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The Flex Success Podcast — 165 episodes

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#174 Dean, Ryan and George - Max Growth with Myo-Reps

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#173 Dean, Ryan and George - Reta is Ruining Your Peak

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#172 Dean, Ryan and George - Insulin + Multi Show Peaking

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#171 John Harsudas - Australias Newest IFBB Pro John Harsudas

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#170 Dean, Ryan & George - The Sodium / Potassium Golden Ratio

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#169 Dean, Ryan and George - Peaking Athletes Across Multiple Time Zones

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#168 Dean, George and Ryan - Whose Fault Is It?

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#167 - The Best Peak I've Ever Done: Detroit Pro Peak

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#166 Ryan Brambleby - New Flex Coach Ryan: Comp Prep Periodisation

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#165 Dr Nathan Chalik - The Doctor–Bodybuilder Communication Gap

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#164 Dr Mike Banna - Seeking Healthcare As An Enhanced Athlete

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#76 Don't ask the Doc - Dr Mike

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#163 Ethan Gohari - Qualifying for Mr. Olympia!

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#162 Dean and George - Post Show Rebound, Recovery, or Reverse Diet

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#161 Taylor Crabtree - From Heart Surgery To Stage

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#160 Cam and Matt - Dropping 8kg of Fluid the Day Before the Show

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#159 Dean and George - Why EQ is a Bad Substitute During the Mast & Primo Shortage

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#158 Tom Stanley - Pro Debut

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#157 Kyl Raggio - Amateur to Pro

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#156 Dean, Lizzy and George - Season A 2025 Recap (Australia)

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#155 Brandon Kempter - The GOAT of Aus. Natty Bodybuilding (Replay)

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#154 Flex Coach Chelsea - Post Comp Identity Crisis

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#153 Calum Raistrick - Comp Prep Timelines

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#152 Dean and George - Cardio or Cardi-no

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#151 Dean and George - Training Variables That Matter

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#150 Phil Smith - Performance Nutrition (Replay)

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#149 Lizzy and Dean - Holiday Nutrition

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#148 Lizzy and Dean - Christmas Nutrition

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#147 James Webby - Competitive Eating

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#146 Dean, Lizzy and George - Bodybuilding Q&A (Part 2)

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#145 Blake Colleton - Wheelchair Pro Bodybuilder, Blake

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#144 Dean, Lizzy and George - Bodybuilding Q&A

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#143 Dean and George - IFBB Nationals Recap

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#142 Dean and George - The Post Comp Rebound

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#141 - Michael Pearson - How To Believe In Yourself

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#140 Lizzy and Dean - Supplements Part 1 (Replay)

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#139 Ben Cant - Offseason Digestion

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#138 Mike Israetel & Joe Jeffery - Coaches Round Table (Replay)

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#137 Lizzy and Dean - Site Enhancement & Fake Boobs

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#136 Kuba Cielen - The Cost of Success (Replay)

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#135 Kuba Cielen - Routine

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#134 Dean, Lizzy and George - Peak Week (Part 2)

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#133 Dean, Lizzy and George - 3 Carb Loading Strategies for Peak Week

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#132 Shannon Beer - Weight Maintenance (Replay)

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#131 Lizzy and Dean - Sometimes Foods

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#130 Lizzy and Dean - Eat More to Lose, Eat Less to Gain

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#129 Nick Papastamatis - A Practitioner’s Take (Part 2)

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#128 Nick Papastamatis - A Practitioner's Take On Injuries & Niggles (Replay)

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#127 Joe Jeffery and Flex Coach George - Party Drugs and the Fitness Industry

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#126 Dean and George - Training To Failure - When you should & shouldn't

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#125 Dr Gabby Fundaro - You Don't Know Sh*t About Your Gut (Replay)

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#124 Lizzy and Dean - 8 Tips For Goal Achievement

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#123 Richard Collins - Basics First

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#122 Lizzy and Dean - Silly Season Goals

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#121 Matt Stenzel - Can Massage Improve Training Performance? (Replay)

