April 2025 Instagram Q&A | ETP#187

It is time for the April 2025 Q&A episode. A few notable questions from this month’s episode include the changing perspectives on lengthened bias training, and the implications of GLP-1 medications for health.

Timestamps:

00:10:08 - Have you ever had to refer a client for ECAL metabolic testing due to normal labs + you believe they were telling the truth. But they just weren’t losing the weight?

00:12:34 - What’s up with the new “trend” of upping creating dose from 5g per day to 10 grams plus???

00:15:49 - What would be the least riskiest PED to experiment with? Oral Anavar?

00:16:49 - What should someone with extremely lagging forearms do?

00:21:46 - What kind of RIR do you recommend training to in a deficit? Go to failure ever?

00:24:55 - If not building muscle in a deficit, how important is it to keep increasing weight / reps weekly?

00:27:42 - Where is your gym? Are you still in Bali? Can Aaron discuss the business aspect of starting a gym? Pricing, membership, hiring, personal training, group classes?
 
00:32:43 - Do you think there's any benefit from a pure muscle-building perspective to be more aggressive with bulking phases to get the benefits of being at a higher body weight for a longer period of time thereby able to lift heavier loads for longer?

00:37:49 - What’s going on with the appetite decrease you mentioned?

00:39:31 - Can you guys discuss/elaborate on the fine line between habitual exercise and exercise addiction / dependence?

00:47:04 - If low volumes give you some results and high volumes maximize gains, then wouldn’t they eventually meet at the same place where your genetic limit is? 

00:50:32 - What is the equivalent of 180 mins of zone 2. E.g. if I don’t have time for z2 how much z3/4/5 do I need to do to equate?

00:52:28 - Worth it to do any calf lifting or is a few runs a week enough! Feels like training calves may not be worth it.

00:55:29 - It seems lengthened bias training has lost some popularity. What’s your current stance? 

00:58:03 - What does someone just getting into biking need? What do you know now that you wish you knew earlier? 

01:01:18 - I don’t have any “lower lat” specific work in my program. Do I need to add one?

01:02:31 - Do you ever recommend intermittent fasting during a deficit? Or is it more important to have protein evenly spaced throughout the day? 

01:05:31 - I am a female who is lean but working to get leaner and want to see more ab definition. Do you recommend any direct ab training in this instance?

01:09:23 - Dr Mike is an advocate of GLP-1 meds for everyone, because of the health benefits, even for those who are not obese. What are your thoughts on this? 

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