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How Hard Should You Train? IFBB Pro Kuba Cielen on Volume, Intensity & Optimal Growth
IFBB Pro Kuba Cielen and Scott McNally break down how hard you really need to train to build muscle. We cover training volume vs intensity, finding the optimal workload, avoiding overtraining, and what actually drives long-term growth. Simple, actionable advice for lifters who want better progress without wasting time.0:00 – 🔥 Teaser Clip — Heavy Training & Real Talk with IFBB Pro Kuba Cielen0:34 – Catching Up with Kuba Cielen: Offseason Update, Goals & Mindset3:27 – Are Coaches Spreading Themselves Too Thin? The “Jack of All Trades” Problem7:54 – How to Find the Right Training Volume & Frequency for Growth20:50 – What Made Jay Cutler’s Training So Effective? Breaking Down His Method26:41 – Can You Combine High Volume AND High Intensity Training?27:44 – Signs You’re Doing Too Much (or Too Little) in the Gym38:20 – Does Training More Often Really Lead to More Muscle?44:14 – The Most Optimal Training Approach: What Actually Works48:57 – Listener Q&A: Is High-Level SLU (Specific Load Utilization) Beneficial?57:45 – Should You Add Weight Fast or Prioritize Perfect Form for Long-Term Progress?🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps!https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding👕 Think BIG Merch! https://think-big.printify.me/products✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION. Code : THINKhttps://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!https://tinyurl.com/4j2t2xyy✅ 🇬🇧 STROM SPORTS UK : tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US : https://stromsportsus.com✅ ✅ Modern AminosNew Peptide and Research Chem Affiliate :https://tinyurl.com/y4nts94n✅ ✅Code THINKBIG✅ Parabolic Peptides Great Research Tabs and Pepshttps://tinyurl.com/ycpnbjzd✅ ✅Code THINK✅ ✅SomaChemshttps://somachems.com✅ ✅Code THINK
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It's Just Bodybuilding 364 How Sasan Heirati Ran His Gear for 8 Shows and an Olympia Qualification
Pro bodybuilder Sas Heirati joins Big Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw, and Scott McNally to talk about managing gear, health, and recovery through an insane 8-show season that led him to the Olympia stage. Real talk on steroids, stress, travel, and staying stage-ready all year long. It's Just Bodybuilding 3640:00 – 10 Weeks Out: Things Start Getting Spicy0:44 – Welcome Back! Sas Heirati Joins It’s Just Bodybuilding1:45 – Managing Steroids Through a Long Pro Bodybuilding Season4:00 – Off-Season Cycle Strategy & Health Management9:15 – Sas Heirati’s Full Contest Cycle Breakdown11:20 – Why Lower Testosterone Didn’t Work for Sas12:15 – How Sas Handles Gear With Minimal Side Effects13:25 – The Truth About Small Daily Cialis Doses15:15 – Competing in 8 Shows in One Season — How Sas Managed It21:20 – Traveling Constantly While Staying Stage-Ready22:45 – Dealing With Anxiety, Stress & Pressure During Prep29:45 – Coaching Insight: Keeping Clients Calm Under Pressure32:45 – Lessons Learned From Years of Competing34:20 – Why Some Coaches Try Too Hard to Brand Themselves36:30 – Recovery Tools: How Many Do You Really Need?50:50 – How Brandon Curry Found His Recovery Limits52:35 – Learning to Recognize Your Own Limits55:50 – Sas’s Secret Weapon: The Power of Honey1:02:20 – Managing Peri-Workout Carbs, Insulin & Honey Timing1:04:30 – Overrated or Underrated: Sourdough Bread 🍞1:09:30 – Overrated or Underrated: Fancy Coffee ☕️1:16:40 – Where Sas Heirati Trains & His Current Setup1:19:10 – Sas’s First Olympia Experience & Meeting Fans🔴 Presented By MUTANT® — Leave Humanity Behind! https://www.iammutant.comCodes BIGRON20 or DUSTY20 for