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#120 IFBB Pro Athlete Insight - Tom Stanley & Matt O'Riley

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#119 Lizzy and Dean - What Makes a Good Coach? (Replay)

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#118 Dean and George - Flex Dominates IFBB QLD

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#117 Lizzy and Dean - The 'Cheat Meal' & 'Free Meal' Confusion

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#116 Dean and George - Peak Week, Show Day and THC

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#115 Coaches Round Table - Mike Israetel & Joe Jeffery

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#114 Bodybuilding Round Table (Part 2) - Cam George and Matt O'Reilly

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#113 Bodybuilding Round Table (Part 1) - Alex Connors, Daniil Famponte & Taylor Crabtree

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#112 Joe Jeffery - How to Look Like a Human Walnut

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#111 Lizzy and Dean - Supplements (Part 2)

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#110 Lizzy and Dean - Supplements (Part 1)

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#109 Jackson Peos - Diet Breaks, Refeeds & their Impact Metabolic Adaptation & Performance (Replay)

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#108 Phil Smith - Performance Nutrition

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#107 Matt and Emily - The Illusion of Balance

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#106 Lizzy and Dean - Travel & Fitness Goals

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#105 Luke Leaman - Cardio for Meatheads (Replay)

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#104 Lizzy and Dean - Fast VS Slow Weight Loss

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#103 Dr Dwayne Jackson - Protein Is Not The Answer

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#102 Flex Coach George - New Science of Muscle Growth

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#101 Lizzy and Dean - Pros & Cons of Vaping

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#100 Dr Mike II - Misinformation and Balance

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#99 Lizzy and Dean - Goal Achievement (Part 2)

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#98 Lizzy and Dean - Goal Achievement (Part 1)

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#97 Flex Coach George - Why Females Shouldn't Be Too Lean For Too Long

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#96 Dr. Nathan Kelly - Understanding Pain (Replay)

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#95 Lizzy and Dean - Why Fat Loss Goals Over X-mas SUCK

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#94 James Macintosh - Injury Risk Management

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#93 Eugene Teo - Online Education, Worldwide Tours and Human Connection (Replay)

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#92 Lizzy and Dean - What's the difference - PT VS Coach

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#91 Olivia Orchowski - Periods and Stuff

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#90 Flex Coach Chelsea - Just Pick One

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#89 Lizzy & Dean - Do you really have a slow metabolism?

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#88 Daniel DeBrocke - How positive is body positivity?

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#87 Flex Coach George - How to manage diet fatigue

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#86 Lizzy & Dean - BMI & other measurements

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#85 - Alan Flanagan - Nutrition dogmatism (replay)

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#84 Holly Davage - Juggling Life & Fitness Goals

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#83 Lizzy & Dean - The 3 Diet Types

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#82 Lizzy & Dean- Lessons learnt from getting lean (replay)

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#81 Lizzy & Dean - Learning your hunger

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#80 Zoe Knight - The Silent Killer

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#79 Lizzy & Dean - Optimal Quitting

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#78 Flex Coach George - Sex differences in fat loss

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#66 William Crozier - The power of planning

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#75 Joe Jeffery - Managing Energy Balance

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#74 Dean & Lizzy - Extreme diets

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#73 The cost of success with Kuba Cielen

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#72 Dean & Lizzy - New Year New Me

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#71 Flex Coach Chelsea - Habit Change & Body Image

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#70 Flex Coach Tom - Conceptualising Training

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#69 Dean & Lizzy - Macro Tracking Mistakes

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#68 Luke Leaman - Insightful fitness ramblings

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#66 Dean & Lizzy - Ask us anything

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#64 Dean & Lizzy - Work it In

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#63 Lucas Aoun - How to Have a Superhuman Brain

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#62 Eric Helms - Alternative Diet Strategies for Getting Lean

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#61 Dean & Lizzy - Is tracking Calories/Macros Necessary?

