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Today on Muscle Minds, Josh Bradshaw (Lead Author) and and Author Christopher Barakat (Author) of "Similar Strength and Hypertrophic Adaptations in Less Time? Myo-Reps vs. Traditional Straight-Sets in Resistance-Trained Men" joins Scott Stevenson & Scott McNally 0:00 100 lb strength gain in the study? (Teaser clip) 0:45 Explaining the study 6:45 Welcome Josh Bradshaw and Chris Barakat 8:00 Defining Myo Reps 20:00 What is the study about? 22:40 This study was done with advanced lifters 26:11 Volume/Load in the study 31:45 How effort was measured 40:00 Would more Myo Reps be better? 52:30 Strength Response to Myo Reps 59:45 Subjects learning to train harder during the study 1:03:00 Why the study is limited to 8 weeks 1:12:00 Would Different Muscle Muscle Groups Respond Differently ? 1:27:00 The psychology of failure Check out the study here : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42112925/ Follow the guys : https://www.instagram.com/joshtbrad/ https://www.instagram.com/christopher.barakat/ https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/ https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1/ Learn more about Myo-Reps in Børge Fagerli's book : https://borgefagerli.gumroad.com/l/myoreps 📕Get Scott Stevenson's Book https://drscottstevenson.com/byobbcoach.html Hardcover linked through Scott's IG https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/ 💪 Support THINK BIG Bodybuilding ❤️ Support the Channel on Patreon Help us keep the podcast and videos coming. Even $5/month makes a difference.👉 https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG Bodybuilding Apparel 🔥 Official THINK BIG T-Shirts & MerchTrain. Represent. Support the brand.👉 https://think-big.printify.me/products 🥇 Official Sponsor: TRUE NUTRITION ✅ Custom Supplements Trusted by Bodybuilders• 3rd-party tested• Fully customizable formulas• Used by serious lifters worldwide 💥 Save with code: THINK👉 https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 🇨🇦 Canadian Viewers — Supplements Made Easy 💊 Huge Deals on Top Brand Supplements in CanadaFast shipping. Trusted retailer.👉 http://www.supplementsource.ca

Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw and Scott McNally discuss bodybuilding obsession, recovery, Retatrutide, contest prep mistakes, judging feedback, old-school supplements, Clenbuterol vs Ephedrine, digestive issues and much more. The guys share hard-earned lessons from decades in bodybuilding while answering listener questions on training, mindset, nutrition and competing. 0:00 Replacing Ron With a Robot? 0:54 It's Just Bodybuilding Podcast Returns 1:25 Mutant Discount Codes 3:20 Why Some Bodybuilders Want Maximum Results With Minimum Effort 10:50 Recovering Addicts and Bodybuilding Success 15:00 Building West Coast Iron Into a Bodybuilding Destination 20:10 Most Underrated Country for Bodybuilding Talent 26:20 Should Women's Bodybuilding Have Weight Caps? 29:30 How Valuable Is Contest Judging Feedback? 32:45 Old School Bodybuilding Supplements We Want Back 37:25 Retatrutide Backlash in Bodybuilding 41:00 Losing Perspective on Your Physique 47:20 Clenbuterol vs Ephedrine for Fat Loss 51:00 Biggest Bodybuilding Regrets 1:03:15 Mentally Preparing for Show Day 1:15:10 Digestive Issues During Contest Prep 1:21:40 Favorite Comfort Movies 1:34:45 TV Shows We're Watching Right Now 1:41:45 Ron Partlow's Train Like Hell App 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO THINK BIG BODYBUILDING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrZIZSnyfieo3cX2swc36iw?sub_confirmation=1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 Help Us Grow 📢 Share this episode with a training partner or friend who loves bodybuilding : https://youtu.be/NBdspE2K95Y

