December 2023 Instagram Q&A | ETP#139

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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