RP Strength Podcast

Nick Shaw

  • 53 minutes 34 seconds
    What's the Best Training Split for Muscle Growth? | Dr. Milo Wolf

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    Dr. Milo Wolf's Links:

    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro + Milo's current split: full body every day

    01:18 Why Milo trains full body every day

    09:01 Does high-frequency training beat up your joints?

    11:06 Do you actually need to warm up for hypertrophy?

    15:29 The best training split/frequency for advanced lifters

    17:13 How many sets per workout is too many?

    24:19 Should you train a muscle if it's still sore?

    29:10 How to know if you should train more days per week

    38:42 Best split for beginners, intermediates, and advanced lifters

    44:00 Full body vs upper/lower vs push pull legs

    46:25 How specialization changes your ideal split

    50:30 Is cramming all your volume into one workout still worth it?

    27 April 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 55 minutes 47 seconds
    Balancing Music Career Chaos And Fitness With Carter Vail

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    Guest Links Timestamps

    00:00 - Intro and welcome to Carter Vail

    01:38 - Entertainment versus education in creator content

    08:30 - Nashville engineering job and committing to music full time

    16:30 - College football background and moving toward LA

    21:22 - Training and diet realities while touring

    32:17 - Finding RP content and improving gym approach

    38:20 - Managing jiu-jitsu training with a busy schedule

    53:50 - Writing the next record and creative process behind new music

    20 April 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 58 minutes 2 seconds
    Coaching Bodybuilders Better: Corey Lindner on Technique, Division Demands, and Athlete Development

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro and first-time guest welcome for Corey Lindner

    05:21 Athletic background: track, high jump, and early lifting

    10:15 Military and fire department experience

    13:45 Transition into bodybuilding coaching

    17:45 Going full time into coaching after losing the firefighter clearance

    30:03 Coaching client breakdown: 95% female and how that shaped his approach

    34:19 Meathead vs science-based: finding the middle ground on load and tension

    47:00 How coaching detail changes from novice to advanced athletes

    50:30 Why division-specific criteria matter, especially in women's classes

    55:30 Where to find Corey and final wrap-ups

    13 April 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 58 minutes 5 seconds
    Army Dietitian Reveals Why Soldiers Struggle With Nutrition | Gerald Ernat

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro and April Fool's Day

    02:25 Gerald's day job: Sports Dietitian for the US Army

    05:54 Common soldier nutrition myths: protein timing, extreme diets, and supplement nonsense

    10:50 Why soldiers should NOT show up shredded to basic or Ranger School

    25:22 Army Body Composition Program: how soldiers get screened and flagged

    32:15 Gerald's backstory: losing 70 pounds after high school and getting into lifting

    45:15 How coaching soldiers and online RP clients is similar

    48:00 On-the-go nutrition go-tos and the protein-plus-fiber framework

    53:45 Client success story and wrap-up

    6 April 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 54 minutes 26 seconds
    Caffeine, Tolerance, and Getting Your Pre-Workout to Work Again with Dr. Eric Trexler

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    Dr. Eric Trexler's Links:

    Timestamps:

    00:00 Eric and Nick's BEEF 🥩

    06:53 Caffeine's prevalence in fitness

    09:10 Eric's caffeine research background

    11:04 Daily caffeine intake (1g/day of caffiene safe?)

    17:30 Effective dosing by bodyweight and when high doses backfire

    22:30 Tolerance and habituation: why your caffeine stops working

    30:15 Caffeine withdrawal: symptoms, timeline, and how bad it actually gets

    41:30 Caffeine sensitivity and genetics

    44:00 Practical upper limits and sleep tradeoffs

    48:00 Strategic caffeine use, deloads, and re-sensitizing

    50:15 Different delivery forms: drinks, food, pills, and gum

    53:45 Does caffeine Dehydrate you? Wrap-up and where to read more

    30 March 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 52 minutes 13 seconds
    The Science of Knowing When NOT to Train Hard (HRV) with Dr. Mike T. Nelson

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    Timestamps:

    00:00 Intro - What brings Dr. Mike back?

