Bulk Boys

About Bulk Boys

Bulk Boys is a show about moving heavy objects where your pencil-necked host picks the brains of legitimate strength athletes. A caloric surplus is encouraged, but not required, for listening.

Publisher

Mason Boyles

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 May 2024

Latest episode

28 Jun 2024

Latest episodes

15 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Jun 2024

   Bulk Boys 15: Max Shethar

   Max Shethar is a twenty-one year old phenom, but only the second strongest bencher in his household. He's squatted 766.1, benched 462.9, and deadlifted 804.7 in competition; since then he's pulled 820 and benched 500 in the gym. Listen to HIS podcast, Large Lads, follow  @ShetharTraining  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCbfech0sWPH3jaoJtmg9-nQ), and find him on Instagram @the_one_rep_max TIMESTAMPS 00:20 Introducing Montana’s strongest little brother 01:00 Max’s mustache is multi-ply 01:30 Max’s 500 pound bench is not poverty 02:40 His Max is using headphones won from Dave & Buster’s 03:30 Intuitive drinking 04:15 Age records are killing your gains 05:00 That celebration looked pretty enhanced to me 05:50 Max’s patient progression 06:00 His empty calendar 07:00 The design of his training blocks 08:35 Max’s low bar technique 10:30 Pre-squat mobility and self-talk 11:20 The Dave Tate soundboard 12:00 Leg extension withdrawal 13:00 Other less important leg accessories 14:00 Variation between belt squats 15:30 Why you should never use three fingers 16:00 Chase stimulus over external load on developmental movements 17:30 Walking the line on RDLs 19:00 SLDLs after deadlifts cultivate legitimate meat 20:30 Max’s current split, and how that split has evolved 24:00 The ego check of transitioning from a strength phase to a hypertrophy phase 27:00 Your ten-rep max probably isn’t relevant to your 1-rep max 28:00 Max corrects some misconceptions about Large Lads canon 29:00 Young Max had to put pillows under the blankets to defend his shins from Sam’s baseball bat 31:00 Early training strategies 31:30 Max decided to be gifted 32:00 The accountability of progress; eleven-year old vanity 32:50 “a really depressed loser who had a massive ego” 33:45 *water cameo* 34:00 Max also gets nothing out of straps (see Freakie D) 36:30 Training grip 38:30 The myth of “skin toughness” (it’s just your grip) 39:00 Monk-mode Max refuses to announce his intentions 40:00 Max’s long-term ambitions 43:30 Max’s advices for athletic longevity 46:45 Low bar squatting like one of the French girls 48:00 Recovery maxing 51:45 If you are checking your phone after belt squats, you dun goofed 55:00 Adopting the angst lord mindset 56:30 Doom OST for pushdowns only 57:30 Lifting music is the heart of this podcast 1:00:00 Being fourteen and living out an Animal Pak ad on the bus to the YMCA 1:01:00 We reminisce on our first 500 pound squats (I was thirty; Max was fifteen) 1:05:00 Brotherhood 1:06:45 Even the lone wolf needs its belly scratch 1:07:00 Max makes a STRONG pod-ending statement 1:08:00 Large Lads shout-out

2. 

   21 Jun 2024

   Bulk Boys 14: Dennis Arnold II (Freakie D)

   Freakie D is a Youtuber, powerlifter, coach, mentor, father, and diversely strong dude. TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Pretty hype intro 00:40 I attempt a pec pop in Dennis’s honor 01:00 Dennis Arnold is in fact the second 01:15 His best lifts 01:30 Freakie D doesn’t get anything out of straps 02:00 It’s mainly an issue of engaging the lats 02:30 BIG FITNESS is lying to you about bicep tears from mixed grip 03:55 Dennis’s Kinobody summer 4:30 The origins of Dennis’s long-time lower back pain 08:15 How to mend up from a back tweak 11:15 I whine about my back tweak from last fall 12:45 I erroneously assume that Dennis has been Larsen pressing despite viewing and liking his incline press video from literally that morning 14:20 Dennis is the dean of Larson pressing 15:45 Leg drive is overrated 16:00 We return to Dennis’s youth, when even he was a Johnny one-plate 18:00 The OG Freakie D bench and basketball program 19:15 Pro tips for recovery: no squatting or benching, a few free throws, and many grams of MSG 20:00 Takeaways from Dennis’s early training 22:50 Dennis ‘s first Youtube upload was him benching 405 in gloves, Tims, and jeans 23:55 Dennis started powerlifting at Shake ‘N Bake Fitness and Tanning 24:30 Dennis’s first meet 25:50 Dennis’s first 500 lb bench 26:45 Benching 500 without much upper back work 27:45 If you become a turbo bulk boy, you’ll probably surprise yourself with your strength gains 28:30 My bench has plummeted since entering a deficit 29:30 Dennis’s bloat maxing recommendations (tl;dr: stick with slow and steady) 32:00 Dennis basically lost 100 lbs 32:30 Why he did it 34:30 Sometimes the flu takes you on a vision quest 38:00 Discipline is discipline 39:45 Dennis’s appetite is simultaneously fascinating and disgusting 40:15 Volume eating hacks: 11 pounds of food for 2600 calories 41:45 Fast and feast 42:30 Fasting to remove the reliance on food for dopamine 44:30 Exercise selection: sick vs. optimal 45:45 How Dennis’s training changed during his epic diet 48:30 The origins of Crossfat (a trademark of Freakie D enterprises) 50:00 Dennis would be in the NFL if he hadn’t found pot and pussy in middle school 52:20 The first time Dennis touched a log 55:00 Powerlifting is basically a JRPG 56:00 Dennis’s shocking suggestion to bring up your log press 58:00 Split jerking the log 58:45 Standing incline log press 59:45 I passed out the first time I tried log press 1:00:00 I also passed out on a paused front squat 1:00:30 Derek Wilcox made Dennis exhale and re-brace at the bottom of front squats 1:03:00 Dennis’s current lifting aspirations 1:05:45 Dennis’s coaching (conditioning block guaranteed) 1:10:00 The mindset dangers of surprise PRs 1:11:30 Athletes need to give coaches the chance to learn how they respond to training 1:15:00 Dennis goes above and beyond for his athletes 1:15:45 Tobias has horrible taste in snacks 1:16:45 The importance of building rapport with your athletes 1:17:25 Mentorship 1:21:00 Dennis has become a role model in the lifting community 1:23:30 Therapy helps 1:25:00 The perspectives Dennis inherited from his childhood, and how he outgrew them 1:26:00 Divorce, growth, and what you carry with you 1:27:30 Dennis’s marriage was like Game of Thrones 1:30:00 Why Dennis goes to bed at 7:561:31:30 Fatherhood 1:33:00 Dennis’s parenting style 1:35:50 my two cents as the child of two fucking incredible parents 1:37:00 The rewards of parenthoodIntro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

