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  1. Muscle Minds 184 Pyramiding vs Straight Sets for Muscle Growth

    22 HR AGO

    Muscle Minds 184 Pyramiding vs Straight Sets for Muscle Growth

    On this episode of Muscle Minds, Scott McNally and Dr. Scott Stevenson discuss one of the most common training questions in bodybuilding: pyramiding vs straight sets for muscle growth. Dr. Stevenson breaks down the science behind hypertrophy training, including neurological adaptations, fatigue management, exercise selection, and how to properly distribute training volume. They also dive into back training biomechanics, progressive overload under fatigue, and practical ways to improve muscle activation and long-term progress in the gym. If you want to better understand how to train smarter for hypertrophy, this episode is packed with practical insights you can apply to your own training. Episode Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to effective hypertrophy strategies 02:27 Pyramiding vs straight sets for muscle growth 04:34 Neurological adaptations and building strength 06:33 Heavy loads, nervous system effects, and post-activation potentiation 08:39 Managing fatigue and rest intervals for optimal progress 10:41 Mount Saint Hypertrophy and volume distribution 13:08 Training weak muscles vs strong muscles 14:55 Exercise selection and biomechanics for back training 17:43 Joint health and injury risk with heavy training 19:42 Progressive overload when training under fatigue 22:47 Back training for width vs thickness 25:53 Mobility issues and activation patterns for back development 33:37 Single-arm pulldowns and improving muscle activation 40:56 Pump sets and hypertrophy-focused training 44:22 Lightheadedness and blood flow issues during squats 46:19 Neck and vascular considerations in heavy lifting 54:48 Bracing, core stability, and breathing techniques 60:03 Evolution of bodybuilding standards and physique aesthetics Support THINK BIG Bodybuilding Support the podcast on Patreon and help us keep the episodes coming. Even $5 per month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Get Dr. Scott Stevenson's Book https://drscottstevenson.com/byobbcoach.html Hardcover linked through Scott's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/ THINK BIG Bodybuilding Apparel Official THINK BIG T-Shirts and merch https://think-big.printify.me/products Official Sponsor: TRUE NUTRITION Custom supplements trusted by bodybuilders Save with code THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK Canadian listeners — Supplements Made Easy Huge deals on top brand supplements in Canada http://www.supplementsource.ca

    1h 2m
  2. Drugs n Stuff 303 BREAKING: Testosterone Supply Problem? Labs Reporting Underdosed Products

    2 DAYS AGO

    Drugs n Stuff 303 BREAKING: Testosterone Supply Problem? Labs Reporting Underdosed Products

    Dave Crosland and Scott McNally have new information about the suspected testosterone raw powder situation. After speaking with several labs and contacts in China, we're seeing lab reports showing underdosed products and hearing that raw production may currently be restricted. This is a short breaking update episode with the latest information. Chapters below. 0:00 Important Update — Don’t Panic, But Know What’s Happening 1:00 Contaminated or Underdosed Testosterone Raw Powders 1:40 Bloodwork Showing Unexpectedly Low Testosterone 4:30 “No Steroid Raw Production in China Right Now” ? 7:50 Why 92% Purity Can Be a Big Problem 9:45 Source Board Supermod Reports Returning Market Instability 15:00 Have You Experienced This? Let Us Know 17:30 What Happens If the Raw Powder Supply Is Disrupted? 22:50 Why You Should Be More Careful Right Now 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

    25 min
  3. Blood Sweat & Gear 337 The Truth About Why Bodybuilders Stop Making Gains