How Long Are Steroid Cycles in 2026? Dave Crosland and Scott McNally break down modern bodybuilding cycles, strength-focused PED protocols, PCT strategies, TRT, fertility, and the latest compounds being discussed in the industry. We also react to Mitch Hooper's revealed cycle, discuss oral steroids for strength, and answer listener questions. Plus, stay for Dave the Fugitive Pt 3! 0:00 Steroid Cycles For Strength (Show Preview) 1:00 Podcast Sponsors & Support 2:00 Best Steroid Cycles for Strength Gains 4:45 Strongman PED Cycles: Off-Season vs Contest Prep 9:45 Performance Enhancing Drugs Beyond Anabolic Steroids 11:15 Best Oral Steroids for Strength 15:00 Strength Cycles for Average Lifters 19:00 Mitch Hooper Reveals His PED Cycle 22:45 Our Reaction to Mitch Hooper's Cycle 26:00 How Long Is a Used Steroid Vial Sterile? 29:45 Why Injection Infections Seem Less Common Today 31:30 Enclomiphene as a TRT Alternative? 36:20 Testosterone Crash After PCT Explained 38:30 Are Bodybuilding Approaches Different Around the World? 43:00 Winstrol vs Anavar for Contest Prep 44:00 Anavar and Sleep Problems 45:40 Fertility Protocols While Staying on TRT 49:45 SLU-PP-332 and 5-Amino-1MQ Before a Contest 53:10 Low Dose Testosterone and NPP Cycles 57:00 How Long Can You Stay On Cycle and Still Recover? 58:00 Is Gaining 8 Pounds of Muscle in One Cycle Possible? 1:04:35 Can Natural Lifters Build Better Muscle Using GH? 1:11:00 Dave the Fugitive Part 3 1:29:30 Behind the Scenes Stories & Final Thoughts UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Blood Sweat & Gear with Coaches Skip Hill Scott McNally breaks down the destabilization of the underground Growth Hormone market, possible China and US customs crackdowns, and what it means for bodybuilding in 2026. We also cover GH dosing, recovery, sodium and electrolyte balance, training age, cycle support, NAD+ experiences and real-world bodybuilding problem solving. 0:00 Underground HGH Crisis in 2026 – China or US Customs? 0:50 Generic Growth Hormone Market Destabilization 3:20 3 Reasons the Underground GH Market Is Breaking 10:00 Generic HGH vs Pharma HGH – Water Retention Differences 17:00 Best HGH Dosing Frequency for Bodybuilding in 2026 21:20 All-In-One Cycle Support Supplements 26:25 Recovery Changes With Training Age 31:00 Bulk or Cut? What To Do When You Lack Muscle Mass 34:30 Staying Lean but Still Looking “Baby Faced” 38:30 How Bodybuilders Survive Extreme Heat Waves 41:45 Sodium, Electrolytes and Hydration for Bodybuilders 49:20 Scott McNally’s NAD+ Experience 51:40 When Your Bodybuilding Coach Isn’t Plugged In 1:04:45 Skip's Word of the Day 1:09:00 Behind the Scenes 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps! https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 Think BIG T Shirts! https://think-big.printify.me/products ✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 🇨🇦 Canadian deals on top supplements: http://www.supplementsource.ca

Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw and Scott McNally discuss which IFBB Pro is one adjustment away from shocking bodybuilding, plus deep conversations on discipline, recovery, mindset and life outside the gym. 0:00 Best Moments From Today’s Show 2:00 Which IFBB Pro Is One Adjustment Away From Shocking Bodybuilding? 17:10 Discipline vs Obsession 27:20 Does Recovery Change With Training Age? 31:20 What Would Your Teenage Self Think Of You Today? 33:13 Habits Outside The Gym That Change Your Physique 37:00 Not Caring What Other People Think 41:00 When Hustle Culture Becomes A Trap 52:20 Bodybuilding Beliefs We Changed Our Minds About 56:18 Making Bodybuilding Fit Your Life 1:01:20 Things Guys Try Instead Of Going To The Doctor 1:08:30 Things We Care Less About As We Get Older 1:16:00 Music That Instantly Takes You Back 1:22:15 Is Modern Music Worse Or Are We Just Older? 1:29:00 Why Are There No Great Movies Anymore? 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔔 SUBSCRIBE TO THINK BIG BODYBUILDING https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrZIZSnyfieo3cX2swc36iw?sub_confirmation=1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🤝 Help Us Grow 📢 Share this episode with a training partner or friend who loves bodybuilding : https://youtu.be/NBdspE2K95Y

How long are bodybuilding cycles in 2026 — and how long is too long? Scott McNally and Dave break down modern cycle length, TRT, Proviron, Test No Ester, recovery, and real-world PED use. Plus Milos coaching Hadi, MK677 for appetite, gut health discussion, and Dave’s fugitive story Part 2. 0:00 Support the show by shopping with our advertisers 2:00 WVE-007 RNA Therapy 4:20 6-Month Trial Results 7:45 Financial Fallout 12:30 Max Cycle Length 25:10 Is Proviron Worth It? 29:20 Test No Ester Preworkout 34:30 Shortest Effective Cycle 43:25 MK677 for Anadrol Appetite 44:40 TRT Test/Deca/Mast Ratio 48:55 Fixing Stomach Acid Issues 55:30 Milos Coaching Hadi 1:01:00 Dave Fugitive Story Pt. 2 1:18:10 Behind The Scenes UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw and Scott McNally break down the Pittsburgh Pro guest posing featuring Samson Dauda, Derek Lunsford and Andrew Jacked. We debate who looked best, early Olympia predictions, and answer live bodybuilding questions from the chat. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 Follow Mutant CEO here : https://www.instagram.com/mutantceo/ ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Two bodybuilding coaches with 20+ combined years of experience answer real questions about PEDs, contest prep, health and getting the most out of bodybuilding. Retatrutide, Clenbuterol, TRT, Tren, stage conditioning, cycle length and bodybuilding health — Andrew and Scott go deep into the real-world side of enhanced bodybuilding. From blood pressure meds and ancillaries to getting freaky strong, this episode covers the questions competitors actually ask behind the scenes. Plus listener physique critiques, old-school bodybuilding stories, and a discussion about Luke Sandoe, Dallas McCarver and Justin Compton. 0:00 Intro & Welcome Back to BSG Coaching Podcast 1:00 Retatrutide + Clenbuterol — Dangerous Combo or Effective Fat Loss Stack? 4:45 Performance Health Matrix Explained 7:45 Hormone Suppression in Natural Bodybuilders 11:45 When to Add Bodybuilding Ancillaries (Blood Pressure, Cholesterol, AI Use) 16:15 Gear for Maximum Strength & Freaky Power Gains 22:20 How Much Should You Increase Dosages Each Cycle? 27:00 Fullness vs Conditioning — What Wins on Stage? 30:30 Low Dose Tren as TRT Plus 30:45 Do You Need to Time Testosterone Shots Around Workouts? 37:00 Ideal Time Off Cycle to Keep Your Muscle Gains 40:00 Would Andrew Ever Make a Bodybuilding Comeback? 41:00 Muscle Loss vs Muscle Growth During a Diet Phase 47:00 Luke Sandoe vs Dallas McCarver vs Justin Compton 55:00 Scott’s Personal Experience with Luke Sandoe 1:00:00 Listener Physique Critique #1 1:06:30 Listener Physique Critique #2 — Jr USA Prep Feedback 1:18:25 Behind The Scenes Talk 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps! https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 Think BIG T Shirts! https://think-big.printify.me/products ✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 🇨🇦 Canadian deals on top supplements: http://www.supplementsource.ca 🔈🎧 Audio Podcast: THINK BIG BODYBUILDING (all platforms)

