[00:00:00] Carl Lanore: [00:00:00] hey, Hey, welcome back to another episode of super Yuma radio. Today is Tuesday, which means that the blueprint power hour, which will begin in just a moment, uh, with coach Rob ruggish, uh, before that we have to thank our title sponsor legendary foods. They had makers of amazing nut butters, seasoned almonds, and of course the tasty pastry, which is a pop tart with nine grams of protein and less than one gram of sugar, show them some love.

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[00:00:54] Uh, let's bring coach Rob on calling all

[00:00:57] Coach Rob Regish: [00:00:57] blueprint army fall in line. [00:01:00] It's time for the blueprint power hour

[00:01:02] Carl Lanore: [00:01:02] with coach

[00:01:02] Coach Rob Regish: [00:01:02] Rodriguez on the superhuman radio network.

[00:01:09] Carl Lanore: [00:01:09] How are you doing Robin?

[00:01:12] Coach Rob Regish: [00:01:12] I am doing great. Uh, I just gave Molly her desiccated liver before the show. And

[00:01:19] Carl Lanore: [00:01:19] did you say dedicated.

[00:01:21] Coach Rob Regish: [00:01:21] Definitely. No, no. Just desiccated liver

[00:01:25] Carl Lanore: [00:01:25] is when you eat liver and you poop it out and then you use it again. Gotta hold that up again. That's a good brand. Hold that up again.

[00:01:32] Coach Rob Regish: [00:01:32] Yeah. This is the now brand of desiccated liver. It's a powder. So you need to know how to down it, which I will illustrate a little later in the show, but, um, My dog loves it. Molly. Molly absolutely goes nuts for it. And, uh, well, so we sprinkle it on her food and mix it in. And, uh, she's a happy camper.

[00:01:53] Carl Lanore: [00:01:53] Dogs love liver.

[00:01:55] I bet she loves the stuff. Don't just smaller. You know, wild. When a wild dog [00:02:00] runs an animal down in the woods, they don't eat the steak beet and the hot, they open up the belly, they eat the liver, they eat the intestines. They eat all the viscera,

[00:02:11] Coach Rob Regish: [00:02:11] Oregon meat. Yup. Yup, no question about it. So, yeah, it's a good day.

[00:02:16] I'm back in action. Uh, I incurred an injury seven weeks into a 12 week program. I was out for three weeks, but yesterday I picked a right up where I left off. So, uh, I'm a happy man.

[00:02:28] Carl Lanore: [00:02:28] So I did something stupid today. I trained legs and, uh, yeah, I'm just getting back into it. I'm not trying to do anything heroic, but interestingly enough, I'm, I'm still as strong as I was before.

[00:02:40] I just have to back off from the volume a little bit. Yeah. So I did the leg extensions, five sets, leg curls, five sets, a leg, add a hip adductor, hip abductor, five sets each the entire stack. And then I moved over to the leg press machine. Cause I wanted to finish off with some leg [00:03:00] presses superseded with toe presses because I've got this wonky left foot that I would like to squat again and dead lift again.

[00:03:07] So I got to stop focusing on it. And so. There was a guy on the machine already. There was, he had five plates on each side. He's like, is that good for you? I said, yeah, it's fine. And so I did 12 reps of leg presses. Then walked my feet down the platform, got my toes where I wanted them. And then I did 12 reps of toe presses finishing with assisted, um, negatives with the left one.

[00:03:34] So I would, I would press up. Drop the right foot and let the left foot control the platform coming down and get a full stretch on the calf. And I did that three times. If I was going to do three sets of that, the last set, I don't know how I forgot to put the, um, the pins backup. You know, that keep the panel from the platform from coming all the way down.

[00:04:00] [00:04:00] And I was done with my toe presses and I did my three assists and all of a sudden, I just let the weight down and I folded up, I folded my toes was still where they were when I was doing toe presses. Thank God I'm wearing steel toe boots. Cause I'm riding the motorcycle everywhere right now. I love riding my motorcycle.

[00:04:19] I love it. Yeah. I reconnected with a part of me that I forgot existed. And so. I have really good, like $275 pair of Caterpillar steel toe boots. I've had them for like 12 years. They look like they're still a brand new that's how good they are. And so the heel of the boot gets caught on the pad that I'm sitting on.

[00:04:42] That's how folded up I became. Ooh. And my legs were like this. They, they, they do bang like that. Literally like the, the, the, my heels of my feet were up against the balls of my ass. I didn't come out of the seat too far. I did come a little bit, but what did [00:05:00] happen was it put a lot of stress on my knees.

[00:05:03] Luckily, a guy behind me saw me get caught. I say, just hold the platform. And I walked my legs back up and I pushed out and I got off. But then when I straightened my legs out, I could feel it now my right knee is, feels a little

[00:05:16] Coach Rob Regish: [00:05:16] tweaky. Just, it could have been even worse. You're actually fortunate.

[00:05:22] Carl Lanore: [00:05:22] Yeah, I could, if the shoes don't catch.

[00:05:25] Then that continues to go. I could have popped my knees, you know, I don't know if I would have pulled up. I could have taken the ACL out of the right knee. I don't have an ACL in my left knee, so I couldn't pull the ACL out of the right knee. I mean, a whole host of things could have gone wrong. I was like, what did I just do?

[00:05:39] As I'm watching the platform come down. I'm like, why didn't it stop? And I'm like, what did I just do? Oh, wait, I forgot to rewrap. Put the racks back up to catch the platform. Wow. Tell me, this is just a result of being out of the gym.

[00:05:54] Coach Rob Regish: [00:05:54] Really? Yeah. Yeah. I can understand that. At least you're back in the gym.

[00:05:58] I'm not yet.

[00:06:00] [00:06:00] Carl Lanore: [00:06:00] We're getting questions. Ready, Jason Waddell. We will answer your question during this segment. I promise you let's start off with the, uh, one of the questions that was sent in ahead of time. Jerry Byers says, where do you come down on antioxidants? Like, do you take them? Which ones? And how can you tell if they're working.

[00:06:18] Coach Rob Regish: [00:06:18] Yeah. You know, um, despite the recent negative press, which I think was being totally misinterpreted, I have always used antioxidants going way back. In fact, to my early, um, early to mid twenties, I was using antioxidant formulas. Uh, but, but let's review though, let's back up a step, uh, and review what they do and why, right.

[00:06:43] You want to be using them. So we've all heard of the, the example where you take an Apple, you cut it in half, you put it on the table, right. You leave it out. And that Browning that occurs on the fleshy skin is [00:07:00] oxidation. Which is going on on the inside of your body. Interestingly enough, if you repeat that experiment, uh, and instead cover the Apple with lemon juice, it takes a lot longer for the Browning to occur and.

[00:07:19] That is speculated due to the antioxidant activity of what's in, um, lemons and certainly other citrus fruits, et cetera, et cetera. So if that's going on, on the inside of your body, you obviously want to, um, slow that down. I don't think you can eliminate it entirely. Um, but there are benefits even beyond that.

[00:07:43] So, um, why did I use them so early? Well, there were two big reasons. Number one, uh, dr. Morrow deepest Squally had just come out, uh, with this book, the sports supplement review. I want to say it was [00:08:00] 1995. So I would have been 25 years old and, or thereabouts, and he recommended an antioxidant formula very, very highly.