savings 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps!https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuildingFollow the guys on Instagram :💪 http://www.instagram.com/rep300💪 http://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08💪 http://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1💪 ✅ ✅ Modern AminosNew Peptide and Research Chem Affiliate :https://tinyurl.com/y4nts94n✅ ✅Code THINKBIG✅ Parabolic Peptides Great Research Tabs and Pepshttps://tinyurl.com/ycpnbjzd✅ ✅Code THINK✅ ✅SomaChemshttps://somachems.com✅ ✅Code THINK✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITIONhttps://www.truenutrition.com/THINK Code : THINK✅ 🇨🇦 For our Canadians, get blow out deals on top brand name supplements!https://tinyurl.com/4j2t2xyy
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Drugs n Stuff 289 Building Steroid Cycles on a Budget (Without Wasting Money or Gains)
Drugs n Stuff 289 Dave Crosland & Scott McNally0:00 Estrogen Management on Testosterone, Boldenone, and Dianabol — How to Keep It in Check0:45 Welcome Back to The DNS Podcast!2:30 How to Run a Steroid Cycle on a Budget (Without Wasting Money)3:00 Budget Oral Cycles — What Actually Works and What’s a Waste4:00 Low Trenbolone vs High Boldenone — Which Builds More Muscle?7:00 Building the Best Budget Cycle for Size, Strength, and Health13:00 Is Testosterone, Deca-Durabolin, and Dianabol an Outdated Stack?15:30 Remembering Victor Cante & Doping Stories from the Olympics20:00 Undetectable Compounds — How Steroids Were Used in Olympic Testing25:00 Pros and Cons of Dianabol — The Truth About This Old-School Compound28:20 Are Steroid Users Getting Lazy in Today’s Era?30:00 Ideal Ratio of Nandrolone Phenylpropionate to Testosterone and Boldenone32:30 Nandrolone and Finasteride — Dangerous Combination or Safe Stack?34:30 Using Nandrolone for Strength Gains — Does It Actually Work?38:40 Do Aromatase Inhibitors Limit Muscle Growth?40:15 Dave’s New Electrolyte Routine — What’s Working for Him42:20 Ngenla Dosing — The Truth About Long-Acting Growth Hormone44:30 Why We Should Appreciate Dave More (Funny Moment)50:15 Why No New Steroids Are Being Developed Anymore51:00 Dorian Yates vs Mike Israetel — The Training Intensity Debate52:40 Should You Increase Your Growth Hormone Dose?54:35 Listener’s Terrible Experience with Dihydroboldenone (DHB)56:10 How to Reconstitute Peptides Properly1:00:30 Dave’s Monster Truck Days — Wild Stories from the Past1:08:40 Behind the Scenes: Dave’s New Suspension Setup🔴 Reach out to the guys for Coaching!💪 Dave : https://www.instagram.com/davecrosland_/💪 Scott McNally : [email protected]✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION. Code : THINKhttps://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!https://tinyurl.com/4j2t2xyy✅ 🇬🇧 STROM SPORTS UK : tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US : https://stromsportsus.com✅ ✅ Modern AminosNew Peptide and Research Chem Affiliate :https://tinyurl.com/y4nts94n✅ ✅Code THINKBIG✅ Parabolic Peptides Great Research Tabs and Pepshttps://tinyurl.com/ycpnbjzd✅ ✅Code THINK✅ ✅SomaChemshttps://somachems.com✅ ✅Code THINK✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITIONhttps://www.truenutrition.com/THINK Code : THINK✅ 🇨🇦 For our Canadians, get blow out deals on top brand name supplements!https://tinyurl.com/4j2t2xyy
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My Comeback: The Low-Dose PEDs and Peptides Behind My 2025 Transformation with Scott McNally