3. 

   14 Jun 2024

   Bulk Boys 13: Buck Tow Truck

   @bucktowtruck4993  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCmBsMfZDyBe5SgMq_RZi-jA) is a guitar virtuoso, YouTube legend in the making, and almost certainly the world's strongest landscaper. That's his music in the intro and outro. He's also really fucking funny. I edited out about twenty minutes of laughter in this one. TIMESTAMPS: 1:00 Jeff Nippard-approved BCAAs. Also, my balls are out 1:45: Buck is 7 feet tall and 500 lbs 2:15 Buck’s early videos 2:45 The YT algorithm wants you to clean your garage 3:35 Buck squatted 495 for 20 in that unclean garage 4:00 Buck’s best sets 5:45 Buck’s barebones, Starting Strength-like approach 6:40 The goofy-ass shit that Buck did before he went barebones 7:30 You aren’t a Bulgarian. 10:30 Most of us fade into obscurity 11:00 I have a momentary existential crisis 11:30 Buck counsels me 13:00 How Buck got into lifting 14:30 The long shadow of the Ripple Toad 15:00 “20-rep squats CURE ITB pain” -direct quote from Buck 15:30 “20-rep squats don’t do much to get you stronger” -direct quote from everyone who’s ever tried 20-rep squats 17:00 Buck doesn’t do enough volume, allegedly 18:00 BIG FITNESS is LYING to you about CNS fatigue 19:30 “CNS fatigue”=you turn into a noodle 20:30 Gym injury fetishes 21:30 Sam Hyde is a lot 23:15 People who get accidentally strong 25:00 The toxic influence of anime 25:40 BIG FITNESS is STILL lying to you 27:15 One weird reason why Ben Shapiro isn’t in the NBA 27:30 Dieting to make weight for a strongman competition 28:45 One time Buck called me a pirate on Instagram 29:00 How to pirate-max 29:30 Pirate rape culture (also toxic) 30:00 This podcast has consistently neglected pirate history, and for that I sincerely apologize 30:10 Why Buck hasn’t competed 31:00 Buck has Frankenstein wrists and 17.5-inch forearms 31:20 Hook grip sucks 32:00 Deadlift is not a grip exercise 32:45 Buck deadlifted 570 for 15 with mixed grip 33:15 If you do chin-ups weighing 500 pounds, you’ll have big forearms 34:25 Jeff Nippard’s optimal bicep training recommendations 36:00 Buck’s unwashed multi-ply coveralls 37:05 Buck’s going to give his unwashed multi-ply coveralls to his next Tinder match 37:50 Dadbod is a psy-op 38:30 Buck plays impeccable guitar 39:00 Buck’s camera accentuates his strong features 40:00 Buck’s YouTube ambitions 41:30 Wrestling 43:00 Buck stunted his LITTLE brother’s growth with a piledriver 44:00 We speculate on Jeff Nippard’s true height 44:45 “Evidence based” fitness 45:00 I fondly recollect stumbling upon Buck’s YouTube channel 46:00 The modern dating market is bleak; Buck’s advice on it 46:30 We delve into Buck’s origins 47:30 Learning guitar 48:30 Evolving musical tastes 49:40 The goldfish diet 51:30 Upright rows to Bawitdaba 52:45 I make a completely inaccurate assumption 53:15 Buck actually doesn’t like lifting 54:15 In the scheme of sports, lifting really isn’t that dangerous 56:45 ITB pain 58:00 What my fiancée likes to do to me 59:00 Buck’s significant acne 1:00:30 Buck wants to know how natty I am, and I tell him exactly in ng/dl 1:03:00 Environmental toxins are killing your gains 1:04:30 We address the carousel horse in the room 1:04:40 We address the Steve Austin poster in the room 1:05:15 Straightedge Steve Austin 1:06:00 Buck’s top three metal bands, with justifications 1:08:20 We hate* black metal 1:11:00 Don’t worry, we’re still shitting on black metal 1:11:30 Devin Townsend 1:12:30 Buck’s biggest influences 1:13:00 Mark Rippetoe was actually pretty strong 1:14:00 Louie Simmons is Yosemite Sam, and Jim Wendler is the Five Finger Death Punch of powerlifting 1:14:30 I briefly shit on Five Finger Death Punch 1:15:00 Buck’s homebrewed take on Westside 1:18:00 The key to Buck’s guttural efforts 1:19:30 Not looking like a pussy in front of your younger brother 1:20:00 Injurious feats of strength 1:21:00 Knoblet squats 1:22:00 Tearful goodbye

4. 

