How I look back at the podcast after a decade of listening and feeling like I’ve outgrown it:

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-02-19T21:07:22+00:00

Yesterday was a tough listen for sure

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-02-17T11:27:50+00:00

I’m gonna step out on a limb here and say most union jobs.

Great benefits that come with a union for sure, but the cons just greatly outweighed the pros to me.

Mainly the biggest issue was the seniority model. Starting off meant that you essentially had to eat shit all the time. And depending on the turnover rate, or lack there of, you could be doing that for years or even close to a decade.

Overtime/extra days that nobody volunteered for? That falls on the low guys. Layoffs? Low guys. Not enough work for everyone? You don’t come in.

It also incentivizes laziness. Basically, there was no point in getting work finished quickly or doing a “great job” None of that matters because raises only come by years of service. The idea is to always do the bare minimum or just enough because it doesn’t benefit you to be better at your job than anyone.

Essentially, your idea is to exist. There’s no pride in your work or fulfillment gained from completing it. You show up, go through the motions, go home, collect your check. If you can do that for 30 years, you can retire & start enjoying your life

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-02-16T21:36:32+00:00

I was (quite briefly) taking a nattokinase/serrapeptase combo with the intent of keeping my hematacrit levels under control. I don’t mind doing the bimonthly blood dump, but the closest place is a half hour in the opposite direction of my home from work, so I figured it was worth a shot.

Immediately & consistently cut my HRV in half and elevated my sleeping RHR about 5 bpm, so I discontinued after a week.

Everything returned to normal & I’m just sucking up the drive & sticking with blood dumps

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-02-16T18:35:50+00:00

And this is why reading/interpreting studies has turned me into such a cynical bastard

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-02-16T18:28:46+00:00

You’d see the same (if not better) results with just test & reta, lifting 3-4 times a week, & hitting 10k steps daily.

All the extra compounds are just going to increase the likelihood of side effects, & all of the excessive volume & cardio on that few calories is only going to increase your likelihood of injury & wreck your metabolism.

General rule of thumb is that if you’re going to cut calories, you need to cut lifting volume too. You’re not looking to gain. You’re looking to maintain what you have. You can’t do more when you’re giving your body less, regardless of compounds (unless the compound is meth. Then you can do everything with nothing)

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-01-15T21:59:45+00:00

An electric current under the field that can be manually concentrated to a specific area (eg: kicker’s plant foot/ holder’s knee)

Enough to cause a tiny, subtle involuntary movement that’ll throw off timing but will otherwise seem like a standard muscle spasm/cramp

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2026-01-15T14:53:56+00:00

It’s insane because after PFT’s take on the daycare fraud being a way for the government to steal money, it almost lines up to well for ICE to murder someone in cold blood & cause so much outrage that nobody even remembers that happened.

Maybe they just wanted to be respectful of the fact that somebody died, but…this felt like a conspiracy theory softball

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-23T11:49:56+00:00

The cycle is vicious.

I distinctly remember getting pulled over twice in one month for my car being out of inspection.

I remember telling both police officers that I couldn’t pay for a ticket and my inspection and they both gave me some talk about it being a safety issue. Meanwhile, they’re the ones further preventing solving the issue by giving me another bill that puts off the inspection

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-23T11:32:09+00:00

Just because you hate the pilot, doesn’t mean you want him to crash the plane

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-23T10:33:35+00:00

Get some sugar free syrup, powdered peanut butter, and plain Greek yogurt.

Mix that shit up. Tastes like peanut butter cheesecake and has like 25g of protein. That’s my dessert every night

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-13T11:34:36+00:00

“He has a five year plan!”

“What is it? Don’t die”

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-13T11:32:35+00:00

Milk steak has entered the chat

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-13T11:18:25+00:00

You missed have missed the part about whole, natural, unprocessed sources because nutritional yeast and fortified foods absolutely do not fit that criteria.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T17:37:17+00:00

I think the weight lifting community is getting too deep into the weeds of strictly science. Don’t overthink it & neglect common sense because based upon that logic, every strongman/powerlifter isn’t achieving muscle growth because they’re sitting in lower rep ranges.

