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Ep 394 - Common Movement Questions

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Ep 393 - When Science Isn’t Ready for "Prime Time"

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Ep 392 - Training Frequency for Hypertrophy

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BONUS: The Missing Dimension to Optimum Sports Nutrition? - Eric Helms & Steve Hall

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Ep 391 - What Can You REALLY Learn From Pre-Steroid Era Bodybuilders? (with Dr. Conor Heffernan)

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Ep 390 - Is Muscle Loss Really a Big Deal?

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Ep 389 - What the Erics Actually Do

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BONUS - Drop Sets & Myo-Reps: The Best Way to Use Them (w/ Eric Helms & Steve Hall)

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Ep 388 - What Most Bodybuilders and Their Coaches Miss (ft. Richard Collins)

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Ep 387 - Energy Cost of Building Muscle

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Ep 386 - Sleep, Hypertrophy, and Creatine

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Ep 385 - Do Studies on Untrained Lifters Apply to Trained Lifters?

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BONUS: Bulking Is Dead - Eric Helms & Steve Hall

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Ep 384 - Is Ultrasound Lying About Your Gains?

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Ep 383 - Q&A: Imbalances, Fatigue, & REDs

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Ep 382 - The Science of Building Bone (ft. Dr.Lora Giangregorio)

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BONUS: Are Fitness Trackers Worth It? - Eric Helms & Steve Hall

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Ep 381 - Q&A: GLP-1s, Tendon Training, & Rep Ranges

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Ep 380 - Bulking, Cutting, and Recomping

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Ep 379 - Behind the Scenes (Iron Culture Documentary) ft. Omar Isuf

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BONUS: Revive Stronger - Fatigue, Progress & The Psychology of Bodybuilding (ft. Steve Hall)

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Ep 378 - Social Media Protein Debates

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Ep 377 – MRV/MAV, Diet Breaks & Refeeds

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Ep 376 - Weight Loss Resistance

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Ep 375 - Humility in Science

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BONUS: Stronger Culture - The Protein Ceiling: Real or Not a Needle Mover? (ft Eric Helms & Steve Hall)

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Ep 374 - Processing, Palatability, and Bingeing

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Ep 373 - Does Bone Predict Hypertrophy?

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Ep 372 - New ACSM Lifting Guidelines

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Stronger Culture - The Mental Side of Bodybuilding Nobody Talks About

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Ep 371 - Popular Pseudoscience

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Ep 370 - Calories: Labels vs Reality

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Ep 369 - New Controversy in LDL Research

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Iron Stronger - 1%er Habits The Best Do In Bodybuilding (with Eric Helms & Steve Hall)

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Ep 368 - Sheffield 2025 Champ Kjell Bakkelund

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Ep 367 - Q&A

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Ep 366 - New Studies: Long Muscle Lengths & Muscle Swelling

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Ep 365 - The Science Behind Toxic Online Fitness Culture

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BONUS - Confidence, Self-Doubt & Thinking Clearly in the Fitness Industry - Eric Helms & Steve Hall

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Ep 364 - The Evolution of Physical Culture (ft. Dr. Conor Heffernan)

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Ep 363 - What Everyone's Getting Wrong About New Dietary Guidelines

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Ep 362 - WNBF Champ Shreenath Ganesh

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Ep 361 - Are N = 1 Anecdotes Meaningless?

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Ep 360 - WNBF Champs Eddie Saldana and Max Melchard

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Ep 359 - Tribalism in Evidence-Based Fitness

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Ep 358 - WNBF Champs Christine Reinhart and Sarah Oase

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Ep 357 - WNBF Champs Heitor Sousa and Adão Martins

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Ep 356 - Pain-Free Training (ft. Dr. John Rusin)

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Ep 355 - Mindset of a Bodybuilding Champion (ft. Oscar Moscat)

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Ep 354 - All About "Central" or "Systemic" Fatigue

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Ep 353 - How To Actually Embrace Long-Term Dietary Changes

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Ep 352 - Q&A (Protein, Mini-Cuts, and More)

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Ep 351 - New Research on Constrained Model and NSAIDs

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Ep 350 - Eric Helms Returns

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Ep 349 - Elite Weightlifting: An Inside Look (ft. Wil Fleming)

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Ep 348 - What Does Your Favorite Fit Pro’s PhD Actually Mean?