   7 Jun 2024

   Bulk Boys 12: pro strongman Brett Fain

   Brett Fain is a pro strongman who has competed in the U80 and U90 class, placing 7th at OSG in 2017. He's also the founder and owner of Iron Vault gym in Tallahassee. We talk about his penchant for building unusual equipment, water cutting, and the strongman community. TIMESTAMPS: 00:20 I signed up for my first strongman competition without doing any research 00:35 The Iron Vault Classic 01:30 Brett teaches physics by day 02:10 Brett’s advice on becoming an educator 02:50 Brett replaced his high school physics teacher 03:20 My anticipatory synopsis of this episode 03:45 Brett started out as a wrestler 04:10 There is a trove of old equipment in the basement of the Pep Boys across the street from my apartment 04:45 Brett’s best numbers as a powerlifter 05:00 The legend of Dave Covan 05:15 If you look under enough tarps, you just might find yourself an Atlas stone 05:45 Brett’s resume as a strongman 06:25 The sweat shed 08:00 What drew Brett to strongman 08:15 Brett’s homebrewed strongman equipment 09:00 The events for this year’s Iron Vault Classic 11:10 Brett became handy out of necessity 13:00 Bud Jeffries and the odd lifts 13:45 Strongman is a spectator sport 14:30 Brett says I deadlift a lot, and I can’t wait to disappoint him 15:15 Daughter cameo 15:45 What to order at Chick-Fil-A 16:00 Brett’s kids are all lifting 17:00 Iron Vault Classic will be an evening event to minimize instance of heatstroke 17:30 Jamie Lewis’s X-rated blog 19:00 The diet of the Saxon Trio would get a 2/3 from Stan Efferding 19:45 I pick Brett’s brain about strongman training 21:15 You’d better be doing your cardio 21:40 Brett usually water cuts from 210 to 198 22:00 Andrew Clayton’s 38-lb water cut and other horror stories 23:20 Going keto on comp week to drop water weight 24:00 Hot baths and sauna suits 24:25 But do I have to stop taking creatine? 24:45 Brett tells me which events will suck the most 27:00 We program our own reward systems as teenagers 28:00 Even gen pop should pick performance goals 28:40 Brett has helped me become slightly less unprepared 29:00 Strongman has a WHOLESOME community 31:20 It’s harder to get competitive when you’re woefully unprepared 32:00 Event lottery at Will Development’s Psycho Circus 32:15 Florida strongman community

5. 

   4 Jun 2024

   Bulk Boys 11: Jakob S is still riding

   At this point, the broad boy from Albuquerque needs no introduction. Give him a follow  @JSStrength  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCQPUIPFfCrNyz5u29Ccr4EA) TIMESTAMPS: 00:30 THE PAINTING HAS EYES 1:00 Jakob’s program to squat 300(+)x20 1:30 Cat cameo 2:45 Pete Rubish gave Jakob 20-rep squats 3:30 How Jakob eliminated elbow pain from low bar squats 4:00 Starting Strength’s hidden agenda is to turn you into a pterodactyl 5:00 We parrot wisdom from @Shethar_Training on getting your upper back TIIIIGHT 5:45 Jakob’s squat stance is approaching Westside territory 6:55 Hyper-specific anatomical cues are killing your gains 7:25 Jakob’s half-decent Jeff Nippard impersonation 9:00 The purpose behind Jakob’s 300x20 squat 10:00 LIFE DOESN’T GIVE YOU A RE-RACK, BROTHER 10:45 Jakob is looking about as broad as Beorn, but only his forearms are sore 12:00 Grip training 15:00 Farmers carries 16:30 Strongman gyms 17:00 Jacks and trades 18:30 Jakob might hop into a strongman show 20:00 Jakob’s robust rate of progress 26:20 Jakob’s beef lord cousin 28:30 Jakob only trains DOGS 30:00 When to be present and when to just get in the work 32:00 Dan Green doesn’t get that aroused 33:00 My “adaptive metabolism” 36:00 Jakob’s life goal 37:30 The Ukrainian invasion 38:30 Strongman politics 39:30 Sigmarsson and Kaz 40:00 Eddie Hall controversy 41:00 Who screenshots the screenshot? 43:00 Fortissimus and the Shaw Classic 44:30 Iron Biby is underrated 45:30 we need more bicep tears 47:00 standardized circus tricks 47:30 Venmo us funds for BULK BOYS LIVE at The Shaw Classic 49:00 Jakob wants Tom Stoltman to just get over his autism (jk) 51:20 Jakob is the sorcerer of strongman 52:30 MARTIIIIIINSSSS 55:30 Jakob is concerned about Thor’s legacy 58:00 I begin a streak of unfounded claims 59:30 Jakob’s Pete Rubish impersonation 1:00:30 Jakob’s grandpa thinks that if you lift you also do g4p 1:04:00 Even powerlifters want to look like they lift 1:05:00 What ego lifting really means 1:07:00 How lifting changed my dating prospects 1:08:00 There are no white lights at Anytime Fitness 1:09:30 Jakob delivers yet another wholesome message 1:09:45 Now we are going to spend several minutes embarrassing Ethan Montoya, who is skipping his glute accessories 1:14:00 My achilles elbow; Jakob’s achilles feet 1:16:00 Rock climbing, jiu jitsu, arm wrestling 1:17:00 If Jakob doesn’t have a physical outlet, he resorts to constructing Ponzi scheme 1:18:50 Jakob’s secret sauce (not what you think) 1:20:45 My programming as of early May 1:22:00 Jakob hates hyper-specificity 1:25:00 20-rep squats are chemically castrating Jakob 1:27:30 Expensive intra-workout 1:28:00 I do a terrible job of explaining DoggCrapp training to Jakob. Guaranteed cringe of a listen 1:30:00 Accessories are you chance to go Blood and Guts 1:31:00 Another successful rant about effective reps 1:32:00 We hate dogmatic deloads 1:34:30 RPE 7-8 on comp lifts is the money range 1:36:00 Wait until your accessories to pillage the muscle

6. 

