December 2023 Instagram Q&A | ETP#139

Eat Train Prosper

Welcome to the final Eat Train Prosper episode of 2023. Our December Instagram Q&A episode. This Q&A is packed full of questions that are sure to help you kickoff your 2024 training and nutrition endeavors better mentally equipped with quality actional information. Thank you all for making our third full year of the podcast as fun and successful as ever. We are looking forward to kicking off year 4 of ETP in January.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Life/Episode Updates
15:06 - How much does running truly inhibit muscle gains?
18:35 - The hard part is “getting started” back into Cardio again? Howwww???
22:18 - What’s more important: Absolute Mechanical tension or SFR?
27:43 - When training Zone 2, how quickly should you get into that range?
30:55 - If you become a “Leg extension GOD” would that translate to big quads or just big Rec Fem?
34:44 - Does absolute load matter an exercise… for example Deficit Bulgarians vs a Hack or High bar squat?
36:01 - Fasted vs not fasted before a workout: Is that goal dependent, or what’s best?
40:31 - Who wins a cage match: Attia or Huberman?
41:46 - What muscle group makes you look the most jacked? Gotta be traps right?
42:57 - In your experience, what has led to the best arm growth in your training career?
49:04 - Take what I call the big three off the board: sleep, movement, nutrition. What ‘wellness’ practice is the most impactful to you? (ie sauna, cold plunge, meditation, journaling, etc)
55:42 - How do you push past "brain failure"?
1:00:50 - Thoughts on training to failure and overall training intensity during a diet phase (12-9% BF) (Male)
1:05:26 - In a leg curl, straighten the legs completely, or a tad before to not engage the calf…and sacrifice the stretch?
1:09:06 - What to do when you lose the fire to train for weeks/months?
1:11:48 - Explain the method/sets/rep-range for a female toning and gaining muscle without gaining “size”?
1:15:35 - You and Bryan both clearly push each set and both have great physiques, yet you run high-mid to high volume programs and Bryan runs mid-low to low volume programs? How do you both view the volume discrepancy in light of the fact that you both are still progressing and achieving success?
1:21:25 - How many exercises would you program for the lower body in a session?
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Chapters

1. Life/Episode Updates (00:00:00)

2. How much does running truly inhibit muscle gains? (00:15:31)

3. The hard part is “getting started” back into Cardio again? Howwww??? (00:19:00)

4. What’s more important: Absolute Mechanical tension or SFR? (00:22:43)

5. When training Zone 2, how quickly should you get into that range? (00:28:08)

6. If you become a “Leg extension GOD” would that translate to big quads or just big Rec Fem? (00:31:20)

7. Does absolute load matter an exercise… for example Deficit Bulgarians vs a Hack or High bar squat? (00:35:09)

8. Fasted vs not fasted before a workout: Is that goal dependent, or what’s best? (00:36:26)

9. Who wins a cage match: Attia or Huberman? (00:40:56)

10. What muscle group makes you look the most jacked? Gotta be traps right? (00:42:11)

11. In your experience, what has led to the best arm growth in your training career? (00:43:22)

12. Take what I call the big three off the board: sleep, movement, nutrition. What ‘wellness’ practice is the most impactful to you? (ie sauna, cold plunge, meditation, journaling, etc) (00:49:29)

13. How do you push past "brain failure"? (00:56:07)

14. Thoughts on training to failure and overall training intensity during a diet phase (12-9% BF) (Male) (01:01:15)

15. In a leg curl, straighten the legs completely, or a tad before to not engage the calf…and sacrifice the stretch? (01:05:51)

16. What to do when you lose the fire to train for weeks/months? (01:09:31)

17. Explain the method/sets/rep-range for a female toning and gaining muscle without gaining “size”? (01:12:13)

18. How do you both view the volume discrepancy in light of the fact that you both are still progressing and achieving success? (01:16:00)

19. How many exercises would you program for the lower body in a session? (01:21:50)