After 5 years of struggling with illness and limited training, I finally made a comeback to fitness in 2025. In this live AMA, I’ll break down the low-dose PEDs and peptides that helped me rebuild my physique the smart way. Join me live to ask questions about my program or anything else!0:00 Welcome to Scott McNally’s AMA - Preamble and intros 5:20 Who is Scott ?8:00 Scott’s 2025 transformation9:30 Shout out to Vigorous Steve and Victoria Felkar12:00 SLU-PP-332 Dosing from Modest to Extreme 18:00 Mitigating Reactive Oxygen Species and Other Side Effects of SLU20:35 C60 For Oxidative Stress22:00 SS-31 Benefits for Mitochondria and ROS24:30 Retatrutide - Weekly Dose or more frequent shots? 32:00 Planks for a tight core and reverse distention 34:40 Adding Anabolic steroids to the mix 35:00 DHB Dyhydrobodenone showing NO Inflammation38:00 Scott’s DHB Cycle and Client DHB Cycles 42:20 Melanatan 2 - Modern Dosing vs Old School Dosing52:20 DHB VS Tren 1:03:00 Equipoise - Reflections after 15 years of experience 1:08:25 The Number 1 Secret To Bodybuilding1:12:40 Feeling nervous to post progress pics1:14:20 DNP - Scott’s experience 1:17:15 Keeping hematocrit in check 1:18:00 Retatrutide and peaking for a contest 1:19:15 Minimum effective length of GH Cycle 1:23:30 Setting up a slow muscle gaining diet 1:27:30 We are not as big as we think we are lol 1:29:00 The Highest Scott has pushed T3? And dosing T3 in a Prep1:34:00 Oral BPC-157 1:34:45 Can you grow muscle in your 40’s and 50’s? 1:37:00 NPP - What do you need to know to start a NPP cycle ? 1:39:00 Has your perspective changed as a coach, as you have gotten more mature ? 1:41:30 Hitting a wall with handling food in a growth phase 1:45:00 is less than 4iu gh a waste ? 1:47:00 What aspects of bodybuilding don’t matter much when you’re young but get more important as you age?1:50:45 Scott's game changing back training adjustments 1:58:00 Holding 15 lbs of fluid on 5iu Generic GH 2:00:00 First Cycle for a TRT guy? Test only or test and something else ? 2:03:15 Updates on the Bropocalypse (Raw Powder Shortage)2:04:00 GH 5iu every day or 8 iu 5x wk ? 2:05:30 IGF-LR3 vs HGH2:10:00 Did metformin become obsolete when GLP meds came out2:12:30 Cardio improves insulin sensitivity 2:16:40 Injectable L-Carnitine2:17:40 Scott's Contest Peaking Techniques2:22:17 Numb and tingling hands on high Growth Hormone2:24:25 Correcting Loose Skin on a competitive bodybuilder
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Blood Sweat & Gear 323 Tren in the Off-Season — Smart or Risky Strategy?
Off Season Tren? Do you really need shoulder press for great delts? Continual low dose gear over blast and cruise ? BSG Coaching Podcast 3230:00 🔥 Teaser Clip — What’s Coming Up on Blood Sweat & Gear0:45 Welcome Back to Blood Sweat & Gear: Coaching Q&A2:00 Using Tren in the Off-Season — Smart or Risky Strategy?11:00 How to Calculate Your Gear Dosages (Getting the Math Right)13:30 Wider Shoulders — Lateral Raises vs Overhead Press20:10 Why the Arnold Press Might Be a Bad Idea24:00 Do You Really Need Overhead Press for Shoulder Growth?31:00 Does “The Pump” Build Muscle? (Science & Experience)34:00 Dealing With Competition Disappointment — Real Client Stories44:40 Low-Dose Continuous Use vs Blast & Cruise — What Works Better?54:00 Learning Through Feedback — Experience Makes the Coach57:00 Self-Coaching vs Hiring a Coach — Pros & Cons1:05:45 Best Nandrolone Ratio for Bulking (Deca & NPP Insights)1:09:40 Is “Roid Test” Legit or a Waste of Money?1:11:45 Mixing Esters — Test Cypionate + Test Propionate Explained1:16:45 Steroids and Immune System — Do They Weaken or Boost It?1:19:50 Fun Q&A: Fight 3 Current Skip Hills or 1 Prime Dave Crosland?1:24:00 Should You Tell a Friend His Coach Is Scamming Him?1:31:30 Skip’s Word of the Day🙏 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 : THINKhttps://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/rDn2eGQ4U3k
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