The Drop Set with Darin Starr: Bodybuilding for the Masses Five Starr Physique

The bodybuilding industry is loaded with coaches – if you’re searching for a good one either for contest prep or for a more general transformation, the process can be, frankly, a pain in the ass – IF you approach it more like shopping for a car as opposed to buying a loaf of bread.  Coaches are often seen as disposable commodities that can easily be replaced as the need arises, but if you treat your search like you’re finding something to invest in, the outcome will always be better.

Today I wanted to talk about the right way to search for a question – determining what you need, good questions to ask, questions NOT to ask, and some red flags to watch out for.

Online coaching details:  https://fivestarrphysique.com/contest-prep-coaching/

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You often hear people talk about recomping or “building muscle in a deficit”, but realistically the goal just needs to be to not LOSE muscle while you’re dropping fat. Unfortunately that’s easier said than done, but today I want to go over some considerations for giving you the best chance at keeping all that lean tissue on your next cut.

In episode 265 of The Drop Set I talk about how sleep, stress management, and program variables all set the table for your actual results.

Timestamps:



* 0:00 – Cold Open

* 0:34 – Intro

* 6:57 – How undereating can contribute

* 10:10 – Too much cardio?

* 13:36 – Sleep and stress being a factor

* 18:40 – What is overtraining?

* 22:15 – Action items to fix this



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In the bodybuilding industry specifically and the fitness industry more generally, confusion abounds. Stuff that was “fact” decades ago we now know to be wrong, but their legends still live on. Let’s bust some of ’em today.

In episode 264 of The Drop Set I debunk (or possibly agree with?) a whopping 43 fitness and bodybuilding related myths.

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How much does food quality really matter when it comes to your diet in bodybuilding?  There’s “healthy”, but then what about just dropping body fat or building muscle?  And can you be “healthy” even if you eat some junk food?  And how do we want to define that, anyway?

In episode 263 I break down the pros and cons of eating as “healthy” as possible and also eating as much junk as you can while still hitting your macros, and also talk about what REALLY matters in terms of being healthy, and some key advice you should not only ignore but RUN AWAY FROM if you hear it.

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There’s been a myth circulating for a long time that after your contest prep phase for a bodybuilding show, or after a hard fat loss phase in general, THAT is when you’re most primed to experience your highest rate of building muscle.  And logically, it kinda makes sense.

The problem with bodybuilding is that logic and the human body often have a disconnect, and this is one of those cases.  If you cut HARD, you’re primed to do ANYTHING but grow once that phase is done.  In this episode of The Drop Set I break down why that is, what you can do about it, and how to know when it IS in fact the right time to focus on that shift into a muscle building phase.

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Being in Oregon to visit family, it seemed like a great opportunity to get some fresh faces on here as I shamelessly exploit my family’s lack of bodybuilding knowledge for podcast material.

And as one might expect, that ‘lack of knowledge’ can cut both ways as you’ll see here.

Big thanks to my big brother Colin for humoring me and sitting down to chat on camera for a bit.

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