3D Muscle Journey

In this episode, Brad, Jeff, Alberto, and Eric are gathered together in person for an audience-sourced Q&A. What are the coaches' thoughts on intermittent fasting? Can pulling sumo help increase your conventional deadlift? What strategies can someone use to bring up a lagging body part? Does nutrition affect where you store fat or are fat [...]

For the final episode of 2018, Jeff, Eric, and Andrea reflect on how the coaches' roles have changed over the last nine years and elaborate on what their roles are now. This episode is full of personal anecdotes about the coaches' past failures, hard times, and weaknesses, all of which have led the coaches to [...]

In this episode, Eric Helms sits down with Greg Nuckols, Bryce Lewis, and Mike Tuchscherer to discuss Emerging Strategies. Emerging Strategies is a system invented by Mike that is designed to help athletes discover which styles of training they respond best to. The group start their conversation by covering what Emerging Strategies is and how [...]

In this episode, Andrea, Eric, and Brad discuss how they have learned to eat in a healthy balanced way after years of restricted, and at points absurd, dietary behaviors. The coaches start the episode by describing their relationship with food pre-bodybuilding. They discuss how they viewed food during this time and how they made decisions [...]

In this episode, Eric Helms interviews Omar Isuf, Jacob Schepis, and Dr. Mike Israetel. One by one, Eric asks each of the guests to share some of their most valuable anecdotes and observations since beginning their careers in the fitness industry. To kick off the episode, Omar and Eric discuss the importance of helping your [...]

Welcome to season twelve of the 3DMJ Podcast! In this episode, Jeff, Alberto, and Andrea discuss the influence of gender differences in online physique sport coaching. This is an important topic that up until now has received very little public discussion. During their conversation, the coaches look at coach-athlete gender differences from multiple perspectives: males' [...]

The 3DMJ coaches are back with another Q&A session! In this episode, Eric, Alberto, and Andrea answer seven questions sourced from the 3DMJ community. The questions addressed during this episode span a wide range of topics, including: the coaches' thoughts on using anger to fuel your training, advice for how to coordinate one's training with [...]

In this episode, Eric Helms talks with special guest Brian Minor (natural pro bodybuilder, USAPL powerlifter, and coach) about the theoretical and hypothetical differences between various repetition ranges and their effects on different fiber types. The coaches begin their discussion by unpacking one of Brian's blog posts on progressive overload, then dive into a stimulating [...]

Coaching strength and physique athletes is much more than prescribing macronutrient targets and writing training blocks, it's an emotional journey. There are highs, lows, fears, sleepless nights, and lingering memories of past mistakes. In this episode, Jeff, Andrea, and Brad offer a deep look into the challenges they face behind the scenes as coaches. They [...]

In this episode, Brad, Andrea, and Alberto discuss nutrition recommendations for powerlifters. In a sport with such high-focus on proper periodization, technique, and equipment to maximize performance, how much does nutrition matter? The coaches begin the episode by going over what they look for when evaluating a powerlifter's application and the most common reasons powerlifters [...]