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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