   31 May 2024

   Bulk Boys 10: Jakob S Rides Again

   @JSStrength  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCQPUIPFfCrNyz5u29Ccr4EA)is back and jacked. We recorded this a little over a month ago, prior to Jakob's epic 20-rep squat set. Check out the story behind that side quest on his channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PuPGYk0gJ4 Timestamps: 00:15 Jakob forgives me for interrupting his training 00:45 Jakob’s home gym 01:15 I stopped summoning Paimon 01:30 We become art historians 02:00 THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM 03:00 We address our 8 billion fans 03:15 Jakob remains a true bulk boy 04:00 20-rep squats 05:00 Conditioning vs. capacity 06:00 Breathing is for cheaters. Also: SAVE YOUR BRACE. 07:30 Jakob’s adductors were not prepared for this 08:40 Extremely in-depth update on Jakob’s love life WITH NAMES 10:30 Jakob sheds weight like I shed my soon-to-be-gone golden locks 11:30 You are basically one Taco Bell Supreme away from shitting yourself down an entire weight class 12:00 You have to shit on your squat opener if you want three white lights 13:00 Being a busy bee 13:45 Albuquerque never changes 15:00 How to water cut in New Mexico 16:00 Jakob is afraid of getting mogged by his clients 17:00 Jakob’s email is out there for the freaks 17:30 Jakob says more nice things about my dumb channel 18:40 Laughter gets me off 19:00 Jakob asks me about my “process” as a “creator” ***Youtubers gonna Youtube*** 21:00 We want to get so huge we viscerally disgust onlookers 22:00 A xenomorph is growing inside Jakob’s ribcage 23:00 Jakob got thrown out of a car when he was eight 24:30 Jakob’s problems with NMAA Powerlifting 26:30 Accessibility of PEDs 29:00 Cerebral SARMS goblins 31:00 Subpar testing parameters 32:45 Training update 33:30 Sure cure for elbow pain 34:00 Jakob just pause benched 325 for 0.999 reps 35:00 Jakob evangelizes about banded bench 38:00 Rep ranges on compound movements 40:00 Beltless work and percentage-based training 42:00 Efficiency can preserve your gumption 42:30 I’ve abandoned neck work 43:30 Jakob is concerned about sleep apnea (humble brag) 43:45 We both fuck heavy with high pulls 44:30 Yoke pumps 45:15 Getting comfortable with letting adaptations decay 46:30 If you’re benching 200, you probably don’t need a peaking phase 48:30 Injuries outside the gym 50:30 Train happy 51:30 Lifting music 52:30 Using music to achieve a flow state 53:45 My unsolicited recommendations 55:30 Your hype song is like your Patronus, but also like what your uncle did to you when you were twelve 56:30 The arousal snowball 57:00 They used to sell Superdrol at GNC in the good old days 58:40 You’ve got to take at least 200 milligrams of melatonin a night (srs) 01:00 Our supplement recommendations 1:01:00 Things get vivid and viscous 1:02:15 Healing peptides 1:03:00 I’ve been using TB-500…NOT NATTY 1:04:00 We get existential about competing 1:04:30 We love gym maxes 1:05:00 Fake weights at Anytime Fitness 1:07:00 I know a heavy 45 when I see one 1:08:00 How fake plates sabotaged Ed Coan 1:08:30 Training on calibrated plates satisfied my autism 1:08:50 A message to our adoring listeners 1:09:15 Don’t get your squat briefs in a wad about switching equipment 1:10:30 If you grab something stiff, you might strain your erector 1:12:00 The OPTIMAL bicep workout 1:13:00 Honorable mention 1:14:30 We love painful forearm pumps 1:15:30 How I partially tore my bicep 1:17:00 Getting reacquainted with hook grip 1:18:00 Hook grip tips from a 600 lb deadlifter 1:21:00 Even more side quests 1:23:00 Grip hack to develop ROBUST fingers

7. 

   24 May 2024

   Bulk Boys 9: Rob Austin (USAPL ref)

   Rob Austin is a Tallahassee-based powerlifter, USAPL ref, and front squat enthusiast. Timestamps: 0:10 How Rob found his way into the weight room 01:30 How Rob found his way out of the weight room 01:40 How Rob found his way into the weight room yet again 02:00 Man walks into a commercial gym, gets Shane Hunt as his trainer 03:00 Joining Capital City Barbell 04:50 The infamous Coach Curling 06:00 Success is motivating 06:50 The (recently) legendary Coach Curling’s patented 8/5/3 07:45 You can get pretty far winging it 08:20 Filming your lifts keeps you honest 09:15 I get Molly’s name wrong 09:45 How to get your wife to lift 10:15 Rob convinces me to do the local deadlift only meet 11:15 Specificity; Rob’s training approach 12:30 Sometimes it feels longer than it looks 13:00 The woes of paused benching 15:00 You’d better not sling that into the rack 15:45 The ultimate goal, from a ref’s perspective 16:45 Improvised touch-and-go 17:15 How Rob got into refereeing for USAPL 19:00 Crash course on the certification test 20:00 The most obscure rule in the USAPL 23:00 Front squats will get red lights 24:00 Rob’s thoughts on anaconda-tight knee sleeves 26:20 Rob’s quads 27:00 You should be doing RDLs 27:45 Rows for the seals 28:30 Pull ups for some other endangered species 29:00 Rob makes the mistake of mentioning dips ***LET ME TELL YOU ALL ABOUT DIPS*** 30:30 What Rob used to lift back in college 31:00 What Rob can lift now 31:30 Resetting your goal posts 32:30 The Georgia state meet pulls out all the stops 33:00 Rob’s next meet 33:30 Rob’s approach to meet prep 34:20 Simulating meet pacing on SBD days 37:00 I make more excuses about why I don’t compete 37:30 Adjusting your expectations for meet day 38:45 Attempt selection 40:30 Deadlifts are always hard (and I envy them for that) 42:30 Rob’s standards are impeccable 43:30 Sumo and its nuances 49:30 The many blessings of belt squats 50:30 Rob’s ambitions for his upcoming meet 52:30 The advantage of competing infrequently 54:30 Alternative competition formats 57:00 Rob says nice things about my channel

8. 

