The Revive Stronger Podcast

Cliff Wilson is one of the top bodybuilding coaches having taken his clients to earn over 110 pro cards, 75 professional titles, and 9 world championships. Doing so using a combination of scientifically proven methods and newer, experience-driven techniques. This time, Cliff is talking about how to best assess your physique Timestamps: 00:32 Cliff gives an update on his situation and experiences m...

Jacob is a doctor of physical therapy and works in collaboration with the Strength Guys. He is passionate about spreading solid information and busting myths and correcting misconceptions surrounding the human body as it pertains to physical therapy. We discuss some of the fallacies trainees and physios fall into with ‘band-aids’ and get to the core of how to solve people's problems. Furthermore,...

Jared Feather is a very competitive bodybuilder with an MS in Exercise Physiology. He is the contest prep coach at Renaissance Periodization. In today's episode we cover listener questions from differences in recovery between enhanced and naturals to what Jared and Mike Israetel don’t agree upon. Some interesting insights as always from Jared about genetic elite. Timestamps: 02:38 Difference betwe...

Mike and Alex have been on at episode 176 & 180. This time, we got them on again to talk about pre-exhaust. Timestamps: 00:43 Alex's ideas/thoughts of pre-fatigue 03:48 Mike's take on pre-exhaust 12:49 Theory and idea about pre-fatigue 20:31 Alex gets back to Mike's points and talks about staying away from failure for pre-exhaust 24:04 Mike gets back to Alex's point with disagreement and how to pr...

Peter is a natural bodybuilder and has a PhD in nutritional sciences. He has been involved with some major publications including one discussed in this episode; Nutritional Recommendations for Physique Athletes. We cover rates of loss, traits of successful bodybuilders, diet breaks and much more. Timestamps: 00:08 Natural bodybuilding and progress 04:47 Getting stage ready and recovery process 13:...

Greg is my go-to guy for all things sleep, for good reason. Greg helps a range of individuals feel and perform better, from elite athletes to CEOs to people who have mood disorders. Since he did his PhD on the topics of sleep, nutrition, and metabolism, Greg spends much of his time helping individuals sleep better, but his interests are much wider than this subject alone. Highlights of Greg's care...

Intuitive Eating is becoming popular, what are the applications to physique competitors? This is part 2 of the 2 part video roundtable. Part 1 can be found here: https://youtu.be/H9vz6vd21tc In today's podcast we have our biggest roundtable to date with Gabrielle Fundaro, Mike Israetel, Jackson Peos and Miguel Blacutt. All of these individuals have slightly different takes on intuitive eating and...

Intuitive Eating is becoming popular, what are the applications to physique competitors? In today's podcast we have our biggest roundtable to date with Gabrielle Fundaro, Mike Israetel, Jackson Peos and Miguel Blacutt. All of these individuals have slightly different takes on intuitive eating and its application and had a very fruitful discussion. We go from defining intuitive eating (and the miss...

Andrew is a Pro Natural Bodybuilder who has been training and competing for over 10 years. He is a previously five-time British Champion with the British Natural Bodybuilding Federation as well as a World amateur champion. Andrew also has judged physique contests for over 7 years and has judged at British and World Finals. He also regularly competes in Strongman and Powerlifting events. Andrew hol...

Matthew Stults studies the interface between exercise/physical activity and mental stress, which his research demonstrates is related to impaired muscular recovery after exercise. He also investigates the impact of stress on efforts to be physically active. He has a PhD Kinesiology and Health Education and is the Clinical Exercise Physiologist at Yale-New Haven Hospital. In today's episode we dig...

Valentin is a pro natural bodybuilder and coach. He has been working as a personal trainer and physique coach for several years. As an athlete, he is a professional natural bodybuilder with the IPE. Valentin is also a speaker at Intelligent Strength for their Strength Coach program. This episode we're talking about dietary periodisation, especially in a contest prep scenario. Timestamps: 01:31 How...

In this episode, he and Mike talk in DEPTH about biomechanics and individualisation of exercises. This is the 1st part of 2. Next week you'll get the next episode :) Mike is back with another roundtable and is joined by Kassem Hanson. Kassem is the creator of N1. N1 is a company that educates coaches in individualised biomechanics, program design and nutrition. Kassem’s background is in strength a...