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Ep 347 - New Retraction (and What It Means For "Evidence-Based" Fitness)

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Ep 346 - Helms Updates + Q&A

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Ep 345 - Hot Topics in Fitness (ft. Dr. Lauren Colenso-Semple)

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Ep 344 - Sports Science In Elite Athletics (ft. Dr. Marc Lewis)

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Ep 343 - Q&A: Is Collagen Useful?

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Ep 342 - New Data: Does Growth Really Drive Strength Gains?

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Ep 341 - Unpacking Individual Responses to Training Volume

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Ep 340 - Protein: Valuable, But Overvalued

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Ep 339 - ECA Stack & Yohimbine

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Ep 338 – The many eras of evidence-based fitness (ft. Dr. Jim Stoppani)

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Ep 337 - Is There A Crisis In Exercise Science?

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Ep 336 - The Science Of Being Cool & Attractive

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Ep 335: Sticking Points, Exercise Selection, and Long Muscle Length Training (ft. Dr. Stian Larsen)

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Ep 334 - Microplastics: Setting the Record Straight

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Ep 333 - Are High-Protein Diets Really Harmless?

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Ep 332 - The Most Extreme Metabolic Adaptation Ever Recorded

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Ep 331 - Contest Prep and Weight Cutting Across Sports

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Ep 330 - Female Health & Fitness Research + Q&A

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Ep 329 - What To Do About Microplastics

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Ep 328 - Bad Fundamentals Lead to Popular Pseudoscience

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Ep 327 - Fat Loading, Sodium Limits, and More

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Ep 326 - Daily 1RM Training: Crazy or Constructive? (ft. Dr. Nick Washmuth and Kaylee Chism)

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Ep 325 - Plant-Based Bodybuilding With a World Champ (ft. Maddie McConnell)

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Ep 324 - WORLD PREMIERE: Front Page Fitness

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Ep 323 - MASS Makes History

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Ep 322- The Science of "Junk Volume" (ft. Jake Remmert)

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Ep 321 - Are You Really As Hydrated As You Think?

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Ep 320 - Myths Versus Theories in Exercise Science (ft. James Steele)

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Ep 319 - Bodybuilding Mortality Across the Eras (ft. Drs Conor Heffernan and Juan Carlos Cassano)

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Ep 318 - Resistance Training as a Fat Loss Tool (ft. Dr. Mike Ormsbee)

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Ep 317 - Training Volume: How Much Is Enough? (ft. Dr. Eduardo De Souza)

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Ep 316 - Lengthened Biased Training: Time To Cut Bait?

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Ep 315 - Training Hard Versus Training Smart

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Ep 314 - Science Is Broken (But Fixable)

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Ep 313 - Is More (and More, and More) Protein Better for Muscle Retention?

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Ep 312 - Muscle Soreness: What Does It Mean? (ft. Dr. Mike Zourdos)

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Ep 311 - The Truth About Hormone Replacement Therapy

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Ep 310 - Are People Getting "Metabolic Stress" Wrong?

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Ep 309 - Finding the Volume “Sweet Spot” During Plateaus

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Ep 308 - The Future of Natural Bodybuilding (w/ WNBF Pros Alberto Nuñez and Steff Noble)

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Ep 307 - Are Lengthened Partials Overrated?

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Ep 306 - Mental Health, Physique Sports, and Fitness Coaching (ft. Laurin Conlin)

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Ep 305 - What is Strength? (w/Drs. Adrian Kind, Conor Heffernan & Walter Veit)

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Ep 304 - Beyond "1.6 - 2.2": Evidence-Based Protein Guidelines