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#60 Dean & Lizzy - 4 Common Fat Loss Mistakes

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#59 Brandon DaCruz - How to Reach Goals Without Feeling like Shit

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#58 Dean & Lizzy - Is There Truth to Bro Science?

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#57 John Templeton - Mindset Matters

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#56 Dean & Lizzy - Meal Plans VS Macro Tracking

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#55 Flex Coach Chelsea - Transitioning From Stage to Real Life

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#54 Brandon Kempter - The GOAT of Aus. Natty Bodybuilding

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#53 Flex Coach Tom - Building a Hybrid Athlete

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#52 Sam Pearce - Longer, Lower, Slower

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#51 Dean and Lizzy - Lessons Learnt from Getting Lean

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#50 Joe Jeffery - How to Look Like a Human Walnut

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#49 Dean and Lizzy - Minimalism

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#48 Dr. Andy Galpin - Weight Cutting For Performance Athletes

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#47 Dean and Lizzy - But at What Cost?

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#46 AMY FOX - POSING INSIGHTS FROM AN IFBB JUDGE & PRO

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#45 Dean and Lizzy - Choice Architecture

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#44 Chelsea Dominski - Myth Busters!

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#43 Dean and Lizzy - Mindset: better ways to think about getting lean and strong

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#41 Tom Clark - Considerations for being a better athlete

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#40 Managing food cravings, PTSD & calorie distributions with Lizzy & Dean

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#39 Greg Nuckols - Hypertrophy, dieting and the study of hyperplasia

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#38 Cheat meals, flesh lights & refeeds

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#37 Flex Clients Des & Ange + Shannon and Coach Lizzy - The importance of reflection

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#36 New Flex Coach Chelsea Dominski - Costs & lessons of being lean

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#35 New Flex Coach Tom Clark - Nutrition on anxiety & depression

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#34 Alan Flanagan - Nutrition dogmatism

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#33 Scott Goble - All things bodybuilding

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#32 What makes a good coach? with Dean & Lizzy

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#31 Eugene Teo - Online education, worldwide tours and human connection

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#30 What makes a good client? with Dean & Lizzy

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#29 Luke Leaman - Cardio for meatheads

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#28 Jess Zukowski - Female Powerlifting - A lifters perspective

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#27 Daily minimums with Dean & Lizzy

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#26 Dr Jordan Shallow - How To Load a Dishwasher

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#25 Managing strength without a gym with Thomas Lilley

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#24 Using massage to improve your performance with Matt Stenzel

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#23 What makes a good PT or Coach? With STC Fit - Ben Scott & Jason Galea

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#22 Alternative diet strategies for a bodybuilding contest prep with Eric Helms

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#21 The Invasiveness Disruption Scale with Dean and Lizzy

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#20 The changing landscape of Crossfit with The Mind Muscle Project - Lachlan Rowstan and Raph Freedman

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#19 Carbohydrates and Steroids with The Evil Genius, Broderick Chavez.

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#18 The Mindset of an Elite Powerlifter with Matthew Bartholomew

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#16 Weight neutral approaches: should fat loss always be the goal? With Dr.Gabrielle Fundaro,CISSN,CHC and Flex Success coach Shannon Beer.

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#15 Diet breaks, Refeeds and their impact metabolic adaptation and performance with Jackson Peos.

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#12 You Don’t Know Sh*t About Your Gut! With Dr Gabby Fundaro CISSN, CHC.

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#11 Which should we be relying on more.... habits or willpower? With Flex Success Coach Shannon Beer

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#10 Comp prep, a perspective of a WBFF pro athlete with WPFF Pro, Ella Martyn

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#8 A practitioners take on injuries & niggles with Dr Nick Papastamatis

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#7 Can you SEE a woman's health? with Alicia Fistonich

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#6 Transitioning from bodybuilding to powerlifting; Common mistakes and misunderstandings with William Crozier

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#5 The Journey of a Flex Success Client with Samantha Johnson

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#4 Understanding Pain with Dr Nathan Kelly

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#2 Life After Dieting with Shannon Beer