   20 May 2024

   Bulk Boys 8: Book Boys with Patrick Maguire

   Patrick Maguire is still a professional powerlifter, voice actor, Ghost Clash broadcaster, polyphasic sleep researcher, coach, and aspirational foot model. He has totaled 2342 raw with wraps, sporting competition bests of a 1014 squat, a 635 bench, and a 771 deadlift. His training ebook is dropping this week; he’s also writing a really epic progression fantasy that involves familiars, bone runes, fighting pits, and possibly a pro-garlic vampiric conspiracy. You can find him at Full_Primal_Power on Youtube, Instagram, and Only Fans. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 PREVIOUSLY 00:46 Patrick’s inciting incident is the same as A Series of Unfortunate Events 01:40 When the basement of Maslow’s Hierarchy collapses, you’ve got to start keeping a mattress in your car 03:30 Patrick hallucinated a cat 04:00 Institutionalized 05:15 Getting evicted mid-pandemic 06:30 Why Patrick left his government job 07:00 Making the uncomfortable decision 08:00 Patrick forced his way into professional broadcasting 08:45 The orgy at Dave and Buster’s 09:00 Moving toward what you want 10:00 Bulk Boys becomes Book Boys 10:55 Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory 101 12:30 Vampires as spaceship pilots 13:20 A hard five is worth plenty 13:45 You’ve got to have stakes 15:15 Vegeta: jock mode. Goku: dork mode. 16:30 We love it when nobody’s safe 16:45 Audiobooks in the gym 18:00 Approaches to progression fantasy 20:00 Speedrunning Sonic Adventure 2 and Pokemon Yellow 20:30 Patrick is knitting a Magicarp beanie for Shane Haller 22:20 Don’t bring a party with all Eevee evolutions to a Pokémon battle with Shane Haller 23:00 Patrick’s Pokémaster hacks 24:20 There’s something defiant about facing the Elite Four with Rattata as your starter 25:00 The Shuckle challenge; life is more fun when you cheat 25:20 DAD, I CAN’T GO KAYAKING RIGHT NOW. I JUST BEAT POKÉMON SILVER. 26:30 Patrick’s 300 episodes into One Piece 27:00 Usopp is cringe 27:30 I do a pretty good job of pretending I’ve seen 300 episodes of One Piece 28:30 My problem with exposition dumps 30:00 How to escalate scale in a story 30:40 Tarantino’s villains 31:00 Patrick is writing a torture scene 33:00 Fuck The New Yorker 33:30 Patrick’s fantasy novel 37:20 Trans porn-based magic systems 38:15 “Necromancers are just healers that are a little too slow” 40:00 The vampiric garlic conspiracy 41:30 You might not cum, but you still have to pay 42:30 How to end the first installment of a trilogy 44:00 Your character always needs something to lose 44:30 I am so hard for Patrick’s book 45:20 How Brownian motion applies to good fiction 47:00 How to accommodate uncertainty as a writer 48:30 It doesn’t have to be allegorical; it can just be personal 50:00 Why and how Patrick started writing 52:00 We are addicted to progression 54:30 Patrick is getting his start as a voice actor reading cringey poetry 54:40 My haiku joke doesn’t get enough credit 55:40 You should be reading Chuck Tingle 59:00 You’ll always wonder if you don’t go all the way 59:45 The best gift you can give a child is a good bedtime story 1:01:00 WE’VE GOT TO TALK ABOUT DUNE 1:01:30 Patrick impersonates Lady Jessica 1:04:15 “REMEMBER THE TOOTH” 1:05:20 It wasn’t cliche when Shakespeare wrote it 1:06:45 From fable to complex and conflicted characters 1:08:30 We get the Latin in there Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

9. 