[00:08:09] And so when dr. Deepest squalene talks. You should listen. I mean, it pays to listen to what the guy has to say. He is no armchair guru. In addition to being a legitimate medical doctor, he's a powerlifting world record holder

[00:08:26] Carl Lanore: [00:08:26] in three and three, three weight classes

[00:08:30] Coach Rob Regish: [00:08:30] no less. Right, right. So this is, this is a guy that's been around.

[00:08:34] He's seen the theoretical and he's also lived it. So, um, very, very bright man. So he recommends antioxidant use and I began using one of his formulas that was given in the book, things like vitamin C vitamin E beta carotene. Um, later on, I think I added some more exotic stuff. Like Andy's still assisting.

[00:09:00] [00:08:59] And alpha lipoic acid. And I can tell you that when I took that formula immediately after training, uh, immediately I noticed less muscular soreness in the days of followup. So, you know, that is happening at a time when there were a few supplements at all that you could take and had a visible feelable effect.

[00:09:23] So that's one way you can tell that they're working, you can also see antioxidants in action, so to speak when you're using something like a can thousand thin. Or the related carotinoids asked to zap you take those large amounts of them and they build up in your skin. If you're a fair skinned individual, like me who is naturally white as a gallon of milk, and I peel and I burn and that's it, when I am taking asked to Zam thin and or cam FAS and thin, especially [00:10:00] Kansas, I do not burn.

[00:10:02] At all I can lay out for hours and all I do is Tam. So that's another way that you can tell, right. That they're working now. I would tell you that high dose vitamin C uh, vitamin D. If you're not getting the sunshine, vitamin E. Uh, carotinoids such as the  along with, and they shuttle cystine alpha lipoic acid, grape seed, um, and some more, even more exotic ones like Buckminster fuller rein, which I know about thanks to this show, you know, first heard about it here.

[00:10:45] Um, and, and so all of those antioxidants and others have been instrumental in my opinion, uh, in my health. And my performance over the years. So I am actually [00:11:00] working with an ingredient right now that has an incredibly high, what they call ORAC value. Right? That's a measure of its ability to function as an antioxidant, so to speak,

[00:11:11] Carl Lanore: [00:11:11] to quench free radicals,

[00:11:13] Coach Rob Regish: [00:11:13] free radicals.

[00:11:14] So, uh, as, as a point of point of a example, a couple of blueberries, I think has an Oreck of like 5,000. Something, the stuff I'm using now at between 500 milligrams and a thousand milligrams a day has an Oreck value of over 8,000. Contemplate that just for a second entire cup of blueberries versus maybe a gram of this stuff.

[00:11:44] And it has greater antioxidant action. So long story short on antioxidants, I recommend them. Um, I I've been doing them. I've been using them myself from a very early age. Uh, I would tell you, you do need to, to [00:12:00] research them. Sometimes if you take too much of an antioxidant, it can turn into a pro oxidant.

[00:12:07] So more is not always right. Necessarily better. Um, and finally, in closing, I would tell you that I don't think it's any accident. That people that do take antioxidants, generally speaking are healthier. They have fewer wrinkles. They enjoy better recovery from exercise than those that don't. And for me, that's all the evidence that I need.

[00:12:31] Carl Lanore: [00:12:31] So, uh, another antioxidant that we didn't mention just now, but should be mentioned. Well, actually it's two it's glutathione and or an acetylcysteine, which increases glutathione. Glutathione is the master antioxidant in the body. And because it's a master antioxidant, it can be made from several food products like dairy, uh, several supplements, including N-acetylcysteine.

[00:12:56] Or you can supplement with it. I literally just took two grams of it right [00:13:00] before the show. This is the old live on labs product. I still have handy

[00:13:04] Coach Rob Regish: [00:13:04] a liposomal

[00:13:05] Carl Lanore: [00:13:05] liposomal, 450 milligrams of glutathione per pouch. I take two grams a day or close to two grams a day. Um, especially after the show I just did about the benefits of glutathione on COVID related pneumonia.

[00:13:20] And damage to the lungs by glutathione is another important one. And, and, and just training, intense training increases glutathione production. So think about that. That's how important it is that the body makes it when it needs it. So we're getting lots of questions. We will get to all of them. I promise you, the next one comes from Dean Douglas.

[00:13:38] He says, what are your thoughts on myostatin inhibitors? Uh, I thought Biotest had one years ago. That was a seaweed extract. It was. Did it really bind myostatin if, if it didn't does epi catechin.

[00:13:53] Coach Rob Regish: [00:13:53] Yeah. So, um, Biotest did in fact have a seaweed that was found in [00:14:00] studies to bind myostatin. Now that's not the whole story.

[00:14:04] So just keep, keep that, keep listening. Um, specifically the type of, uh, CME that they were working with was something called sister Sierra can there can and nieces. It was found growing off of the Canary islands and thus a similar name.

[00:14:22] Carl Lanore: [00:14:22] It was a re it was a red seaweed, right?

[00:14:25] Coach Rob Regish: [00:14:25] I think it was, I can't remember.

[00:14:26] I never used it. That was the one I avoided, thankfully. Uh, I don't recall it very well may have been. Um, but they were, they were pushing that, I think in the amount of at least a thousand milligrams a day. Now, the problem was that yes, it binded myostatin. But only in the test tube, not in, right in vivo, in the bodies of real life human beings.

[00:14:55] And so consequently, they had been on a major role. It was their [00:15:00] first, um, supplement flops, so to speak. Uh, and they weren't the only ones though. I remember pinnacle the company pinnacle. I don't think they're around anymore. Um, Invested heavily in that too. And there was a second follow on study that I was told they funded and when they didn't get the results that they want and they very quietly stopped talking about it.

[00:15:25] And shortly thereafter, the product went away. So, you know, are there compounds that bind myostatin? Yes. Do they do it in the body? I'll mention one in a second, but do they do it know to an extent where it's actually going to manifest as more muscle tissue? And the answer is no, at least, you know, as a nutritional supplement, now we get to Abby category.

[00:15:52] It is true that epi catechin can lower myostatin via increasing follow step, [00:16:00] but only in the studies that I looked at, but only by about 19%. So, again, thanks to this show. I think you did one saying that you have to bind like 97%

[00:16:13] Carl Lanore: [00:16:13] of nothing. So there's a, a state university of New York scientists came on this show 10 years ago and they did the, uh, they did the seminal research on, on the effects of myostatin on mature muscle.

[00:16:29] We're not talking about an embryo, turning into a fetus, turning into a baby, turning into an adult we're talking about because none of us care about that, right? We're all adults. We want muscle gains now in our muscle. This is this, this is something that most of the research ignores. Um, even dr. Sagan Lee's work will look that myostatin.

[00:16:50] No. Offspring of rodents. So they will, they will became embryos and then fetuses and then babies and, you know, different, different [00:17:00] entirely. Um, and I can't recall what university it was from a state university of New York, but the take away from their research was if you don't find it by 92%, you get nothing.

