Podcasts about strengtheory

0:00 Intro 1:03 - How hard should you train? (Greg's answer) 4:19 - How important is failure for hypertrophy 13:55 - Is going to failure more risky or injurious? 26:53 - RPE for muscle growth: good or bad? 30:54 - Does it matter when you train to failure in a mesocycle? 34:45 - What is the low-end intensity threshold for muscle growth? 37:45 - Is volume or intensity more important? 44:43 - Rep range discussion   Watch my "How Hard Should You Train?" compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjyDaxYpW8o   Find Greg Nuckols here: https://www.youtube.com/c/Strengtheory https://www.strongerbyscience.com/ https://www.instagram.com/gregnuckols/?hl=en

Greg Nuckols has over a decade of experience under the bar, and a BS in Exercise and Sports Science. He’s held 3 all-time world records in powerlifting in the 220 and 242 classes. He’s trained hundreds of athletes and regular folks, both online and in-person. He’s written for many of the major magazines and websites in the fitness industry, including Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, Muscle & Fitness, Bodybuilding.com, T-Nation, and Schwarzenegger.com. Furthermore, he’s had the opportunity to work with and learn from numerous record holders, champion athletes, and collegiate and professional strength and conditioning coaches through his previous job as Chief Content Director for Juggernaut Training Systems and current full-time work here on Stronger By Science. His passions are making complex information easily understandable for athletes, coaches, and fitness enthusiasts, helping people reach their strength and fitness goals, and drinking great beer.   Some of the questions we got to ask him included: Mobility, foam rolling, and stretching (static or dynamic) - what is good for powerlifters vs bad or waste of time? How would you recommend a powerlifter do an off season on season when they are scheduling meets in a year? Is it true that you should only work on weaknesses on off season times? Lets assume you have 16 weeks before the next meet, how much weakness work can you do before you should start focusing on being more specific on the comp movements? Should there be a body fat percentage that is optimal for bigger powerlifters to try to stay around? Is there a good rule of thumb on weight gain when trying to go up a weight class? BB medicine has the limit to 40” on the waist and PLto win says to maintain no greater than 15% bf Cardio - are 10 minute walks enough for most lifters? What would also be good as far as cardio for general health? From Jeff Ash - Is high intensity interval training better than low intensity cardio for strength athletes trying to maximize gains?

Episode 170: Aadam Ali of Physiquinomics is on to discuss his personal diet experiements, what he learnt and some philosophies on nutrition and training. Aadam writes fitness-related content over at his site Physiqonomics. He writes about his philosophies on nutrition, training and all things physique related. He also self-experiments with different approaches and reports the results. These have included periods of time eating various iterations of a ketogenic diet, employing extended fasts, using time-restricted feeding and more. He has also written content for various other reputable sites including Strengtheory. Aadam also works one-to-one with coaching clients who want to improve their physique.

Martijn Koevoets was bitten by the iron bug after an embarrassing moment in high school where he couldn't bench the 45lbs bar.   Since then Martijn has been building strength and gaining muscle and can now deadlift 3x his bodyweight.   Martijn writes for his website, Powerlifting University. But has also been featured on websites like Strengtheory, EliteFTS, JTSStrength, JMAX Fitness, Lift The Bar, Healthy Living Heavy Lifting and more.   He also acts as a powerlifting coach with Shredded By Science. An international evidence-based coaching company in the UK.   Martijn decided last year that he wanted to get the best in the powerlifting community together in one place. But he didn't want to have to ask people to fly to a destination and spend hundreds, if not thousands, on one event.   And thanks to the power of the Internet, Martijn can do this today and you can attend from the comfort of your home or office.   This year's summit features over 20 speakers and presenters and will last 8 days. Those speaking at this event include: Dan John, Tim Henriques, Chad Wesley Smith, Former Coach of the Soviet Olympic Team, Boris Sheiko, Layne Norton, and more.   Even if you're not a powerlifter, there's a ton of information you can grab from this summit and use in your own training.   In this episode we discuss:   Includes former guests: Tim Henriques, Jordan Syatt, Dan John, Greg Nuckols How powerlifting helped him improve his life Powerlifting vs bodybuilding Powerlifting University Ray Williams 1005 Pound Squat Jennifer Thompson lifts 325 pounds Why taking time off is important, even for powerlifters The cost of the Online Powerlifting Summit Record holders who are speaking at the event Fun questions How to Drink Whiskey The best whiskey he’s tried in the last year Who is this summit for? FAQ on The Online Powerlifting Summit Contact Martijn

(#171) Greg Nuckols, Founder of Strengtheory, joins me on the podcast this week to talk all about squatting – and so much more. Greg is a strength coach, world-class drug free powerlifter, fitness writer, and creator of Strengtheory. His passion is synthesizing scientific research and...

Episode 78: Powerlifter Greg Nuckols of Strengtheory is on the show to discussing eating to gain weight and strength, recovery strategies, the importance of sleep and how stress affects your gains.

The guest on the show today is a good industry friend of mine, Greg Nuckols. Greg is the content manager for Juggernaut Training Systems, one of the biggest strength training websites in the world. He's also the owner of Strengtheory.com, a site that has exploded in popularity over the last year due to the quality and originality of the writing that he's putting out. In addition to being a very well educated and exceptional writer, he’s also an elite level powerlifter, with best lifts including 755 pound squat, 475 pound bench and 725 deadlift (so over 1900 pounds total). Greg holds one all-time world record, he used to have two more but those were beaten in the last year, and I know he is itching to get those back. I hope you enjoy this somewhat rambling conversation between two friends. We cover a lot of topics, not just on lifting, but on business, ethics, beer and Greg's terrible taste in music. Show notes - Greg’s surprising music taste confession -On beards & hipsterism - Q) What do you do? - "I try my hardest to not sound like a drug dealer" - Stephen Hawking, Wall-E, Big Boys Aren't Afraid To Cry - Greg's lifting world records & how genetics played their role - 'The Art of Lifting' and 'The Science of Lifting' - Greg's books - The credibility hit we take when recommending fitness products - Q) If you could change one thing about the industry, what would it be and why? - "More transparency" - The power of honesty - "When I started doing everything wrong with my website is when things started taking off." - Don't do this for the money - "If you computed my hourly earnings over that 2.5-yearr span, even taking out all the social media stuff, I guarantee you I've averaged less than $3 an hour. You have to embrace the grind. You have to love what you are doing. If money is what drives you, you're going to have a bad time." - Sleep & stress - "The two best strength gain periods of my life were where I was sleeping an average of 11 hours a day." - Greg answers this commonly asked question: "If you know what you are doing with your training, why aren't you any stronger than you were two years ago?" - The importance of 'buy-in' - Andy's ultimate buy-in tool to get Greg shredded... and why it fell through. - Beer talk. "I don't make enough money to become an alcoholic drinking the beer that I like to drink." - The importance of training environment for strength and muscle gains. "The longer that you can think of yourself as weak, the less chance there for your brain to get in the way of you continuing to make progress, and I think that is a big benefit of training in a gym with really strong people." - "Beating my hero, Tavis Mash, flipped a switch. 'I went from thinking, 'I'm done,' to 'I can do anything!'" - How taking fake steroids can gain us size and strength if we believe they are real. - Why it's sometimes best to turn down business. For links to the resources discussed, check out the show notes here: http://rippedbody.com/podcast-greg-nuckols/