3D Muscle Journey

Eric Helms, Brad Loomis, and Andrea Valdez discuss the role of science in the 3DMJ coaching practice. How does 3DMJ stay up to date on the latest practical research for our athletes? How do we ignore the fluff and stick with what is actually useful for our coaching needs? And how much science do you even need to know to produce successful athletes? The coaches go over their own personal learning m...

Alberto Nunez, Jeff Alberts, and Andrea Valdez discuss what it takes to win bodybuilding shows. What are the physical characteristics? What are the judges looking for? When does conditioning matter over size? Why would be STOP a client from losing more fat? What are the mental and emotional traits that champions possess? How do some people with favorable genetics still lose their shows? What are t...

Brad Loomis, Jeff Alberts, and Andrea Valdez discuss what it means to be flexible. How is it that they can coach athletes of different ages, genders, mindsets, nationalities, and emotional states? What effect do those things have on these coaches' abilities to deliver messages to their athletes? What are the common errors that the feel inexperienced coaches make? How do you drill the ACTUAL practi...

Alberto Nunez, Eric Helms, and Andrea Valdez discuss their predictions and hopes for the organizational structure of natural bodybuilding. The coaches reveal their opinions on scoring systems, judging criteria, classes and categories, and what they think could benefit the sport going forth. Feel free to add the conversation by leaving comments, reviews, and insights throughout any and all social m...

For the fifth and final 3DMJ Coach interview, Eric Helms leads the episode to learn more about our usual host, Andrea Valdez. She tells all about her personal, professional, academic, and athletic history. Andrea reveals how she became the only addition to Team 3DMJ since it's creation in 2009. She also discusses her not-so-common experiences while earning a Masters Degree in Exercise Physiology,...

Alberto Nunez, Brad Loomis, and Andrea Valdez discuss what it means to be a professional physique athlete. How is a pro different from an amateur? How do you get a "pro card"? How do we treat pro athletes differently as coaches? Is it genetics or hard work that makes the difference? Is the money even "worth it"? This episode dives into these conversations and much more about professional vs. amate...

The fourth of five 3DMJ Coach interviews, Jeff tells all about his personal, professional, and athletic history. He discusses his progress throughout his 30 year career as a natural bodybuilder, how 3D Muscle Journey birthed out of his personal blog and online magazine, and what he does to maintain focus and move forward as one of the top athletes in the world. For the full video interview, show n...

The third of five 3DMJ Coach interviews, Alberto tells all about his personal, professional, and athletic history. For the full video interview, show notes, and links discussed throughout in this episode, visit our site at 3DMuscleJourney.com.

The second of five 3DMJ Coach interviews, Brad Loomis tells all about his personal, professional, and athletic history. For the full video interview, show notes, and links discussed throughout in this episode, visit our site at 3DMuscleJourney.com.

On this week's episode Jeff Alberts, Alberto Nunez and Andrea Valdez discuss the often overlooked aspects of coaching physique athletes, and how although knowing the science and having an evidenced based approach is important, the way in which it is applied is even more critical. Coaching physique athletes is more than just adjusting macros, and [...]

To kick-off Team 3D Muscle Journey's first ever podcast, coaches Andrea Valdez and Eric Helms discuss Eric's background and how he got to where he is today. The two start their discussion covering Eric's childhood, what sports he was involved in, and how a childhood dream of working for the FBI lead him to join [...]