[00:17:16] Once you get from 92 to 97%. You see, you see activation of protein synthesis and it's from 97 to 99%, that the real magic happens. Number one. And number two, as soon as you stop binding it, all your gains go away.

[00:17:37] Coach Rob Regish: [00:17:37] Yeah. So that's, and that's, um, you know, again, huge credit to SHR for elucidating that because there are still.

[00:17:47] Supplements out there purporting to bind milestones. Right? So my thoughts on myostatin inhibitors are this. They're kind of like SARMs, [00:18:00] except they're even less effective. Um, they don't have the side effect profile of SARMs that we know of. Um, but you know, look, does it help to mild, to lower myostatin, even a little bit maybe.

[00:18:14] Um, but since creatine already does that, And at for pennies on the dollar, why would you spend big bucks on something that purportedly does the same thing, but less efficiently epi catechin to be fair is not entirely useless. Um, NASA was looking at it for long duration space flight and right. Hoping that it would have an anti catabolic action where astronauts.

[00:18:43] Would not lose a significant amounts of muscle tissue. And if they're going to go to Mars and I do believe space X's is going to shoot for it. Um, they need to figure that out. That's a big problem. The Russians, I [00:19:00] think have figured it out. They spend a lot more time in space than we have duration wise.

[00:19:08] And they're astronauts. If you look at them cosmonauts, when they returned to earth, generally speaking, after very long duration flights, they're in a lot better shape curiously enough, uh, than Americans. And I don't think it's an accident. So, uh, we'll have to see about, to see where that goes. Now. I do have a piece coming out in next month with Brent bulletin, showing how epi catechin can be used quite effectively for certain things, but suffice it to say it has nothing to do with myostatin.

[00:19:47] So. My advice is steer clear of myostatin hamburgers.

[00:19:52] Carl Lanore: [00:19:52] Now let's add something to the discussion. Sure. Let's move away from myostatin inhibition and let's move towards FA folio [00:20:00] statin biogenesis for a second. Well, what dr. Sega and lead discovered he's the guy at MIT that discovered milestone what he discovered was suppressing myostatin made rodents twice as muscular as there.

[00:20:17] Non myostatin, inhibited litter mates, but increasing folio statin made rodents four times more muscular than the myostatin inhibited rodents. So, and that's because full of statin in and of itself suppresses myostatin, but it has other anabolic pathways as well. Yesterday, I was supposed to have a guy on the show.

[00:20:43] Named Brian Moscow. Many of you know him as the gorilla chemist, he has been a formulator and a chemist for many popular supplement companies, but Brian's dog got sick about an hour and a half before we supposed to go on the air. And he literally had to rush the dog to the hospital, to the [00:21:00] veterinarian to save it.

[00:21:01] The dog ingested, something that was toxic. It turns out it was like trail mix that had chocolate and raisins in it. Okay. So he will be back on. But we are going to talk about a Psalm that may not be a Psalm at all. It may actually be an anabolic steroid, but they're calling it a Psalm and it goes by the nomenclature, Y K dash 11.

[00:21:26] Coach Rob Regish: [00:21:26] Yup. Heard of it.

[00:21:28] Carl Lanore: [00:21:28] Y K dash 11 is a 19 nor progess pregnant Alona. So it has a, has a sex hormone base, but they're calling it a Psalm. And the reason they're calling it a Psalm is because it appears to only activate certain Porche portions of the anabolic, uh, androgen receptor. However, what it does do is activate the Folstein pathway.

[00:22:00] [00:22:00] And nobody's talking about this. So we will be doing the show. I'm trying to get them rescheduled now. So stay, sit tight. Cause why K 11 may even be something that I may want to try to play around with a little bit,

[00:22:11] Coach Rob Regish: [00:22:11] because

[00:22:11] Carl Lanore: [00:22:11] it may not really be a Psalm. I know they're calling it a Psalm look, dihydrotestosterone DHT docks in the androgen receptor and stimulate the androgen receptor differently than testosterone does.

[00:22:27] So really this whole idea of selective, uh, receptor activation is not something new because hormones do that now. I mean, you know, hormones, testosterone can dock into the estrogen receptor. So what's it doing there? It's gotta be activating something. Otherwise it wouldn't have docked there. So. The jury is out on.

[00:22:50] Why K 11, as far as, as far as I'm concerned of calling it a true Psalm versus just a very unique [00:23:00] anabolic steroid. But one thing is undeniable. It's doing something interesting at the fullest Staten level. And I predict that that is where the magic of this particular compound is,

[00:23:11] Coach Rob Regish: [00:23:11] is gone too. So because of.

[00:23:14] Because it's a 19 nor pregnant alone. Is it on the letter of the law? Legal?

[00:23:21] Carl Lanore: [00:23:21] Well, let's just, first of all, it's, it's licensed by a company that made it well, I don't know the right. The why case, like MK stands for Merck. Yeah. Okay. Y K stands for the name of a company. Why? K 11 is the, obviously the proprietary discovery of some company.

[00:23:36] So it's legality stops right there. You shouldn't be able to make it without that company, uh, getting some sort of license or fee. But really the other thing is it's still an orphan. No one knows what to call it. So, um, Larry Hennings says I'm a big guy, 300 pounds and carry a bit more body fat than I care to.

[00:23:58] I'm only 22. [00:24:00] Wow. But really wanted to get into calisthenics. How do I do this? Given. That I'm a natural endomorph and I got to read the rest of it. Cause it didn't all fit. How do I do this? Because given that I'm a natural endomorph. Oh, come on. Yeah, I'm a natural endomorphin realistically we'll never weigh under 200 pounds.

[00:24:27] What do you think coach?

[00:24:28] Coach Rob Regish: [00:24:28] Well, I'll tell you, this is a great example of knowing what your strengths are. And going with them. So I would tell you that at your age, especially it is acceptable and probably optimal to focus on getting as big and as barbell strong as you possibly can, that you are built for it.

[00:24:51] And realistically you have at least another 10 years where your cardiovascular system will be able to support in your joints [00:25:00] will be able to support a heavier. Wait. Okay. Later on, uh, you know, those same joints, even though they're more robust than, let's say mine, whoever ectomorphic tendencies, there's wear and tear, and certainly with squatting and dead lifting and things like that, um, which is not to say you're going to wind up.

[00:25:23] You're not going to wind up a cripple. Uh, but I'm being realistic here still. Even at this age, you don't need to forego bodyweight altogether. So let me just give you an example. You may have great difficulty because of your weight, performing handstand pushups. You will not have the same amount of difficulty doing things like a handstand balancing.

[00:25:51] Or hand balancing and now you, right, you can, you can still train to do full range reps, but it's going to be [00:26:00] like you're swimming, upstream, uh, however simple handstands against the wall or ultimately freestanding and stamps. Certainly is doable. And for anybody who, who thinks, you know, that that's not going to build muscle, try, try it sometime to see how your shoulders feel afterwards, just holding a hand stamp for really any more than 20 seconds.

[00:26:26] And you will be a believer. You should also strive to perform at least a few body weight. Chin-ups right. As, as those are going to keep you honest. In so far as when you're bulking up, you put 25 pounds on.

