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J3 University — 113 episodes

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1

How to Choose the Best Exercises for Muscle Growth (Stop Wasting Sets) | J3U Podcast Ep. 236

2

How Often Should You Train Each Muscle? (Science vs Reality) | J3U Podcast Ep. 235

3

Electrolytes for Bodybuilding: Are You Wasting Money? | J3U Podcast Ep. 234

4

How Much Protein Do You Really Need to Build Muscle? | J3U Podcast Ep. 233

5

Science-Based Lifting Has Gone Too Far (Here's Why) | J3U Podcast Ep. 232

6

⁠⁠Insulin vs Muscle Growth: What Really Builds Size in the Offseason | J3U Podcast Ep.231

7

Female Bodybuilding PEDs Explained (What Coaches Won’t Tell You) | J3U Podcast Ep. 230

8

Staying or Switching? How to Choose Your Best Bodybuilding Division | J3U Podcast Ep. 229

9

⁠How to Make Weight in Classic Physique Without Losing Muscle | J3U Podcast EP. 228

10

⁠Should You Count Trace Protein? (Most Bodybuilders Get This Wrong) | J3U Podcast Ep. 227

11

Best Training Split for Muscle Growth (Upper Lower vs PPL) | J3U Podcast Ep. 226

12

Do You Actually Need More Gear to Grow? | J3U Podcast Ep. 225

13

Why Most Bodybuilders Run Out Of Time In Prep | J3U Podcast Ep.224

14

Why You're Not Growing in Your Off Season (Fix This Now)| J3U podcast ep 223

15

How to Build the Best Garage Gym for Bodybuilding | J3U Podcast Ep. 222

16

The 4 Contest Prep Phases Every Bodybuilder Should Follow | J3U Podcast Ep.221

17

Can you bodybuild long term without destroying your health? | J3U Podcast Ep. 220

18

Why Your Training Program Isn't Working | J3U Podcast Ep. 219

19

Should Bodybuilders Use Retatrutide? The Real Pros and Cons | J3U Podcast Ep 218

20

How Often Should You Change Your Workout Split? | J3U Podcast 217

21

How to Fix Stalled Lifts for Hypertrophy | J3U Podcast Ep. 216

22

Most Lifters Don't Train Hard Enough | Steve Hall | J3U Podcast Ep. 215

23

The Real Reason You Keep Getting Injured in the Gym | J3U Podcast Ep. 214

24

The Truth About Cutting Right After a Growth Phase (You Don't Need to Wait) | J3U Podcast Ep. 213

25

When Your Growth Phase Is Killing Your Gains (And How to Know It's Over) | J3U Podcast Ep. 212

26

2026 Muscle Growth: Fixing the Mistakes Everyone Made Last Year | J3U Podcast Ep. 211

27

If I could only do ONE Exercise Per Muscle- Upper Body | J3U Podcast Ep. 210

28

If I could only do ONE Exercise Per Muscle- Lower Body | J3U Podcast Ep. 209

29

The Most Overrated Ideas in Fat Loss | J3U Podcast Ep.208

30

How to Become a Pro Bodybuilder | J3U Podcast Ep.207

31

Why Bodybuilders Sleep Worse (And Stay Small Because of It) | J3U Podcast Ep.206

32

Traveling, Holidays, Chaos — How I Still Progress | J3U Podcast Ep. 205

33

Lean Gaining vs Sloppy Bulking | J3U Podcast Ep. 204

34

It’s Not Your Rep Range...It’s Your Effort | J3U Podcast Ep.203

35

The Deload Mistake That’s Ruining Your Offseason | J3U Podcast Ep. 202

36

We used fake gear...don’t do what we did | J3U Podcast Ep. 201

37

Why Most Bodybuilders Burn Out in the Offseason (and How to Stop It) | J3U Podcast Ep. 200

38

Strong ≠ Big — The trap of performance chasing in hypertrophy blocks | J3U Podcast // Ep 199

39

The Offseason “Look” — How lean is too lean? | J3U Podcast // Ep 198

40

Female Growth: This Is Why You Stay the Same | J3U Podcast // Ep 197

41

How to Become an Olympian | J3U Podcast // Ep 196

42

Offseason PED strategy that actually scales | J3U Podcast // Ep 195

43

The coaching mistakes you don’t know you’re making | J3U Podcast // Ep 194

44

Build your next split based on what show day revealed | J3U Podcast // Ep 193

45

What this season taught me | J3U Podcast // Ep 192

46

PEDs, Growth Hormone, and Smarter Cycle Design (ft. Dr. Todd Lee) | J3U Podcast // Ep 191