   20 May 2024

   Bulk Boys 7: Patrick Maguire @FullPrimalPower

   *PLS CONSULT TIMESTAMPS* Patrick Maguire is a professional powerlifter, voice actor, Ghost Clash broadcaster, polyphasic sleep researcher, and aspirational foot model. He has totaled 2342 raw with wraps, sporting competition bests of a 1014 squat, a 635 bench, and a 771 deadlift. His training ebook will be available on Kindle this week; he’s also writing a really epic progression fantasy that involves familiars, bone runes, fighting pits, and possibly a pro-garlic vampiric conspiracy. You can find him at  @FullPrimalPower  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCz0tWjuCTkL4WPrq79QxOfg) on Youtube and Instagram. Stay tuned for the back half of our interview next week. Timestamps: 0:00 My important apology 00:45 Hype-adjacent intro 01:30 We establish Patrick’s ethos 02:00 Patrick announces his ebook release 02:20 Kindle publishing 03:15 Patrick’s sweet, sweet voice 03:50 Patrick’s athletic background 05:45 I crash test a Goonies joke 06:40 Arnold in the morning, Ronnie Coleman at night 07:45 "Injuries are for pussies" (not our words) 08:05 Training is like the top from Inception 08:30 As in gym, so with life 10:40 John Haack is victim weight; Patrick calls Shane Hunt a little guy 11:30 You’ve got to train like the little guys 12:00 Training under “Lil” Joe Sullivan 12:30 Asynchronous deloads 14:00 We’re going to rebuild him, less fat and stronger 15:30 Phasic nutrition with Brianny Terry 16:00 Sleeves are gay, and we fully support them 16:30 Splenda mommies 17:00 Lil Joe Sullivan does bodybuilding 18:00 See that boat, sailor? You missed it. 19:30 GPP facilitates a quicker turnaround time between meets 20:30 The danger of water cuts 21:00 Patrick competed at 328 in April; he’ll compete at 350 in November 21:30 Stop being so (insulin) sensitive 22:40 Sloppy honey application 23:00 Pulling 771 at Ghost Clash 23:45 Patrick’s deadlift plateaued at 700 until he implemented grip work 24:30 Feeding two birds with one scone, but the birds aren’t real 25:15 Patrick has a threesome with squat and bench while the deadlift gets cucked 26:45 You know you’ve hit squat depth when you cum 27:40 I aspire to become Dáin Ironfoot 28:20 Patrick broke the assault bike to avoid having to use it 28:40 TOP SECRET barefoot nose-breathing perineum-sunning protocol 30:15 The cardiovascular system responds quickly to training 31:20 Patrick’s actual warm up: Squat 3x10 with 525 32:00 Joe’s incredible responsiveness as a coach 34:00 Stress management 35:30 Compartmentalization might make you productive in the short term, but it ultimately stunts you 38:00 Patrick’s split: 4 days training, 1 day crying 38:50 Foot finder can definitely be platonic 39:25 Dicks in the DMs 39:40 I asked Patrick to rub my belly until a genie came out, but he was pooping 40:00 Mental health 40:45 Patrick’s childhood home burnt all the way down 41:15 When the basement of Maslow’s Hierarchy collapses, you’ve got to start keeping a mattress in your car 41:40 Drexler’s landscape is Kafka-esque 43:15 Sometimes you just imagine a cat 43:00 Behavioral Health units 46:00 Why Patrick left his government job 46:45 Making the uncomfortable decision Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

10. 

    20 May 2024

    Bulk Boys 6: Josh Chamblin, Owner of Capital City Barbell

    Josh Chamblin is the founder and owner of Capital City Barbell, the strongest gym in Tallahassee. (http://www.thecapitalcitybarbell.com/) You can find Capital City on Facebook and Instagram at The Capital City Barbell. Email josh@thecapitalcitybarbell for membership inquiries. Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio TIMESTAMPS 00:30 Basement weights 1:20 The Youtube salad days 02:00 Zoomers are built different 03:30 There’s not enough room in this town for all these good coaches 04:45 Josh was a 5/3/1 bro 05:30 Don’t you ever wish you could go back? 06:00 What Josh’s training looks like now 07:30 “Look good, feel good, move good” 09:00 Motion is lotion 10:45 Some exercises are best done in private 11:30 My side quest with the neck harness 12:30 Josh’s athletic background 13:00 Dr. Zourdos hid a horcrux in Tallahasse 13:30 The origins of Florida State’s weightlifting club 16:00 DUP is conjugate; conjugate is linear; programming is a social construct 18:00 What’s applicable to geared lifting vs. raw lifting 19:00 The curious case of the vanishing EliteFTS article 20:30 The AI coaching takeover 22:00 Coaching your own damn self 22:35 I was never coachable 23:40 How Josh connected with Eric Altman (local powerlifting coach) 24:30 The origin of Capital City Barbell 26:20 Going all in 30:00 How Josh started hosting USAPL meets 32:45 Social media is changing the goal posts for lifting 33:45 The legend of Shane Hunt 36:40 Fake commercial gym weights 38:50 Five actually goes a long way 39:20 The MINDSET advantage of kilo plates 43:40 “The more reds you get on there, the heavier it gets” 40:50 Josh’s best competition lifts 41:00 Josh got stronger after he stopped competing 41:25 Adductor tear 41:45 Other adductor tear 42:00 Being healed vs. being able to train 43:20 Josh’s current goals with his training 45:00 600 pound deadlift incoming 46:00 Josh is looking thick, solid, tight 46:30 ILLUSIONS 47:30 When you bench 405 twice a week, sometimes your shoulder gets angry 50:00 The workout before the workout 51:00 The cure for your injuries is…BLOOD 53:00 One weird trick; take home message

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    20 May 2024

    Bulk Boys 5: Austin Ferrier on Olympic Lifting

    Austin Ferrier was a nationally competitive collegiate lifter for Ohio University. These days he’s working a grownup job, but still snatching and jerking for the soul. He talks about self-coaching, the skill aspect of Olympic lifting, and how his relationship with the sport has changed after leaving the platform; we also reminisce about the Misc, 70’s Big, and old school TNation. We’re trying to be chill strong. Only 2010’s lifters will get this. Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Timestamps: 00:30 This is a cocaine-friendly podcast 01:00 Austin started out in martial arts 01:30 Austin was born as a computer 02:00 How the computer learned to grind 02:30 Becoming a bulk boy 03:00 Misc reminiscence; are you aware? 04:00 3DMJ emerged from the depravity 04:30 We don’t condone torrents 05:00 Shouts out to the 70’s Big boys 05:50 I whine about my elbows 06:30 Austin meets a barbell 07:00 Shouts out to Westside for Skinny Bastards 08:00 Getting MOGGED by upperclassmen 08:45 Even more shouts out 09:15 The Ohio powerlifting community 10:00 Austin goes to the Arnold Sports Festival 10:45 Meeting the Lilliebridges 11:45 Six degrees of separation from Robert Oberst 12:30 Five degrees is actually the national average 13:00 The shouts out continue 13:20 Phil Heath vs. Kai Greene 14:00 You wouldn’t believe it, but bodybuilders are huge 14:45 One time Austin told me I look like Justin Laseck 15:30 Floridian high school lifting 17:00 Austin’s starter pack for Olympic lifting 18:45 Primal triple extension 20:30 Lifting with football freaks 22:00 Rate limiters in Olympic lifting 22:30 Throwers are built different 23:45 Neuroplasticity 24:15 Either throw your kid in the water or kick them in the head 26:00 Natties vs. nurture 27:20 Volleyball push presses 28:00 How Austin started competing 28:55 Hitting your vampiric macros 30:00 Austin competed in the 69s…nice 30:50 2013 University Nationals 31:00 More shouts out 32:30 Strength has to be replicable 33:00 THOSE DOGS 33:50 How Austin has adapted his training around a more than full-time job 34:20 CHILL STRONG 35:45 Old guys should have RPE caps 36:10 What it takes to self-coach 38:00 There is no secret sauce (but buy mine) 38:40 I hypocritically shame program-hoppers 40:50 Christmas is for PRing 41:15 Approach lifting as a skill 42:30 I’ve witnessed Austin’s MINDSET 45:00 Me bringing it back to self-awareness and self-honesty 45:45 You are not your hobby 48:00 Mental stability: the best ergogenic aid 49:00 What gym means to us; we are nerds 50:00 Wholesome take-home message from Austin 50:40 10,000 kettlebell swing challenge 54:00 Austin’s transformation 55:00 We completely neglected talking about Lu and Karlos