[00:26:41] Carl Lanore: [00:26:41] Awesome. If that's, if it's muscle, it's awesome. If it's fat, you're going to have a hard time to, to pull up,

[00:26:47] Coach Rob Regish: [00:26:47] right?

[00:26:48] If, if you, if all of a sudden, now you can't, you were doing two pull ups before and you can't do a single one. Now.

[00:26:54] Carl Lanore: [00:26:54] None of it was awesome.

[00:26:56] Coach Rob Regish: [00:26:56] You know, you got to go back and figure it out. Um, [00:27:00] bridging is another movement that you can certainly do no matter how big and heavy you get. And so for those thinking that, Hey, just because I'm over 200 pounds, these calisthenics are going to be impossible.

[00:27:13] Um, let me put it this way. I want you to look up a guy by the name of Bert as a Rotty, uh, who was a turn of the century strong man slash wrestler, uh, who until this day. Just inspires off because that over 240 pounds, he was the heaviest man ever to perform the iron cross on the rings and to finish his strong man act just, this is the finish.

[00:27:42] Um, he would flip up into a hand stamp. He would then balance on one arm on one hand. Okay. And he would hold that. For a period of time. And then he would arch into a full bridge before [00:28:00] reversing it, standing up and finishing it, finishing by dropping into the full splits. Wow. This, this is an enormous man, uh, endomorph through and through yet, he had that kind of, you know, dexterity in balance.

[00:28:19] So, um, Whatever body weight skills you do develop, they will, uh, that will likely extend your lifting career in some cases considerably. So here's the bottom line you can play to your strengths, which I would encourage you to do, but also explore what you can do. And so far as the body weight stuff, in many ways, it's even more impressive than big squats, benches and dead lifts, because if you've ever seen.

[00:28:50] A really big man with flexibility and balance, like I'm describing right. To match his incredible barbell strength. It is all [00:29:00] inspiring stuff. They are not, they're very rare. Right? Very rare.

[00:29:06] Carl Lanore: [00:29:06] We're going to, we're going to take a quick commercial break. And when we come back, we're gonna hit the questions from the audience.

[00:29:12] So if you were patiently waiting, your questions will be answered in just a moment. So stay tuned. You're watching and listening to the blueprint power hour with coach Rob ruggish and myself, we shall return in just a moment.

[00:29:29] welcome back. Let's work our way through the live questions. We have lots of live listeners and Watchers. And so here we go. We start with the first one from Jason Waddell. He said what's the best way for a hard game to add mass. My 16 year old son is six, five and 148 pounds.

[00:29:47] Coach Rob Regish: [00:29:47] Wow, that's a great question.

[00:29:49] And, um, I've got a great answer for you. So it's a two step approach. Number one, you want to buy him a book called the super squats? My Randall [00:30:00] J Straza provided he's familiar with squatting and has, you know, some training under his belt. Uh, this book changes lives. It changed my life. Uh, it will teach him how to train.

[00:30:15] Uh, it will inspire him. To hit new PRS, but there's one other element that needs to be addressed. Um, and it is addressed in the book, but I'll tell you this, right. Look, it's no secret eating diet. You need to eat a lot.

[00:30:33] Carl Lanore: [00:30:33] He needs, he needs to eat like a fat person. And I mean, this sincerely, right? I mean, with his height and current weight, he can even be a little sloppy.

[00:30:46] Um, Putting on some fat, but I mean, he, he needs to eat like a fat person and, and you have a mass percentage and would make them hungry. Right? What, what's the product that you have that makes people

[00:30:57] Coach Rob Regish: [00:30:57] hungry actually [00:31:00] progestogen address. And there's no, you know, there are no hormones or not anything in there, but relative to your point, um, you want to tell them something that I was told that really stuck with me years ago.

[00:31:13] It's a lot easier to drink a thousand calories. Than it is to eat them. And the way to do that is in my opinion, heavy cream, why one cup of heavy cream attitude shakes adds a thousand calories to his diet. So, and then

[00:31:32] Carl Lanore: [00:31:32] you got to go slow with heavy cream. If you're not used to digesting that much fat, you have to go slow because if you have a whole cup of heavy cream and you're not accustomed to it, you're going to be bloated.

[00:31:42] You're going to feel horrible. You're not going to even want to eat the rest of the day. So you got to ease into that.

[00:31:48] Coach Rob Regish: [00:31:48] Yeah. So I would tell you super squats, a heavy cream slash homemade shakes and a blender. And that's honestly that some time. And a lot of [00:32:00] sleep or exactly what he needs, right? God bless him.

[00:32:03] You six, five at six, five. He has the frame to carry possibly, you know, 300 pounds of muscle if he ever wants to, um, never, never give away height for, for weight. I wish I was a little bit taller, but you know, at six feet, um, I carry two on a quarter, I been as heavy as two 52. I could never reach 300. I could never carry 300 pounds.

[00:32:32] Your son might be able to is just, you know, potential. Right. So.

[00:32:38] Carl Lanore: [00:32:38] E E and make sure he's getting enough protein at every sitting 30 to 40 grams of protein at every sitting and eat, eat, eat, eat E E that's it that's the heart. There's no such thing as hard gainers. Find me an obese person. And I'll show you somebody who used to be a hard gainer now that they're not anymore.

[00:32:58] Okay. Marcus, my guard guy who has [00:33:00] a great physique, by the way. Uh, yesterday, I got a free jug of a mixed called glutamine glyco fusion. It has five grams of glutamine, five grams of maltodextrin and 10 milligrams of Allah. When would be the best time to take it? I have some opinions. What's yours.

[00:33:19] Coach Rob Regish: [00:33:19] Well, a product like glutamine has, has limited uses in my opinion, in bodybuilding.

[00:33:26] Um, With the alpha lipoic acid. And what was the other thing that was in old maltodextrin? Yeah. Um, you know, something, uh, either an intro workout or immediately post-workout the multi dextrin will replenish glycogen. It's probably not the best carb that, that he could, you know, select glutamine by itself.

[00:33:49] Doesn't do much. And it's simply because. It's eaten up in the stomach lining. I will say this. It is soothing to the, to the stomach, so to speak. [00:34:00] Um, in most in 99, out of a hundred people, I would use that as the setup for my post-workout meal. Bam. I mean, that's,

[00:34:10] Carl Lanore: [00:34:10] I did, I did, I did 40 grams of high quality protein to that.

[00:34:16] And really five grams of, uh, of multi-section is nothing. Uh, back in the day when the whole anabolic window thing, uh, became a thing,

[00:34:26] Coach Rob Regish: [00:34:26] the

[00:34:26] Carl Lanore: [00:34:26] rule of thumb was 40 grams of protein, 80 grams of maltodextrin, and a hundred milligrams of our alpha lipoic acid was your post-workout drink. So that's what they're doing here.

[00:34:37] What they did with this was, um, like I said, Five grams of, of maltodextrin. Isn't really gonna replenish a whole lot of, of, uh, of anything. And five grams of glutamine is nothing. I mean, when my stomach was giving me problems and I was using glutamine for gut health, I was taking 20 grams three times a day on an empty stomach.

