Q&A's Videos

April Q&A 1 – Part 3

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Thoughts on single arm barbell landmine rows? I’ve seen you do them with John meadows and a long time ago on your IG, how come you don’t do them more often?
You and josh both used to do seated nautilus rows quite frequently at mi40, could someone substitute seated dual cable rows for those and use them as a main exercise to progress load with ? Pending execution is good

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Any tips for shaving body hair, specifically pre-contest

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Hi Joe. I’ve noticed that my adductors tend to bulk like crazy while my quads are slow to put on size. I can always feel my adductors working hard during squats and lunges. Is this a mobility issue or am I simply neglecting to offset the load to the muscles I’m intending to use?

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Is there a reason you deadlift “touch and go” rather than from a reset each rep?
What are the pros and cons of each within the scope of Hypertrophy?
My reps are cleaner when I pause before each rep, so touch and go for me means using less weight or worse execution.

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When you set your band tension with the bands totally lose on the bench press. Do you feel like the bands come off or feel like their is a big difference in tension. Where it comes on and completely off a certain points of the movement. Or am I just not setting it up properly

Hope my explanation makes sense?

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Will you be posting the entire routine you’ve given to Aaron for his calf transformation? It’d be cool to do it alongside him as well, thanks!

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Loving all the info about lat training, its really transformed the way i think about exercise selection on back day.
The nautilis xpload lat pulldown you rated as one of the best machines you have used for lats and i can see why.
My gym doesn’t have one, what would you suggest as the next best machine or setup for a pulldown movement?
(I have all the prime ro-t8 handles if that changes anything)

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What are your views on intermittent fasting for fat loss and muscle retention, and diet adherence.
Also, some research suggests that it helps enhance growth hormone production, and being in that fight or flight mode (via not eating and being fasted) helps target adipose tissue . This is speaking from experience of fasting.
I feel quite attached to the fact that it it keeps me in check mentally with my diet, for what ever reason, and have had fantastic results using it, based on the fact I was 20 stone at one point and around 35% body fat (rough figure from memory). It was a tool I used towards the end of my weight loss transformation, however, now I look to build muscle while keeping fat as low as possible. Just wondering if keeping it on board is detrimental to my progression with regards to hypertrophy. Would love to know what you think!