    3 DAYS AGO

    Blood Sweat & Gear 337 The Truth About Why Bodybuilders Stop Making Gains

    If you’re not getting bigger, something is wrong. 3 experienced bodybuilding coaches break down the biggest reasons lifters stop making progress. Find your mistake in the chapters below. 00:00 Why Bodybuilders Stop Growing 01:15 Diminishing Returns in Bodybuilding 03:00 You Think Your Diet and Training Are Dialed In 06:00 Everyone Thinks Their Training Is Optimal 09:30 Recovery Is the Missing Piece for Muscle Growth 16:45 Should You Raise Testosterone on Vacation? 19:00 Doing Great on TRT — Should You Go Higher? 22:10 Traveling Internationally With Testosterone 28:00 Standing Out as a Bodybuilder in Public 29:00 Skip Hill Gets Called Out for Steroid Use 35:45 Is More Than 8 IU of GH Worth It? 37:15 Great Natural Genetics vs Using Gear 40:15 Struggling to Eat More After Being Fat 42:45 Alcohol and Bodybuilding Don’t Mix 49:15 Skip Hill and Scott McNally: 10 Years of Podcasting

    1 hr
  4. It's Just Bodybuilding 379 Arnold Classic Stories with Sergio Oliva Jr | What the Expo Is Really Like

    3 DAYS AGO

    It's Just Bodybuilding 379 Arnold Classic Stories with Sergio Oliva Jr | What the Expo Is Really Like

    From the MUTANT® booth, Sergio Oliva Jr., Ron Partlow and Dusty Hanshaw share stories and memories from the Arnold Classic and talk about what the Arnold Expo experience is really like. From meeting Arnold Schwarzenegger to unforgettable expo moments, the guys explain why every bodybuilding fan should attend at least once. 0:00 Inside the Mutant Booth at the Arnold Classic Expo 2:30 Sergio Oliva Jr’s First Arnold Classic Expo Experience 5:25 Ron Partlow Predicts the Future of Bodybuilding 6:45 How Andrew Jacked Would Look in Other Bodybuilding Eras 8:00 Is Bodybuilding Better Today Than the Golden Era? 11:00 Favorite Arnold Classic Memories and Stories 25:50 Bodybuilders Still Struggle With Insecurity 29:00 Advice for First-Time Arnold Classic Expo Visitors 🔴 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 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

    36 min
  5. Drugs n Stuff 302 Is There a Testosterone Shortage? Bunk Gear & China Raw Powder Problems

    4 DAYS AGO

    Drugs n Stuff 302 Is There a Testosterone Shortage? Bunk Gear & China Raw Powder Problems

    Dave Crosland has been seeing more bloodwork that doesn’t add up. Athletes running high doses of testosterone are coming back with surprisingly low test levels. We look at a possible issue with China’s raw testosterone powder supply, underground labs receiving bad batches, and what this could mean for the PED market. Timestamps below. 0:00 Why Bloodwork Is Showing Unexpectedly Low Testosterone 0:30 DnS Podcast Intro + Sponsor Support 4:10 Is There a Testosterone Shortage on the Underground Market? 7:45 Decline in Underground Lab Gear Quality 8:50 Raw Testosterone Powder Testing Results 10:45 Reports From a Source Board Super Moderator 14:20 Labs Substituting One Testosterone Ester for Another 19:20 Paul Barnett Seeing Suspicious Bloodwork From Clients 25:20 Test, EQ, NPP Cycle… Then Switching NPP to Tren 29:00 Masteron vs Primobolan for Building Muscle 36:15 Minimum Effective Dose of Trenbolone 40:30 Fat Loss Stalled — Should You Add Growth Hormone? 45:30 Titrating Steroid Doses Up During a Cycle 56:00 How Carrier Oil Can Affect Steroid Half-Life 58:00 Warm-Up Sets vs Working Sets for Maximum Intensity 1:11:40 Running a Steroid Cycle Without Looking Suspiciously Huge 1:13:00 Uncle Dave’s Advice

    1h 28m
  6. It's Just Bodybuilding Arnold Classic Wrap Up 2026

    6 DAYS AGO

    It's Just Bodybuilding Arnold Classic Wrap Up 2026

    It's Just Bodybuilding Arnold Classic Wrap Up 2026 by Think BIG Bodybuilding Media

    40 min
  7. It's Just Bodybuilding 352 Good Posing: Add 10 Lbs of Muscle in 5 Minutes + Cheerleaders in Open Bodybuilding?😂

    20/08/2025

    It's Just Bodybuilding 352 Good Posing: Add 10 Lbs of Muscle in 5 Minutes + Cheerleaders in Open Bodybuilding?😂