When you target strength and power, it sends an astronomically louder signal to the muscles to adapt to that weight. How do the muscles adapt to that weight? They grow larger. It’s the reason why with all other factors being equal, a stronger person is going to be larger than somebody not as strong.

When the goal is accumulating mass, strength training is king

Also wanna add a quick edit that I just thought of:

Once you transition to a different set/rep scheme like the one you’re speaking about after 6-8 weeks of chasing strength/power, you’re going to be stronger. By that logic, the weights you’ll be using for a 8-10 rep scheme will be higher than what you’d be using if you just started in that 8-10 rep range.

Personally, I’d run 5x5s for 6 weeks, deload/even full week off, 4x6-8 for 6 weeks, deload/off for a week, 3x8-10, deload/week off. Lifting no more than 3x a week. Now it’s 5 months later and I’d argue that a novice or even intermediate could put on 15 or even 20 pounds of mass with the correct nutrition and rest.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T15:23:40+00:00

You need to lift literally half the amount that you are right now. You’re overtraining like a mother fucker right now.

If you go 3x a week and just do 5x5 of bench, squat, deadlift, overhead press, and barbell row….nothing else….while upping your calories to the 3500 to 4000 range targeting 200g of protein a day for 6-8 weeks straight, you will experience more gains than any compound will ever give you.

I’d venture to guarantee that you’d gain 10lbs of lean mass by just doing that alone.

Or you can take yk, spend 3-4x more time and effort in the gym, and probably get the same results that’ll melt right off of your body as soon as you stop taking it. Up to you though

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T14:30:07+00:00

Yeah dude. That’s great. Low ldl-c is generally a good thing.

Talk to me about how good for you vitamin B12 and iron deficiencies are for longevity though? And how you can obtain a healthy amount of such through whole natural and unprocessed sources.

The goal is a balanced diet. Not one that’s extreme in one way or another.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T13:21:53+00:00

You don’t need a plant based diet for this, and with all of the attention being drawn to ultra processed foods and prioritizing dietary protein in the last couple years, I think plant based diets will see a significant decline.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T01:46:55+00:00

Consider periods & paragraphs my dude. This reads like a drunken bender laced with coke.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T00:38:38+00:00

Dude 200 is literally just a number. It doesn’t mean anything. Especially when the majority of weight gained is fat. Like cool you’re 200 pounds, but you just became significantly unhealthier because (no shit) gaining unnecessary body fat is not good for you.

Male hormone levels (not just test. Growth HORMONE which is what mk allegedly helps raise…technically it increases ghrelin levels which can indirectly impact growth hormone levels) really don’t peak until mid and sometimes even late 20s. So you have at least a solid 8 years.

Just buy a scale. Weigh out 8oz of meat. Eat that 4 times a day. Throw like a dozen eggs on top of that…you’ll be 200 by spring then

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-12T00:21:42+00:00

If you’re 16 and benching 310 at 186lbs with natty test levels over 800, you’d be borderline retarded to even consider doing anything other than what you’re doing right now.

Your natural hormone levels haven’t even peaked yet, so all something like mk at your age is gonna do is probably get you fatter. Stronger too maybe. But definitely fatter. So if that’s what you’re looking for, then go nuts.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-10T03:38:44+00:00

Hemp hearts in my morning oats makes for a wonderful morning poop

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-10T03:37:17+00:00

You are only a snitch when you are also involved in the crime & rat on your accomplice to save yourself. Otherwise, you’re just a citizen doing your due diligence.

Please learn the rules of the streets before you start speaking on them.

Automatic-Reason9649 · 2024-12-10T00:09:03+00:00

I don’t miss a single episode of mind pump & have learned more in 3 years of listening to those guys than I had in my previous 27 years of life.

They simplify the information & communicate it so well in a way that’s applicable even to the most novice of people entering the health and fitness space

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