[00:35:00] [00:34:59] So add 40 grams of high quality protein to that at the minimum, at the minimum. And if you want to add some other carbohydrates to it, I'll tell you a great carbohydrate. Um, and I learned this from, I'm going to forget his name, who was the, uh, bodybuilder that murdered the girl in Nevada. I did a show about him in 2006.

[00:35:23] Yeah. Craig Titans, Craig Titus had a great tip. Here's a really great complex carbohydrate that. Works well in a shake, it actually makes a shake thicker without adding thickening agents, single grain rice, baby cereal.

[00:35:42] Coach Rob Regish: [00:35:42] Yeah.

[00:35:42] Carl Lanore: [00:35:42] It looks like, it looks like, it looks like flakes of rice. It's like, because they, they grind it up, they moisten it up and then they let it dry.

[00:35:49] And it drives into you. You take that. I think if I remember correctly, it's about 28 grams of carbohydrates per quarter cup. [00:36:00] Take a quarter cup of that, mix it with this and add 40 grams of, of, of high quality whey protein. And you've got a great post-workout drink.

[00:36:07] Coach Rob Regish: [00:36:07] There you go. Yup.

[00:36:09] Carl Lanore: [00:36:09] Okay. The next one, because of his security settings, if you still watching live, if you could post your name, he says, guys, I'm getting older.

[00:36:18] I'm 57 and uh, mornings are murder. Lots of general pain throughout the body. I hear you brother. This is me till, especially in old injuries, taking tumeric and black pepper on HRT and find myself taking aspirin or paracetamol more than I like any alternative.

[00:36:37] Coach Rob Regish: [00:36:37] Yeah. Um, so this is a dangerous road to go down.

[00:36:40] I think he knows that. Right. Which is part of the reason why he's asking the question. Um, You could possibly try some of the other anti-inflammatories that I'm going to be talking about shortly, including CSUs boswellia Serrata, uh, et cetera, et cetera. But my primary [00:37:00] recommendation is probably going to surprise you, but it's something that will certainly help you.

[00:37:05] And I would tell you to buy a set of CDs or DVDs, um, called DDP yoga. DDP is short for done diamond Dallas page. He was a former professional wrestler whose body was wrecked, just completely wrecked. And he, you know, when you're, when you are a wrestler, your body is your living. Yeah, you don't work, you don't get paid.

[00:37:34] And so he could not take the constant pounding that was happening. And he was, um, his comments were similar to yours. He could barely get out of bed in the morning. What he did was developed a form of yoga for guys, and it incorporates not just yoga flexibility stuff, but also, um, isometrics and isotonics.

[00:38:00] [00:37:59] That give you a phenomenal workout. I was blown away by what my, what my heart rate reached. Right? When I was doing this stuff, your joints, your tendons, your ligaments, everything felt so much better. And I mean like after three weeks, and if you Google around and you do your research on this guy's program, It's not some fad yoga thing.

[00:38:29] You need to see the, some of the before and afters on these people who went from near cripples to being pretty supple people, you know, and, and strong. So, um, little unorthodox, but it works and you don't have to keep buying the new yoga DVD every 30 days. You just need to work it. Then you just start slow, start slow five minutes.

[00:38:59] Yeah.

[00:39:00] [00:39:00] Carl Lanore: [00:39:00] Jason Waddell has a backup question. What age are SARMs okay to use? I would say treat them like testosterone. SARMs they shut down your test out your indogenous testosterone production. They're tough on the liver. They're like any other drug? I wouldn't use them unless first of all, I would use testosterone first, if we're talking about age w well, if you're at that age, in your late forties, where you think.

[00:39:25] Testosterone is starting to drop. You've had tests done, just get on testosterone, but I would treat Psalms the same way as I would. Any other hormone?

[00:39:33] Coach Rob Regish: [00:39:33] Yeah. You know what I would concur with you. Um, I've got the only Psalm I've gotten around. Oh, I'm sorry. I got two. Technically one's not disarm. I got two bottles of MK, six 77 sitting up in my cabinet that are doing a whole bunch of nothing.

[00:39:48] Probably will be for awhile. Why? Because they put 10 pounds of water on you and that kills you. Body weight stuff. Um, and it'll stop working after what did we say? Uh, [00:40:00] several weeks,

[00:40:00] Carl Lanore: [00:40:00] couple of weeks.

[00:40:02] Coach Rob Regish: [00:40:02] Uh, and, and now, although I have to say, I did have some success with it from an injury healing type thing, uh, when I was using that five days on two days off, but nevertheless, I got that and I got two bottles here of LGD four, zero, three, three Liga draw, or look AndroGel.

[00:40:23] Frankly, I bought it simply because of, uh, of the feedback that I received from multiple people who I know and respect, who said, Hey man, this stuff we'll put weight on you almost like Diana Ball. And who knows there could be Diana Ball in there. Um,

[00:40:42] Carl Lanore: [00:40:42] I'd actually, I'd actually be happier taking Diana Ball.

[00:40:46] Oh yeah.  you know?

[00:40:49] Coach Rob Regish: [00:40:49] Right. So, but that too is going to sit in that box and maybe there forever for all I know, because, uh, I don't want the elevated liver [00:41:00] enzymes. I don't need the hit to my liquids. I don't need whatever side effects there are that they haven't investigated yet. These are very crude, very, um, I would, I would call them undeveloped drugs and most of them are going nowhere for a reason.

[00:41:20] Then I would agree with you, Carl. Uh, if you really need the gas, get testosterone, go to at least make the, make the effort. Go, go to a doctor, try to get testosterone and, uh, Yeah, you'll be a lot better off for it.

[00:41:35] Carl Lanore: [00:41:35] So the next question comes from an unknown viewer. This new platform has some sort of security mechanisms, depending on the security setting of your Facebook page, it will show your name or not.

[00:41:48] He says, so is there a lab where I could send something like homemade bone broth to find the nutrient content?

[00:41:56] Coach Rob Regish: [00:41:56] I'm not aware of a. A lab. That'll [00:42:00] just take a product like that to say, you know, it, it jogs with the label or it doesn't now certainly there are huge outfits, like chroma decks, but, but

[00:42:11] Carl Lanore: [00:42:11] they just, they test supplements and drugs.

[00:42:13] I thought of them first, but they're not going to test bone broth.

[00:42:16] Coach Rob Regish: [00:42:16] No. I, you know, like, like I said, um, you give them enough money and an XYZ supplement and you say, here here's my to come car from words. Can you tell me if it's really repositive? Um, you know, they'll certainly do that. And there are other labs like that.

[00:42:34] Um, but very few of them do one offs and none of them that I'm aware of with touch a product like bone

[00:42:40] Carl Lanore: [00:42:40] broth. So there's a, quite a few labs. If you just Google, like the first thing I thought about was chroma decks, right? I thought, well, call Chrome Windex, and they'll tell you a food lab. It sounds to me like what you're trying to do is make a homemade bone broth and you want to go into business for yourself.

[00:42:56] So you need someone to ask, say your product. So you can say here's, what's in [00:43:00] it. In the label and if that's what it sounds like, then there are companies like Euro, Euro fins, E U R O F I N S labs. Uh, there's also a company called F S N S. That is an accredited food testing lab. Uh, there's also. R L food testing, laboratory.com.

