The Improvement Season Podcast

We're back in after the holidays with a episode about mental health, coaching intensity online and failure or not when fatigue equated? Timestamps: 00:00 Happy New Year 08:18 Mental health 20:35 Start of the cut 33:17 Coaching intensity online 43:10 Emphasis blocks & frequency for smaller muscle groups 55:40 Higher volume/away from failure or Low volume/close to failure better when fatigue equated...

We're back with another episode. Hopefully, you guys have a lovely holiday. This time we're talking about the Mr. O, carbs closer to a workout or bedtime and if a top set+backoff set is how you should train. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:12 Vitamin D 08:24 Mr. Olympia 16:14 Prep planning 25:39 Home gym equipment 29:45 Carbs closer to a workout or closer to bedtime? 38:52 Overhead pressing necessary f...

We're back with another episode. Hopefully, you guys have a lovely holiday. This time we're talking about the ultimate goal, how to make use of physique pics and if P-ratios are overrated. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:08 What's the situation like in the UK & Germany 09:26 Pascal's current training 11:26 Ultimate goal: Looking better at higher bodyweights 12:21 How to use physique pics 19:32 Prioriti...

We're back with another episode. This time, we're talking about injuries, soreness, when training with soreness is okay and when it's not, technique, and much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 07:00 Injury 08:40 Soreness 09:51 How can 2 sets per bodypart be enough?! 21:13 When is it okay to train when still sore and when is it not? 31:24 How to get back into the gym after being sick 34:01 What to do b...

We are back with another Coaching Corner. This time I am joined by Coach Jess and Coach Ryan to talk about Christmas and how to deal with that period of the year Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:56 How to approach Xmas 05:11 Mindset around xmas 08:41 Excessive approach. What is Ryan doing? 11:24 Change of focus during the xmas time and it's about your choices 17:41 How to approach alcohol intake and dea...

We're back with another episode. This time, we're talking about belt squats, nosebleeds, struggling to gain weight and if a big or small surplus is the way to go. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 07:26 Identifying with big bodybuilders 10:09 Hometraining update 19:26 Steve update 21:40 Belt squats 24:25 Steve bought a house 32:39 Nosebleed? 35:25 Gaining with a huge surplus? 50:44 Strength differences on o...

We're back with another episode. This week we're talking about plans for our contest prep, reflecting on our own progress, how much rely on goal settings and much more. 00:00 Intro 01:46 Lower back rounding and deficit pulls 07:33 Plans for contest prep 10:39 Reflecting on own progress 23:12 Steve update 27:01 Upper limit of fat intake in a gaining phase? 33:59 How much do we rely on goal setting?...

We're back with another episode talking about the overreaching symptoms, Diet Breaks, Supersets vs Straight Sets, Single Session volume and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:16 Diet Break 09:27 Steve gives an Update on where he's at 29:01 Steve's Mini Cut 18:19 Equipment for at home 22:46 Presentations on membersite 24:41 How much work do we work on nutrition with clients? 27:10 Supersets more...

We are back with another Coaching Corner. This time I am joined by Coach Jess and Coach Harry to talk about the biggest and most common mistakes we see with clients. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:05 Trying to do too much at once, especially volume 10:41 10-20 Hard Sets as a general rule of thumb 14:11 Opportunites and mindset 19:59 Exercise selection 23:02 Form and technique 31:42 Ego lifting 34:02 F...

We're back with another episode talking about the lockdown, Mini Cuts, compound vs. iso movements and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 Lockdown 15:30 Pascal's Primer Phase and sickness 24:33 Plans moving forward 29:01 Steve's Mini Cut 34:40 Compound movements or only doing iso movements? 38:55 Primer Phase 40:55 Reverse Dieting 48:50 Chrono nutrition and noticed any difference? Thanks, please comment,...

We're back with another episode and another lockdown in Germany. We talk about that situation, training at home the second time, rep ranges and future goals. Timestamps: 00:00 New lockdown in Germany 09:32 Lockdown training and equipment 16:11 UK's current situation with Gyms 17:44 Seeing it as an investment with home gym equipment 22:02 Anime chat 26:05 Goals for the future besides training/nutri...

This week we're talking about sickness, Primer Phase considerations, Conditioning vs. Mass and if you do have to push to new highs of bodyweight to progress. Timestamps: 00:00 Being sick 03:59 Primer Phase considerations 08:27 Second lockdown 16:07 Hiking and days off 19:05 Plan moving forward, Mini Cut and contest prep 24:04 Do you have to push to new highs of bodyweight to progress? 29:40 Condit...