James is back and covering things about diet breaks, weighted apparel, blood flow restriction and much more! Timestamps: 00:32 Anything come up or changed in regards to volume? 03:18 How to go about rest periods 04:19 Diet breaks 06:32 Studies and validity of the outcome when it comes to diet breaks 08:28 Length of diet breaks to become beneficial? 09:19 Practical differences between a competitor...

Miguel is back and covering things about Intuitive Eating, NEAT, fasting & autophagy and much more! Timestamps: 01:06 What has Miguel been up to? 07:14 Intuitive eating 11:32 Can someone truly intuitively eat after having a background of tracking? 13:43 Conflict of palatability & "unhealthy" foods and intuitive eating 15:33 Difference between intuitive & mindful eating 18:40 Practical applications...

Mike is back with another Q&A! This time we're talking about genetics, resensitisation, how to gauge MEV and changes in the exercise science world. Timestamps: 00:23 When is the genetics card appropriate to bring up 11:39 Results and genetics. They got to the point despite of what they do and not because of what they do 17:06 What if the training actually was the best thing for an individual even...

Chris is a published researcher, educator, coach, and natural bodybuilder. We discuss some programming details for bodybuilders including some of the mistakes people commonly make and some advanced exercise sequencing ideas. Furthermore, we delve into some of Chris’s coaching experience to identify what traits successful clients tend to hold. This isn’t one you’ll want to miss! Timestamps: 01:14 T...

This week, Tim goes into a discussion with Dr. Mike Israetel about low frequency vs high-frequency training. Tim has a BS in Kinesiology and a huge passion for powerlifting. He is the director of the National Personal Training Institute and has been competing in powerlifting for over 20 years. Tim has written for the likes of t-nation.com, Arnold.com, thePTDC.com, amongst many others. Timestamps:...

Cody started as a highly successful personal trainer but desired more knowledge. So he went down the route of further education which eventually led to a PhD in Exercise Physiology. He is now a coach and a researcher and we will be touching on his experience with both of these today. Cody wants to bridge the gap between scientific research and practical application to bring efficient results. If y...

Jeff Alberts aka the godfather of natural bodybuilding. Jeff has over 30 years of training experience and is a natural pro bodybuilder with the WNBF. He is also a coach and founder of 3d muscle journey a leading coaching service for natural powerlifters and bodybuilders. Today we talk about his most recent prep, how it was so successful vs. other preps, peak week, post show and how training has ch...

Mike has been on several times but Paul Carter hasn't! Paul Carter specialises in hypertrophy and body recomposition. If you’ve ever read an article on T-Nation there is a strong chance it was by Paul. He is a prolific writer not only for T-Nation but also contributed to flex magazine and Muscle and Fitness. Paul is a coach and works with pro bodybuilders and elite strength athletes. In this highl...

Mike Israetel is once again back with a Q&A. This time we're talking about high-frequency training, the validity of refeeds and diet breaks and much more! Timestamps: 00:38 Mike is talking about high-frequency training gives a bit of insight where he is with his own training. 09:26 How much cardio is too much during prep? 15:07 Best cardio 20:19 Stairmaster 24:17 Avg. diet length. Too long and too...

Brad Schoenfeld the hypertrophy expert is back on the podcast. Brad is arguably the most prolific researcher when it comes to the development of muscular hypertrophy. Also an author and trainee himself he has huge amounts of experience. We’re delighted to have him back on the show to talk about his opinion of effective reps and training to failure and much much more! Timestamps: 00:54 Brad starts...

Mike and Alex have been on at episode 176 to discuss their ideas about the optimal progression scheme for hypertrophy. This time, we got them on again to talk about soreness and pumps. Timestamps: 00:57 Alex starts off with muscle damage and hypertrophy 03:58 Mike responds to Alex take on muscle damage 12:45 Alex gets back to what Mike said about muscle damage. 14:25 Mike criticises Alex's views o...

Dr Jake Linardon is the Research Fellow and Psychology Lecturer at Deakin University in Melbourne, Australia. After completing a PhD in 2018, he has continued his research into eating disorders, with a primary focus on testing and evaluating a broad range of treatment approaches for eating disorders. His research has also been published in numerous scientific journals, and he is also one of the ed...

Dr Scott Stevenson is back! This is part 2 of a 2 part video show with Scott. Part 1: https://youtu.be/wTzXz6SrpqM Scott has a PhD in Applied Exercise Physiology and has published peer-reviewed scientific literature. He is also a competitive bodybuilder with plenty of success, with four overall titles, including the 2009 NPC Mr. Arizona, and four top 5 national level showings. With over 30 years l...