[00:43:22] There's quite a few of them. If you just Google, I Googled food labs, test label claims. Those are the words I used in Google. And I came up with five or six of immediately. And so I would reach out to them if my assumption is right, by the way you worded your question, it doesn't sound like you want to check.

[00:43:40] Something that you bought from somebody to see if what they say is in it is in it, which obviously one of these labs would work for. But if you're looking to produce a product and you want to know what's in it so that you can put it on the label, then you could probably turn to one of those companies too.

[00:43:55] The other option is if you're making a product and you [00:44:00] are going to farm it out to have. A company manufacturer package it for you so that you could sell it into distribution. They probably have in house labs that will do that as well. But try that, try Googling the words, food labs, test label claims, and you'll see all the companies that I can see here.

[00:44:21] Dave Hartman that says, um, Oh, the, the young boy, the, the, the, the 148 pound boy. Ha have him check out, John. McCallum's get big drink.

[00:44:32] Coach Rob Regish: [00:44:32] Yeah,

[00:44:32] Carl Lanore: [00:44:32] physical culture, study.com/ 2016 slash zero four slash 11. Flesh John hyphen McCallum, hyphen get hyphen big hyphen drink. Uh, so check that out. You'll Google, just Google John McCallum's MC C a L L U U M S.

[00:44:52] Get big drink for those of you listening to the podcast and not watching. Of course, Jason Waddell says thank you for everything. And [00:45:00] the, uh, person who asked the question before that we didn't know who it was that turned out to be Rob Robertson, who was a longtime fan of the show.

[00:45:07] Coach Rob Regish: [00:45:07] Great.

[00:45:07] Carl Lanore: [00:45:07] Okay. So let's get back to, um, let's see here.

[00:45:10] Let's, let's, let's work in a couple more questions. Um, and then we'll take a break for the blueprint tip of the day. Bruce Brody says, uh, what's your opinion of Glucosomine versus CSUs and what. Was the other herbs you mentioned for pain relief, you said it acted fast or at least faster than glucose demeanor.

[00:45:31] CSUs.

[00:45:33] Coach Rob Regish: [00:45:33] Yeah. Um, well Glucosomine at this point, right? Has the longer track record, at least in so far as the mass market is concerned, uh, versus CSUs. And there are tons of repeat buys on both of those products, but, but I'm thinking about now from a mainstream. Perspective that doesn't mean CSUs doesn't work as well, far from it.

[00:45:55] Right? In some cases, the truth is the general public [00:46:00] is not aware of CSUs. In most cases like it is glucosamine, right? Glucosamine is mainstream. CSUs is not, not yet. Anyway as well. Those two products aren't necessarily meant for the same condition you could say. Both products help as analgesics painkillers, but it would be incorrect to say that they're interchangeable for that purpose.

[00:46:26] And I'm going to give you an example of a mistake I made that will illustrate this. Uh, my right elbow started bothering me a lot. I self-diagnosed that and said, Hey, I've got a touch of tendonitis here. And so I ordered up CSUs and used it for years and it managed my pain nicely. The problem was when I finally got this properly diagnosed, [00:47:00] it wasn't tendonitis.

[00:47:02] It was arthritis. And I was at the point where there was no cartilage left. All of it had wasted away now. Um, Had I known that. And instead of CSUs use glucosamine, there's evidence that Glucosomine can arrest, uh, stop or at least slow cartilage loss. When you have even a little bit of cartilage in there, as I'm finding out now, again, the hard way it buys you options like STEM cell options and you know, other options when you have none.

[00:47:43] It greatly, greatly diminishes my options. So, you know, point of the story, get something properly diagnosed, right. And then find the product that works for you [00:48:00] the best. Okay. Now, in terms of CSUs and glucosamine, both take some time to work who close to me, and it can be several months. Whereas CSUs generally, believe it or not, within two weeks, sometimes even a week, people feel a lot better.

[00:48:20] Um, something natural that works faster than that, uh, is boswellia Serrata and it should be standardized for boswellic acids. It is nature's premier painkiller. And when I say painkiller and comparing it to, you know, ensades like Advil, right? You have a headache take Advil, you know, with some regularity or an approximate sodium, you know, with regularity of the pain's going to be either gone or greatly diminished.

[00:48:55] It's the same thing with boswellia boswellia. However, unlike with [00:49:00] Cosa, Nene is not slowing cartilage loss or. In CSUs this case, they're not sure what it does. I suspect. However, um, it modulates cortisone somehow. Uh, so. Here's the final work, get an accurate diagnosis, then use the product that's most appropriate for your condition.

[00:49:21] I personally think all three that I mentioned CSUs glucosamine, and a boswellia are great tools. You just need to know which tool is right for the job. So also one other thing I would ask the audience is helping this. I used to get an injectable Glucosomine. Online. I can no longer find one. So before poor Molly suffers anymore, if somebody knows of a source, I would greatly appreciate that you can contact me on Facebook or on air, right?

[00:49:58] That's super radio. [00:50:00] That net. Let's get this question after your question.

[00:50:05] Carl Lanore: [00:50:05] Let's get this question from samurai, Jack answered real quick. Is there an advantage to taking the L form of something as an El glycine versus just glycine

[00:50:16] Coach Rob Regish: [00:50:16] it's different in different cases? Generally speaking, the L form of most amino acids has been referred to in the literature that I've read is the left right left hand.

[00:50:28] Um, as the form that you want to use. Again, though, that differs right from amino acid to amino acid. Um, it would be helpful to know what product he had in mind that might give him a better answer.

[00:50:42] Carl Lanore: [00:50:42] Well, but here's another thing that the term that, that classifies this is called chirality or  depending on how you pronounce Chi R a L I T Y.

[00:50:52] And it comes from the Greek word for hand shy roll comes from hand and. The reason is because [00:51:00] these are well understood, Tyrell things, right? You have a left hand and a right hand and thumbs are opposing and so on. And so in nature, some compounds of molecules appear to have a left and a right variation.

[00:51:18] So if you take alpha lipoic acid, it has both 50% of the R form and 50% of the L form. And so if you take glutamine, it has 50% of the R form and 50% of the L form. That's just the way it works out. Um, unless something calls for the L form, because the research has been done on the L form. Just take the one without any letter in front of it.

[00:51:43] And you're getting 50% of each.

[00:51:46] Coach Rob Regish: [00:51:46] I think it's somewhat confusing. And a lot of companies frankly have dropped L D L from, for example, L-glutamine they just know, you know, the public knows glutamine. When you start to throw [00:52:00] Ellen it's well, wait a minute. Do I have the right stuff here? So it's not always spelled out, but you know, what you just said is perfect.

[00:52:07] I would concur with all of that.

[00:52:09] Carl Lanore: [00:52:09] You know, there's evidence this research on the like, like, so for instance, in the case of alpha lipoic acid, there's research on the R form, a being an insulin mimetic and a very successful glucose, uh, shuttling agency, agent. Um, there is also evidence that the L form has some bad outcomes in some studies.