47

Second peak done right | J3U Podcast // Ep 190

48

The Art of the Rebound — Building After the Show | J3U Podcast // Ep 189

49

Between shows done right | J3U Podcast // Ep. 188

50

What happens after stage | J3U Podcast // Ep 187

51

Peaking before peak week | J3U Podcast // Ep 186

52

Peak Week Secrets: What most get wrong | J3U Podcast // Ep 185

53

The Coach’s Corner: Prep mistakes we still make | J3U Podcast // Ep 184

54

Sometimes, the right move is doing nothing | J3U Podcast // Ep 183

55

You didn’t need a refeed. You needed to de-output | J3U Podcast // Ep 182

56

Changing your split is stopping your progress | J3U Podcast // Ep 181

57

Still not growing? It’s probably not volume | J3U Podcast // Ep 180

58

Are You Really Ready for Contest Prep? - J3U Podcast // Eps.175

59

The Post-Show Phase: Where Champions Are Made or Broken
 - J3U Podcast // Eps.174

60

Rep Ranges are Pointless - J3U Podcast // Eps.173

61

Hyrox Sucks for Bodybuilding - J3U Podcast // Eps.172

62

Solving Fat Loss Stalls - J3U Podcast // Eps.171

63

Andre Adams: Female Labs, PED's, Volume Progression - J3U Podcast // Eps.170

64

Fat Loss Diet Mistakes to Avoid - J3U Podcast // Eps.169

65

Q and A: SLU-PP-332, T3, Pull Day, Essential Bodybuilding Supplements - J3U Podcast // Eps.168

66

Stop Ruining Your Peak in 2025 - J3U Podcast // Eps.166

67

Building Muscle Off-Cycle - J3U Podcast // Eps.165

68

Optimized HGH in Bodybuilding with Kurt Havens - J3U Podcast // Eps.164

69

3 Must Use Offseason PED's - J3U Podcast // Eps.163

70

Is the Trophy Worth It? - J3U Podcast // Eps.162

71

Overrated Hypertrophy Variables - J3U Podcast // Eps.160

72

From Emotion to Execution: Becoming a Performance Based Bodybuilder - J3U Podcast // Eps.159

73

High Test vs Low Test Cycles - J3U Podcast // Eps.158

74

Muscle Gain Diet Mistakes - J3U Podcast // Eps.157

75

Gaintaining Debunked - J3U Podcast // Eps.156

76

Bodybuilding on a Budget - J3U Podcast // Eps.155

77

Emergence of the Enhanced Lifestyle - J3U Podcast // Eps.154

78

4 Exercises to Avoid as a Bodybuilder - J3U Podcast // Eps.153

79

Free Weights vs. Machines for Mass - J3U Podcast // Eps.152

80

Dr. Justin Reyna - Fixing the Broken Bodybuilder - J3U Podcast // Eps.151

81

Five Glute Training Mistakes to Avoid - J3U Podcast // Eps.150

82

Developing Mental Toughness on Prep - J3U Podcast // Eps.149

83

Open Bodybuilder Health ft. Michael Warner - J3U Podcast // Eps.148

84

Olympia Physique Breakdown - J3U Podcast // Eps.147

85

3 PED's to Not Use This Offseason - J3U Podcast // Eps.146

86

Maximizing the MiniCut to Growth Phase Transition - J3U Podcast // Eps.145

87

Post Show Mistakes to Avoid - J3U Podcast // Eps.144

88

What to Do: Prejudge to Finals - J3U Podcast // Eps.143

89

IIFYM is Ruining Post Show - J3U Podcast // Eps.142

90

Grow More This Offseason - J3U Podcast // Eps.140

91

Grow Between Shows - J3U Podcast // Eps.141

92

Perfecting the Upper/Lower Split - J3U Podcast // Eps.139

93

Growing a Business & Physique - J3U Podcast // Eps.138

94

PEDs That Backfire on Prep - J3U Podcast // Eps.137

95

Stop Doing Pump Workouts - J3U Podcast // Eps.136

96

Science is Ruining Bodybuilding - J3U Podcast // Eps.135

97

Vancouver Pro Win - J3U Podcast // Eps.134

98

Best Bodybuilding Training Split - J3U Podcast // Eps.133

99

Peak Week Myth Busters - J3U Podcast // Eps.132

100

Peak Week Water Cuts - J3U Podcast // Eps.131

101

Multi-Show Nutrition Set Up - J3U Podcast // Eps.130

102

Peaking Before Peak Week - J3U Podcast // Eps.129

103

Adjusting Training For Peak Week - J3U Podcast // Eps.128

104

Coaching from a Distance: Nailing Show Day Peaks - J3U Podcast // Eps.127

105

Trialing Peak Week - J3U Podcast // Eps.126

106

3 Sacrifices for a Great Physique - J3U Podcast // Eps.125

107

How to Start a Contest Prep Diet - J3U Podcast // Eps.124

108

Top 3 Mini Cut Mistakes - J3U Podcast // Eps.123

109

Enhancing Insulin Sensitivity - J3U Podcast // Eps.122

110

Staying Fertile While Bodybuilding - J3U Podcast // Eps.121

111

Building a Classic Physique ft. Braeden Kardash - J3U Podcast // Eps.120

112

Banning Cheat Meals - J3U Podcast // Eps.119

113

4 Coaches to Fire TODAY - J3U Podcast // Eps.118