We're back with another episode talking about mental barriers, ego at the gym, personal attacks and whether you want to do a Mini Cut or Normal Cut? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:57 Repeating the same performance 03:43 Mentally drained 07:17 Ego at the gym 15:03 Feeling offended by social media comments 19:41 Attack person instead of the argument 25:32 The importance of contradicting ideas 35:32 Mini...

We're back again with another episode of the Coaching Corner. This time we have coach Harry & Physio Mike on board with Steve, talking about Mental Health & Body Dysmorphia. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Mental Health and self-perception 06:47 Definition of success 08:43 Realistic expectations 10:40 Identity 17:45 Experience cures anxiety 23:34 Values analysis 30:42 Emotional attachment 34:53 Help...

We're back with another episode talking about feeding windows, planning next year, imposter syndrome, what to do after a fat loss phase and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 Cups and portion sizes 03:59 Fasting and satiety/hunger windows 13:17 Imposter Syndrome 19:08 Uncertainty of next year and plan moving forward 26:35 Idiotic things we've done when cutting in the past 32:18 Static holds, Static stre...

This time we're talking about the current situation in the UK, overcomplicating things and Self-Coaching, whether it's a mistake or worth it? Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:35 What is the lockdown situation in the UK? And just a ramble about the situation 10:40 Steve shares insight into his meso 14:51 The demands of 2xDay training 18:27 "Overcomplicating" things 22:24 Next year competing? Does it beco...

This time we're talking about whether the bros have been right all along? Timestamps 00:00 Intro 03:45 Pumps 05:56 Metabolite training 10:46 Nutrition for Pascal & Steve 22:08 Sleep and its impact on overall wellbeing 26:22 Struggling with eating more food 33:48 Have the bros been right all along? 47:27 Thinking in a box 49:38 Broish mentality and tribalism 52:01 Staying true to yourself, innovato...

We're back again with another episode of the Coaching Corner. This time we have coach Jess & Ryan on board with Pascal, talking about motivation, willpower and overall adherence. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 05:05 Motivation 07:02 What if you never achieve your goals 10:34 Doing it for other benefits 12:31 Why you can't rely on motivation 19:39 Peer pressure 28:31 Unrealistic expectations 37:57 Before/...

This episode we're talking about overreaching, maintenance and refeed periods, what foot stance for the biggest quad activation and much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Overreaching feelings 05:17 Reactive deloads 08:55 When training & nutrition takes over your life 10:56 Adaptive resistance 13:25 External stressors impacting performance 18:25 Steve's plan moving forward 25:15 How much quad activation wit...

We're back with a discussion about why you're not accurate with your RIR, the typical argument of "complicating things" and just lift hard. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:59 Pimples 05:14 Adaptive resistance and programming 07:50 Concentration 15:24 Making things complicated 19:43 Not doing things arbitrarily 27:09 What is true regression? 29:55 What does a metabolite block look like? 33:21 Intensity...

We're back with another episode! This time we're talking a lot about being a bit more robotic, palatable vs. highly nutrient-dense food, strength loss during a cut and much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:06 What's Pascal's actual age 04:14 Training with others 06:23 Bro-Off 10:09 Argument of "Complicating things" 20:29 Week 4 and eeking out another rep & breathers 26:45 Overtraining symptoms 33:...

We're back again with another episode of the Coaching Corner. This time we have coach Harry, Pascal & Steve on, talking about the three biggest mistakes with their training & nutrition. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:28 Steve's first biggest mistake, no idea about nutrition 07:26 Thinking being the smartest and not making progress 21:15 Dunning Kruger effect 25:15 Not doing the basics 27:18 Perception...

We're back with another episode. This time, we're talking about very hard training, testing the limits, overall set progression and much more. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:00 Way too overreached 07:17 Training too hard 11:27 Testing the limits 17:12 Productive Sets 20:29 Time investment of adding sets 23:37 Highest number of sets for a bodypart 26:53 Considerations for set numbers 31:06 Decline Pres...

This week we're back with another episode and covering a lot of questions. We speak about maturing as a lifter, secrets for delt growth, planning in sessions with friends and much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:15 Week 5 overreaching symptoms 04:12 Questioning how to survive an overreaching week 05:56 Maturing as a lifter 08:54 How was it to be back at the gym? 15:51 Steve's secret for his delt...

We're back with another episode in which we're talking about things such as soreness, strength carry-overs and worst and frustrating athletes ever coached. Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 25:15 Pump and training when sore 32:00 What's the impact on implementing lifts in the lower rep range in a hypertrophy block 41:33 How sore do you get in an overreaching week? 47:23 Worst and frustrating athletes ever c...