[00:52:33] Do I put a lot of value in those studies? I don't. So the people who take our alpha poke acid, they're going to have a more effective, um, they're going to have more effective glucose management, uh, characteristics than if they just take alpha lipoic acid. Uh, it, again, If the studies have been done on the R form or the L form, then you probably want to use those.

[00:52:59] But [00:53:00] the reality is that you're getting both forms. If you just buy one that has no letter distinguishing it it's left or right. Chirality uh, let's get the last question in and then we'll do the blueprint tip of the day. This comes from John Laurinaitis. I'm not sleeping well. In fact, I've never slept well since my twenties, I'm in my late thirties now, and this is really holding me back.

[00:53:24] I know, I know what can I do beyond melatonin and warm milk?

[00:53:29] Coach Rob Regish: [00:53:29] So fixing sleep issues is not unlike it. Is it going to be not unlike my prior answer about, about fixing pain, you need to understand what the underlying issue is. And then. Address the root cause. The truth is, um, sleep issues are front and center with, with, uh, with, especially this audience, the SHR audience.

[00:53:56] I do not think people have a problem, you know, with [00:54:00] consistent training, consistent gym visits. I do not think people fall down even on diet. You might not eat a perfect diet, but it's a hell of a lot better. Right then quote, unquote, most people

[00:54:12] Carl Lanore: [00:54:12] when there's nobody obese. Right.

[00:54:15] Coach Rob Regish: [00:54:15] Right. So then it becomes well, okay.

[00:54:19] W what is holding me back and it's sleep. It's, you know, I've spent the last five years conducting informal inquiries with people, and I asked them, do they sleep well? And most people say, no, now. Most of them do not sleep well for two reasons. Okay. It's stress, but it gets back to two things, money and relationships.

[00:54:49] Okay. Those are two big things, but far and away, they're the two biggest problems that are keeping people up at night. And while melatonin, magnesium [00:55:00] tryptofan GABA and others. Are our great products. In some cases, something stronger is warranted. The good news is I am very close to finalizing such a product.

[00:55:15] I just did just this morning. Uh, put it in the mail to send down to Athens, Georgia where mass can. Use it, um, John likes to use things and know firsthand whether they work or not, but Athens is also a college town. So there's a, a very diverse population, right? Student athletes, uh, as well as, as older folks.

[00:55:41] So I'm sitting here on pins and needles because I spent a long time working on this stuff. It, there are four compounds, all four of them. Contribute to the sleep affect one of those modulator. [00:56:00] Neuro-transmitters not in the brain, but interestingly enough, in the spinal cord, um, the next one does work in the brain, but it's not among the usual suspects.

[00:56:14] In other words, you know, GABA and glycine, et cetera, et cetera. The third ingredient is there. It helps with sleep. It's been confirmed. The only thing I can say is it has been confirmed to work by binding to GABA, a receptor in the brain. And no, it's not GABA itself. Um, it's not a GABA related compound, like boop, right.

[00:56:40] Which has GABA with a fenal group attached, which by the way, works via both the GABA a and B receptors, nor are any of these compounds addicting. Okay. The fourth and final one, it's been associated with improved sleep. Um, but frankly, the [00:57:00] studies showing how it does that are lacking. Um, there's a speculation.

[00:57:06] So surrounding the fact that it does. So because it causes a rather significant GH release, not over 24 hours, not something that's going to put water on you. Um, but approximately over a two to four hour period. So, um, you know, that's entirely possible, right? Because any good GH rebates are generally should have you yawning, if not.

[00:57:33] Ravenously hungry. So in any case, um, the trials are underway. Okay. Um, they probably will be for another four to six weeks, so it's not gonna happen tomorrow, but, um, we're going to know, I think in short order, whether or not this product is a go, is a go. Now having said all of that, right? You don't have this now to help you.

[00:57:57] So what I would tell you to do is this. [00:58:00] Very specific steps. This always works for me. Number one, shut down all electronic devices to take three grams of either GABA or glycine on his empty stomach as possible three, wait 10 to 20 minutes for those to take effect for light a candle five focus on that flame for 10 minutes.

[00:58:24] I do one minute on the whole flame. One minute on the orange part one minute on the white and one minute on the blue. And yes, you know, you'll notice that as you, if you stare at it long enough, like I did, but do it for 10 minutes and this is very important. Breathe through your nose. Only. No mouth breathing is allowed.

[00:58:48] You'll see why, when you do it now, you can take an additional three to 10 milligrams of melatonin, maybe more, 600 to a thousand, right. Of a LC and [00:59:00] the international Ganda. You can take all that additional stuff. Um, but what you'll find is you don't want to be so tired and drowsy that you can't focus on that flame.

[00:59:14] Or whatever it is that you choose to focus on, but in a dark room, a flame is a very attractive thing. So to speak for your mind, to focus on in your eyes, to look at all your other senses. Um, but you don't want to be, you know, like this nodding off because you won't be able to focus. Now, if you're still not sleepy, Uh, there's a, there's a, believe it or not.

[00:59:40] There's a T out there that I buy in the grocery store. It's called sleepy time. We'd be time.

[00:59:44] Carl Lanore: [00:59:44] Yeah,

[00:59:45] Coach Rob Regish: [00:59:45] it works. I don't know exactly

[00:59:46] Carl Lanore: [00:59:46] what I could Celeste. I think celestial season seasoning

[00:59:52] Coach Rob Regish: [00:59:52] that stuff is really cool, man. I gotta tell you

[00:59:55] Carl Lanore: [00:59:55] it's got valerian in it. It's got quite a few things that are well known to make

[00:59:58] Coach Rob Regish: [00:59:58] your sleeping.

[00:59:59] Yeah. [01:00:00] Um, so. You know, um, that is another useful tool for when you need it. Now, some people like to use anti-histamines, which I'm not entirely opposed to, but I'm definitely against prescription sleeping pills, especially any of the bends, bends, a diazepam, whatever

[01:00:21] Carl Lanore: [01:00:21] lorazepam, benzodiazepines. Yeah.

[01:00:24] Coach Rob Regish: [01:00:24] That's that stuff is dementia in a bottle and the pharmaceutical company selling it.

[01:00:29] No, it. Go look, you'll see the studies done on mice. Poor things are freaking shot after they use it and it doesn't take long. And I'm also very much against ambient, which is cancer in a model. And again, just, you know, Google, ambient cancer studies, and you'll see exactly what I'm talking about. Okay. Now, if you are still up and you really need it, then.

[01:00:59] If [01:01:00] there is a red strain of Creighton, which generally speaking are the more relaxing ones I'd encourage you to use that if all else fails a fender boot, it was about the strongest stuff that you can use.

[01:01:13] Carl Lanore: [01:01:13] And if you live in a state where cannabis is legal, they have specific strains of weed that make you sleep.

[01:01:22] I tried it when I was in Vegas because it's legal there and it works.

[01:01:27] Coach Rob Regish: [01:01:27] Yeah, that's a really good point. And I've heard good things too, about CBD CBD. So, so here look, here's the bottom line until there's a better option available those your best plays, in my opinion, most insomniacs know what the issue is.

[01:01:43] Relationships are money. If you're at a toxic relationship, get out. I know it's easy to say tough to do, but trust me, you'll survive. There's another person right around the corner waiting for you.