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    20 May 2024

    Bulk Boys 4: Sam Shethar, Part 2

    Join Sam’s Patreon: @Shethartraining Follow Sam on Youtube: @Shethartraining Follow Sam’s Instagram: @Shethar Follow Max’s Instagram: @the_one_rep_Max Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio Timestamps: 00:00 The best Bulk Boys intro yet 00:50 Sam’s upcoming strongman competition 1:30 Viper pressing the log ladder is jock mode 2:15 One weird trick to bench 600; Sam actually isn’t the biggest guy in the world (yet) 4:00 Sam’s secondary pressing day 4:30 Sam’s pressing hasn’t even reached its final form 4:40 I KNOW YOU LIKE DIPS 4:45 Sam doesn’t like dips (at the moment) 5:50 Sam’s pressing accessories 7:00 My plans for balding gracefully 7:45 SSB and front squats as developmental movements for strongman 8:20 Dealing with big loads in front of your body 9:40 Sam’s advice on elbow pain in the squat 12:00 You can get your back tight without taking a narrow grip 14:00 Grip adjustments 16:00 Sika Strength fetishizes Max 16:10 Sika Strength acknowledges Sam 17:00 SHW powerlifting is won with the squat 19:45 Sam’s best squat (technically) 21:15 We hate leverage copers 22:30 You’re only weak because you haven’t gotten stronger 25:00 Practice tech on your main movement, then go get diesel 26:30 Self-limiting variations 30:00 Execute your warmups with the same tempo as your heavy work 31:30 Expectations transitioning from a hypertrophy phase into a strength block 32:30 Should you incorporate singles year-round? 35:15 Sam’s thoughts on DUP 37:00 Asynchronous descent speed on the squat 38:00 Just accept that you are a tennis ball 39:00 Low bar in heels or flats? 40:00 Stair calves for ankle mobility 40:45 A dumb circle jerk 42:00 History vs. PubMed; limitations of studies 43:10 SAM WANTS PICS 44:30 Sam’s two-year plan for strongman 47:30 THE SEVEN CATEGORIES 48:30 Sorry fellas, looks like you actually have to train your weaknesses 49:00 Understatement of the century 49:45 Sam’s garage is turning into a sandbox 51:00 The power of repetition 52:00 What Sam’s touching, and how much he touches it 52:45 Wisdom from Bromley 53:40 Long-term goals aren’t evidence-based 55:30 Sam’s hidden hands 56:30 Incremental goals are the way 57:30 Sam unequivocally promises us that he WILL bench 700 (jk) 59:00 The infinite five pounds fallacy 1:01:00 How Sam will know it’s time to exit strength sports 1:02:30 Why Sam is pretty anti-weight cut for strongman 1:04:30 Sam steals fat person valor 1:06:00 Gatekeeping in strongman 1:08:00 I drastically underestimate the length of Sam’s Youtube tenure 1:09:00 We summon  @AlexanderBromley  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCclRFAVSUGe8cu9JkvY6nNA) to the podcast 1:10:00 Obligatory content creator discussion 1:12:00 I say “you know” way too much, you know? 1:13:00 Guess I need a whiteboard 1:14:30 Video production is like benching 1:15:45 A bright new idea for Sam’s GoPro 1:16:00 Where to find Sam 1:17:00 Wholesome gratitude 1:17:45 Stan Efferding is CONFIRMED for Large Lads 22

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    20 May 2024

    Bulk Boys 3: Sam Shethar, part 1

    Join Sam’s Patreon:  @ShetharTraining  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCbfech0sWPH3jaoJtmg9-nQ) Follow Sam on Youtube: @ShetharTraining Follow Max’s Instagram: @the_one_rep_Max Timestamps: 00:00 Hype-ish intro 01:08 Moment of silence for our brother in bulking, Jakob S 1:40 Sam’s annual sumo pull; how to be a natural spread-legged tugger 4:10 Abusing rep PRs; testing vs. training 8:10 A quality single is worth more than a shitty double 11:40 Programming off of a clean max 13:10 Do not implement without considering context 16:30 Ed Coan is built different 17:40 Work capacity is trainable 19:10 Productive vs. feasible frequency 21:10 Monocles as an ergogenic aid 22:40 Vocab word of the week: interoception 27:00 The broad applicability of an athletic background 31:30 The power of an autistic mindset 34:30 The Shane Hunt mentality 37:15 Productive tunnel vision 39:00 Familial tunnel vision 40:00 Self-knowledge, self-honesty 41:10 Sam’s origins as a boxer 46:40 Revenge arc completed 49:10 Chasing a sensation vs. chasing an outcome 51:10 We delve into my self-imposed childhood trauma 54:10 How to stunt your growth 56:00 Lukas Verzbicas kicked my ass 57:00 The talent pool in strength sports is deepening 59:00 Sam’s first meet 1:00:30 Taking Bull Stewart by the horns 1:02:30 Sand squatting national champion 1:03:30 Supertraining nostalgia 1:04:00 Taking yourself seriously is dork mode 1:06:00 What raw really means 1:08:00 Pool noodle deadlifts 1:10:00 Obligatory Haack vs. Coan debate 1:13:00 Handicapping your lifts on social media 1:15:00 In spite of vs. because of 1:16:00 I completely misinterpret Sam’s training approach 1:18:00 Benching 600 allowed Sam to go all in on strongman Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    20 May 2024