    Level Up Your Posing, 1 Set Intensifier to End All Sets, Planning Your Olympia Trip for 2025 in Vegas + Lets Get Cheerleads in Open Bodybuilding - It's Just Bodybuilding Podcast 352 Big Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw, Scott McNally 7:00 Good Posing - Put on 10 lbs of muscle in 5 minutes 14:30 How long should you pose? And when to start in prep? 17:00 Be ready for a night show top 2 conformation round 20:30 Cheerleaders at Bodybuilding Shows? 26:00 pick 1 set intensifier for all body parts 29:20 Dusty is getting into great shape 33:00 Garage Gym Workouts 38:45 Shortest Off Season with Good Progress 45:40 First Vegas Trip for Olympia - What To Do 53:00 Gyms in Vegas 59:00 1 Thing you had to figure out how to improve in Bodybuilding 1:04:45 Rate My Physique 1:12:30 Shout out to Scott’s clients 1:17:20 Dusty’s gym pet peeve 1:20:30 TV shows we are watching 🔴 Presented By MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! https://www.iammutant.com Codes BIGRON or DUSTY for savings Follow the guys on Instagram : 💪 http://www.instagram.com/rep300 💪 http://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 💪 http://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps! https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 Think BIG T Shirts! https://think-big.printify.me/products ✅ ✅ Modern Aminos New Peptide and Research Chem Affiliate : https://tinyurl.com/y4nts94n ✅ ✅Code THINKBIG ✅ Parabolic Peptides Great Research Tabs and Peps https://tinyurl.com/ycpnbjzd ✅ ✅Code THINK ✅ ✅SomaChems https://somachems.com ✅ ✅Code THINK ✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION. Code : THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd Party Tested, Discover the source that bodybuilders trust ! 🇨🇦 For our Canadians, get blow out deals on top brand name supplements! http://www.supplementsource.ca 🔴 Youtube : https://youtu.be/Q2ipLgBDL9E

    1h 26m
  8. Drugs n Stuff 277 Evolution of Old School Steroid Cycles

    18/08/2025

    Drugs n Stuff 277 Evolution of Old School Steroid Cycles

    DNS 277 Dave Crosland & Scott McNally 2:45 The Evolution of Old School Cycles 19:00 Do you want a Superdrol Breakdown again? 20:40 Risk of infection from L-Carnitine 23:20 Training hard without joint issues as you age 29:46 Short 4 wk, low dose cycles with 4 wks TRT between 33:00 Cycle Planning for older guy 34:45 Getting stronger but not growing 39:20 3 wks off cycle and missing the pumps 44:00 Anadrol for a Sprinter ? 46:00 Scott’s Client dieted on TRT with 3 wks Winny 48:50 Teenage gyno but no sensitivity as an adult 52:30 Uncle Dave’s Wisdom - Controlling Tempter 58:30 Picking up girls, uncle Dave style 1:02:00 Struggle Balancing bodybuilding and life ✅ ✅ Modern Aminos New Peptide and Research Chem Affiliate : https://tinyurl.com/y4nts94n ✅ ✅Code THINKBIG ✅ Parabolic Peptides Great Research Tabs and Peps https://tinyurl.com/ycpnbjzd ✅ ✅Code THINK ✅ ✅SomaChems https://somachems.com ✅ ✅Code THINK 🔴 Reach out to the guys for Coaching! 💪 Dave : https://www.instagram.com/davecrosland_/ 💪 Scott McNally : mcnallydiets@gmail.com Reach out and learn more about coaching for competitors and non-competitors alike 🙏 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 3rd Party Tested, Discover the source that bodybuilders trust ! ✅ 🇬🇧 STROM SPORTS UK : tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US : https://stromsportsus.com 🇨🇦 For our Canadians, get blow out deals on top brand name supplements! http://www.supplementsource.ca 🔴 Youtube : https://youtu.be/E84I4PetSyw

    1h 18m
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    Think BIG Bodybuilding Media
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    503
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