    01:20 Dr. Mike's background and how he landed in HRV research

    05:45 What HRV is in plain language

    09:06 How training stress changes HRV acutely and across recovery

    16:00 Deload timing: proactive blocks vs reactive adjustments

    26:55 Athlete vs lifestyle stress: using HRV to decide when to push or pull back

    39:30 Aerobic base, breathing rate, and resilience

    43:45 Supplements and what actually matters

    49:00 Device accuracy, nightly measurements, and low resting HR caveats

    23 March 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Training Past Failure for Muscle Growth: What Actually Works With Dr. Milo Wolf

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    Timestamps

    00:00 Intro,Wolf call, s**ty weather

    02:35 Why training close to failure generally improves hypertrophy

    05:05 Reactive vs planned deloads and fatigue trade-offs

    12:29 Injury risk perspective: failure training in context

    15:42 Study breakdown: failure vs past-failure training

    33:53 Three ways to train past failure: partials, drop sets, and cheat reps

    38:45 More stimulus > less volume

    47:09 Minimal training dose: how little time can still work

    53:36 Escaping all-or-nothing thinking in fitness

    59:12 How to track progress when using failure and beyond-failure methods

    16 March 2026, 3:55 pm
  • 53 minutes 53 seconds
    The Truth About Body Fat Myths with Dr. Pak

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    Dr. Pak's Links:

    https://www.instagram.com/dr__pak/

    https://www.youtube.com/@Dr__Pak

    00:00:00 - "The Pakman's" Greek heritage

    00:06:25 - Myth 1: Can you actually measure body fat accurately?

    00:10:45 - Why body fat tests vary so much (Dexa, Bod Pod, BIA)

    00:15:30 - Waist circumference as a better health predictor

    00:21:10 - Myth 2: Does high body fat prevent muscle gain?

    00:27:30 - The challenge of maintenance

    00:33:00 - Defining a healthy body fat range for men and women

    00:37:45 - Visual body fat charts and why they are unreliable

    00:44:00 - How lighting and social media distort our expectations

    9 March 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Fasted Cardio, VO2 Max & Building a Better Fat-Burning Machine With Dr. Mike T Nelson

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    Dr. Mike T. Nelson's Links:

    https://www.instagram.com/drmiketnelson/

    miketnelson.com

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:05:45 - Dr. Mike T. Nelson's background

    00:07:20 - Defining metabolic flexibility and fuel switching

    00:09:00 - Genetic components of metabolism and the Pima Indian studies

    00:15:30 - Training your body to become more efficient at burning fat

    00:20:15 - Why carbohydrates are the preferred fuel for high-intensity power

    00:29:48 - The truth about fasted cardio for physique athletes

    00:39:21 - Using HRV to gauge recovery and cardio volume

    00:41:28 - High protein diets (1.5g+ per lb) and hunger management

    00:53:37 - NEAT and the subconscious reduction of movement during dieting

    01:04:07 - The importance of VO2 Max for recovery in the offseason

    2 March 2026, 4:59 pm
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Ethan Suplee: 300 lbs Lost & 5 Years of Maintenance - What No Diet Book Tells You

    Ethan's Links:

    Podcast + More

    Weekly Lives:

    https://2way.tv/ethansuplee/

    Want to get even more jacked? Grab the RP Hypertrophy App for your training, and maximize your gym efforts with the RP Diet Coach App to nail your nutrition.

    00:00 - Intro & Welcome Back (5.5 years since last episode)

    06:16 - Ethan's Backstory: First Diet at Age 5

    09:00 - Hitting 536 lbs: The Freight Scale Story

    15:50 - "Just Don't Eat Bread"

    22:55 - Discovering Dr. Mike's TEDx Talk: Ethan hates it 😂

    40:10 - The Maintenance Revelation: Harder Than Dieting?

    51:15 - GLP-1 Discussion: Why Ethan Hasn't Tried Them

    52:30 - Treating Weight Like a Chronic Condition (Sobriety Parallel)

    59:15 - The Future of Dieting: Hunger as a "Solved Problem"

    01:05:45 - Closing: "Life is Not Really a Struggle Anymore"

    23 February 2026, 4:53 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Do Partial Reps Build More Muscle? (Lengthened Partials Explained) | Dr. Milo Wolf

    00:00 - Intro: Is Milo Batman or Robin?

    01:00 - How he finished a PhD young (23 YO BABY 💥)

    06:30 - Why Milo chose to study exercise physiology

    11:49 - What got Milo into lifting?

    16:30 - Bulking mistakes: why big surpluses usually mean mostly fat gain

    26:30 - How Milo started studying ROM as it's related to hypertrophy

    38:45 - Not all partials are equal: stretch-position vs squeeze-position

    44:30 - How Milo feels being assigned "The Stretch Guy"

    49:50 - Milo's principled protocol for max hypertrophy

    56:00 - Rep standardization: partials vs full ROM; Tempo and injury prevention

    16 February 2026, 4:39 pm
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