    Bulk Boys 2: Jakob S, Part 2 (JSStrength)

    Part two of my interview with Jakob S of  @JSStrength  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCQPUIPFfCrNyz5u29Ccr4EA). We cover his implementation of conjugate, the strategies he employed to skyrocket his bench, his strongman aspirations, his origins as Charmander, and the fire that drives him. Timestamps: 00:15: Jakob shows us what’s under his hoodie 00:30 Jakob’s take on conjugate 2:00 accessories to bring up weak points 3:00 how Jakob implements max effort into his own training 4:30 focusing on a single goal; you’ve got the upper and the lower 5:15 not squatting to squat more; Jakob’s latest squat PR 6:45 the allure of specializing 7:40 Jakob’s spine is a forklift 9:00 we shit on sumo 10:00 sometimes you have to spread your legs to win 11:10 Jakob can basically deadlift 700 11:45 What’s in Jakob’s closet 13:30 I become a crotchety old man 14:30 How Jakob benched 315; one weird trick to cure sternum pain 17:00 Jakob’s most meaningful P.R. (not what you think) 20:20 We hate technique lords 21:00 Strongman is the most holistic test of strength 22:30  @peterubishfitness  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCheOfJyzqcIfGLjtMJbyxPg) gave Jakob 20-rep squats 23:10 The humor gets dark 23:45 We act like w’re going to end the podcast 24:30 Jakob’s plan for his meet 25:10 THESE HANDS 26:30 Jakob hears voices 27:30 Jakob is Charmander 28:15 how to train your demons 29:15 We act like we’re going to end the pod again 29:30 We delve into my history of disordered eating and endurance sports 36:00 That one shredded friend 37:30 We’re all built different 38:20 We critique the pod before actually ending it Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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    20 May 2024

    Bulk Boys 1: Jakob S (JSStrength)

    On the first installment of the Bulk Boys podcast, I interview Jakob S of @JSStrength, a powerlifter and coach who's already putting up staunch numbers at the age of twenty. (Correction: I said he was twenty-one in my introduction, but his birthday isn't until April 1st.) Our conversation covers the impact of temperament on training, how to progressively overload your mindset, our mutual fanboying over  @ShetharTraining  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCbfech0sWPH3jaoJtmg9-nQ) and  @peterubishfitness  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCheOfJyzqcIfGLjtMJbyxPg), and selfishness as the truest path to altruism. Stay tuned for part two of our discussion, which should be dropping on Easter. You can find Jakob at  @JSStrength  (https://studio.youtube.com/channel/UCQPUIPFfCrNyz5u29Ccr4EA) on Youtube and jsstrength_0 on Instagram, and email him at jsstrength@outlook.com for coaching inquiries. TIMESTAMPS: 1:50 moving back to New Mexico; gap year 2:50 the challenge of accepting that you know yourself best 6:10 How Jakob got into lifting 7:25 Why overhead and incline pressing have better carryover to contact sports 9:10 Sloth and heartbreak: the perfect potion 11:10 That one ex that we aren’t going to talk about 12:30 pulling a hammy 13:00 Fellas will bang the wall if they don’t have an outlet 13:45 Low bar is a finicky outlet, especially with a hamstring injury 14:15 Jakob’s 500 pound squat 15:00 Becoming the Shane Hunt of Anytime Fitness 15:30 Our mutual admiration of hamstrings; Cailer Woolam’s rear glute spread 16:00 Jakob’s experience coaching high school powerlifters 16:45 Jakob’s experience mogging high school powerlifters 18:00 Jakob’s early and diverse strength training influences 19:15 The benefits of knowing that you don’t know 26:00 Jakob’s freak athlete Dom 27:00 Laboring in obscurity 29:15 Jakob trains every damn day 31:15 Jakob wants you to throw out your pre-workout 31:50 A tornado tries to sweep him off to Oz 33:45 Shouts out to @Shethartraining 34:15 Getting caught in the hype; central fatigue; wave loading your adrenaline 36:40 Tailoring training to disposition 37:30 Jakob’s plans for competing 39:00 Jakob is a true bulk boy 39:15 Jakob is about to stop being a true bulk boy 39:40 Getting veiny for the ladies 40:30 Doing his own dental work 40:55 My bleeding-heart snowflake encouragement 42:45 Closet powerbuilders; why I’m not Dan Green (yet) 43:30 How Jakob programs accessories 44:15 One weird trick to explosive progress 46:30 Bulk boys are carb boys 46:50 Jakob goes exercise scientist about how carbs facilitate anabolic signaling 48:00 Shouts out to @MPMD 48:40 Protein quality/amino acid profiles 50:05 Bulk boys are also beef boys 50:45 I am going to get evicted if I can’t monetize this channel 52:00 Anal pencil-necks 54:15 GPs know broadly, but not deeply 55:00 Just do this thing 56:00 Jakob’s house getting robbed by Andrew Huberman fans 56:40 A simple kind of bulk boy 57:00 Poverty makes you seem enlightened 59:30 You have to address yourself before you can address others; the value of honest selfishness Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio

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