you can be both strong & hot

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Ep 212 - What the fitness industry doesn't tell you about online coaches

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Ep 211 - Ranking the best exercises to grow each muscle group, from S to D-tier

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Ep 210 - Five types of people who'll never build the physique they want

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Ep 209 - Should you track macros or follow a meal plan?

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Ep 208 - Five mentality shifts that take your training to the next level

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Ep 207 - The missing training gap for most lifters

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Ep 206 - Do physique athletes / bodybuilders need to be strong?

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Ep 205 - What people get wrong with gut health & digestion

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Ep 204 - How long does it take to get your dream physique?

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Ep 203 - How much does meal / nutrient timing matter?

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Ep 202 - What's the best training split?

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Ep 201 - To get the physique you want, this is the price

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Ep 200 - The 3 biggest training gaps lifters don't realise they're missing

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Ep 199 - How to pack on muscle without getting fat

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Ep 198 - Why you're training harder but still not growing

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Ep 197 - Most common deficit & surplus mistakes lifters make

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Ep 196 - Why you can't out-train a bad diet

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Ep 195 - Walking away from a goal isn't failure

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Ep 194 - Are these recovery tools a waste of your time/money?

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Ep 193 - Choosing the right cardio to not lose your gains

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Ep 192 - What's your muscle-building potential?

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Ep 191 - Was Arnold wrong? Does "shocking the muscle" really work?

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Ep 190 - Why fat loss slows down, even when you're doing everything right

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Ep 189 - Why men feel lost right now

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Ep 188 - Why getting in shape changes how people treat you

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Ep 187 - What should you eat / drink, pre & post workout?

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Ep 186 - What people get wrong about photoshoot preps

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Ep 185 - From first prep to pro card: What it takes to compete, ft. Sandra Sancic

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Ep 184 - What we're doubling down on, in & out of the gym (pt. 2)

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Ep 183 - What we're doubling down on, in & out of the gym (pt. 1)

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Ep 182 - The real issue with International Men's Day

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Ep 181 - Has fitness become entertainment over actual results?

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Ep 180 - Why your progress slows down & what to do about it

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Ep 179 - Time doesn't guarantee results... These 3 skills do

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Ep 178 - How to train through injury (without making it worse)

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Ep 177 - The most overlooked bodybuilding phase

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Ep 176 - Growth phase without the bloat

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Ep 175 - Lessons from first-time bodybuilding competitors

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Ep 174 - Don't just get your summer body, keep it

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Ep 173 - Most under & over-rated things in comp prep

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Ep 172 - How to progress when you've hit your limit, ft. Yiannis Kotopoulos

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Ep 171 - Signs you're ready to compete in powerlifting / bodybuilding

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Ep 170 - The supplements that actually matter

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Ep 169 - What to ask yourself when you're not progressing

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Ep 168 - The truth about protein

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Ep 167 - How long building muscle really takes

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Ep 166 - Stop letting weekends wipe your progress

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Ep 165 - Sometimes the process will suck... Here's how to stay with it

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Ep 164 - What's stopping you from losing fat

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Ep 163 - What it takes to look like you train

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Ep 162 - Why you keep starting again

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Ep 161 - Does ozempic make you not natty?

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Ep 160 - How to prep for a photoshoot, without going full bodybuilder

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Ep 159 - Why you're still not building more muscle

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Ep 158 - How to build a great physique without giving up your lifestyle

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Ep 157 - Why motivation fails, and what actually works

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Ep 156 - Five nutrition mistakes hindering your fat loss

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Ep 155 - How to lose 4kg in 6 weeks

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Ep 154 - How to train better, instead of training more

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Ep 153 - How much training volume you need to progress

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Ep 152 - What gets you results 1 year in, vs. 5 years in

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Ep 151 - Utilising steps for fat loss - the unseen benefits

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Ep 150 - Why your physique still looks the same

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Ep 149 - What people get wrong with rapid fat loss

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Ep 148 - What we wish our younger selves knew about food & dieting

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Ep 147 - What's holding you back from your best physique, ft. Kirsty Seaborne

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Ep 146 - Can you look lean all year round & still progress?

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Ep 145 - Why changing your program (again) isn't the fix

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Ep 144 - How to get the best results & keep them, ft. Mimi Hong

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Ep 143 - The best protein bar on the market? ft. Fodbods founder Vanessa

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Ep 142 - The mentality you need for the next level

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Ep 141 - Track these things if you want better results

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Ep 140 - Training mistakes that are costing you progress

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Ep 139 - Nutrition mistakes too many lifters make

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Ep 138 - 3 things that affect your progress in the gym

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Ep 137 - The best way to set good goals

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Ep 136 - How to program for lagging muscles

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Ep 135 - How to get strong & lean in 16 weeks

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Ep 134 - Why you should prep for a photoshoot

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Ep 133 - What more lifters need to do more (& less) of

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Ep 132 - How getting stronger built my physique, ft. Emily Mattingly

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Ep 131 - How training & cardio should change as you progress

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Ep 130 - Does effort outweigh everything else?

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Ep 129 - Things to remember deep in a deficit

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Ep 128 - What it took to get my IFBB Pro card, ft. Matheu Orchard

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Ep 127 - How to approach someone in the gym

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