Can combining Deca and Anadrol create the ultimate mass gaining cycle? Dave Crosland and Scott McNally break down how advanced bodybuilders use Test, Deca, and Anadrol together for maximum size, strength, fullness, and recovery. We also dive into Anadrol’s estrogenic effects, cycle design, TRT dosing, insulin, Primo lowering estrogen, acne from nandrolone, and the mental side of PEDs. Plus: steroid busts in Mexico, Dave’s documentary appearance, home gym planning, British slang, and the insane story of how Dave became a fugitive. 0:00 Steroid Education & Mass Building Cycles 1:45 Test, Deca & Anadrol: The Ultimate Mass Stack? 5:00 Anadrol & Estrogen Receptors Explained 7:00 Best Test / Deca / Anadrol Doses For Intermediate Users 9:00 Cycle Length Debate & When To Add Anadrol 12:15 How Androgens Affect The Brain vs Muscle 13:30 Dave Crosland’s Steroid Documentary 20:00 Mexico Steroid Busts & Underground PED Risks 26:46 Thick Injectable L-Carnitine Issues 27:20 Why Nandrolone Causes Cystic Acne 29:45 Accutane Mood Issues & Mental Side Effects 34:45 Is 250mg Testosterone TRT or A Cycle? 37:00 Can You Actually Feel Insulin Working? 41:00 Compliment or Insult? Bodybuilding Perspective 41:30 Can Low Estrogen From Primo Hurt Gains? 44:00 Is 250mg Test Too High or Too Low For Beginners? 53:30 British Slang With Dave Crosland 54:45 Planning The Perfect Home Gym 1:00:00 How Dave Became a Fugitive | Story Time 1:14:45 Behind The Scenes of DNS UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Blood Sweat & Gear dives into TRT, Trestolone, carb loads, GH testing, Masteron & estrogen, Melanotan 2, cutting strategies, and real coaching insight from experienced bodybuilding coaches. We break down physique critiques, off-season nutrition, health support supplements, and what really matters for progress on cycle and in prep. Featuring Scott McNally and the crew discussing bodybuilding, PEDs, coaching, contest prep, and the science behind getting bigger, leaner, and healthier. 0:00 Intro & Listener Questions 1:00 Trestolone (MENT) as TRT Instead of Testosterone? 4:30 How Top Coaches Use High Days in a Diet 9:00 How to Calculate the Perfect Carb Load 11:45 The Most Important Part of Great Coaching 15:30 Using High Days During the Off Season 19:30 Do Taller Bodybuilders Need More Gear? 24:30 Should You Test GH Labs While Using Growth Hormone? 28:50 300 Test + 300 Masteron — Estimating Estrogen Levels 35:00 Sending PED Samples to Janoshik Explained 36:30 Melanotan 2 Protocols, Dosing & Results 40:45 Should There Be a Coaching Review Website? 44:30 Best Training Tips While Cutting Calories 50:10 Do You Need Health Supplements During a Cruise? 56:00 Live Physique Critique & Feedback 1:03:45 Behind the Schedule & Podcast Talk 1:05:30 Why Everything at Think Big Is Eccentric 1:07:00 Ms. Olympia Joins the Chat 1:10:40 Scott McNally’s Client Competing in Germany 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps! https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 Think BIG T Shirts! https://think-big.printify.me/products ✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 🇨🇦 Canadian deals on top supplements: http://www.supplementsource.ca