[01:01:56] Carl Lanore: [01:01:56] And then another nut waiting to haunt you a life. [01:02:00] There'll never be a shortage of nuts. Don't worry about it.

[01:02:03] Coach Rob Regish: [01:02:03] Right. And likewise, if you're in debt, get out of that too, or at least start, right. I mean, If, you know, you're doing something to get out of debt and it might take 10 years, but you're going to do it. Then that's a good thing. That's a lot easier on your mind than, Hey, I'm just gonna go to bed tonight. And I dug a bigger hole today.

[01:02:21] Cause I ordered this, this and this. Um, so address those issues. Try those suggestions. And hopefully months from now, I'll have a, a better answer for you on something, but some really cool effects beyond just sleep. It doesn't just help with sleep, but that's the big one. So the

[01:02:41] Carl Lanore: [01:02:41] blueprint tip of the day is what did we learn a lesson from the Andrew years, but we're going to wait until after this commercial break.

[01:02:51] So stay tuned. It's going to be good. We'll be right back.

[01:02:56] Coach Rob Regish: [01:02:56] This is the superhuman channel evolution just got [01:03:00] kicked up a notch.

[01:03:06] Carl Lanore: [01:03:06] Welcome back, Rob, what is the blueprint tip of the day, bro?

[01:03:12] Coach Rob Regish: [01:03:12] Tip of the day is what did we learn a lesson from the Android years? So. Uh, for those of you that missed it, there was a second great age of antibiotics in this country, uh, from about 1998 to 2004. And during that time, there were honest to goodness steroids available on the shelves of GNC and God knows online, right?

[01:03:41] I mean, everything from finished product to powders and. And we're not just talking about any old androgens here. Okay. Um, the absolute strongest orals ever, uh, by many measures, we're out there begging for your dollars. And I'm [01:04:00] talking about method one test and super draw. Okay. Both of these things were scary, strong, right?

[01:04:07] Each, each one of those, but my method one test in particular could put pounds on you. Not in weeks, but, but then days, uh, and, and so at five milligrams a day method, one test could easily, easily put a pound on you a day for two to three weeks in some cases. Okay. Now predictably, many people got carried away.

[01:04:37] Uh, before and before long, right? The ban hammer came down. You could see this one coming a mile away. Given, uh, there was a lot of reckless uneducated use on behalf of usually younger consumers. Right? You had kids that decided method one T method. [01:05:00] One test will be a great starter steroid because it was quote unquote the strongest one.

[01:05:05] And it was. Um, but they, you know, they start off with it. They took way too much for too long. And without running, in some cases of single protective compounds or even getting lab work done, to see how bad off they were, which I'm sure many didn't do that because they didn't want to know. And Presto. You had instant jaundice in some of these clowns or even worse?

[01:05:34] I think some people there had very serious liver damage. I'm not aware of anyone that died. I don't remember, but you know, you had casualties. Some of the products were that powerful, but looking back, those products were so powerful that most people never, never grew a lot of muscle with them. And so wait a [01:06:00] minute, what did I just say?

[01:06:01] Right. I, how do I reconcile that statement? They were so powerful. They couldn't grow a lot of muscle with them. Well, it's easy. You simply couldn't stay on those things for any length of time due to the side effects. Um, I don't remember super drama much, and I only used method one test once or twice for a couple of weeks, but it felt like you had been stung.

[01:06:28] By a high full of BS. It felt like you had a case, a low grade flu. Uh, it was not a good feeling and you didn't need a lab works to know that what was going on in the inside of your body was not good. Consequently, whatever weight you gain. And I saw people gain between 10 and 20 or more bounds. They lost it shortly after they came off.

[01:06:57] And when I say shortly, I'm [01:07:00] talking within like three days, because it was all water. I mean, think about it. Do you, are you really going to build a pound of muscle a day? It's impossible, even with all these androgens. Okay. It was water. Yes. It was inside your muscles. Yes, it looked like there were little men in there pushing out out, and your muscles were hard as hell.

[01:07:26] Um, but it was water and you lost it in the bathroom two to three days afterwards. And on top of that, you had a wrecked endocrine system or at least a severely compromised one. Let me put it this way. There was a guy on the anabolic minds boards. I want to see he was an EMT or something. Anyway, he had access to like unlimited blood work and he ran it on himself.

[01:07:52] When he was using method one, test it, shut him down completely. In three days, [01:08:00] 72 hours, five milligrams of method, one test shot him, shut him down his natural production in three days. All of which means this. So to those of you that missed out, if you're thinking of going to the dark side, now be wary of jumping into the strongest stuff.

[01:08:27] You can get your hands on or standing on too long or not having your post psychotherapy lined up before you start, you know, or, or, or the list is long. Of guys in this sport, this activity, whatever you want to call it, who used to be big and strong back in the day, man, when I was 25, I was benching four or five.

[01:08:51] Well, you know what, man, you're 45. Now I don't give a damn about what you did 25, 30 years ago. You know, what can you do [01:09:00] now? And the fact of the matter is most of them are out of the game. Okay. Because. The game. Isn't much fun when you're losing all the time, as in literally a lot of these guys. Um, so like me then, and I'm talking about the me between the ages of 15 and 25, I think you should consider yourself fortunate that there, there aren't any readily available, quick fixes.

[01:09:32] Like method one test sitting on the shelf at GNC. Um, those happened to be the best years of my, and anyone's males. Hormonal life. Let's call it between 15 and 25. You will never have the levels of testosterone growth, hormone, insulin, yada, yada IGF, one specifically all in perfect concert with each other.

[01:09:58] You will never have that [01:10:00] again. If you don't have the steroids at GMC option, then that forces you to make the most

[01:10:11] Carl Lanore: [01:10:11] out of what you

[01:10:12] Coach Rob Regish: [01:10:12] have right. In your own body. And that muscle that you build during that time under those circumstances is the muscle that is still going to be on you at age 50. It's the muscle that's still on me at age 50.

[01:10:30] I'm going to close with a quote from the author, Jack London, which no less than authority than Dan Dushane would recall this quote. When he, whenever he saw someone lose all of their game in the quotas, this one can not violate the promptings of his own nature without having that nature recoil upon itself.

[01:10:57] That is something to think about. [01:11:00] As you embark on whatever path it is that you're about to follow. And I specifically did this tip because I know there's a young man out there who wants to go to the dark side, but unfortunately does not have the knowledge or the patience to do it and minimize the risks he is giving up.

[01:11:28] And, and please Nick, if you're listening, do you not give up the best hormonal years of your life? Mmm. Yeah. And if you, if you do, you will look back and regret it. You will look

[01:11:44] Carl Lanore: [01:11:44] back. I mean, I didn't start using any kind of drugs until I was well into my forties.

[01:11:50] Coach Rob Regish: [01:11:50] So yeah. So you missed the whole 15 to 25 things.

[01:11:55] I

[01:11:55] Carl Lanore: [01:11:55] wasn't I went, but I wasn't training from 15 to 25. I was doing [01:12:00] heroin, LSD. I was doing other drugs. So I wasn't, I wasn't worried about muscle or. Hell, I wasn't worried about anything actually. Um, I just need a dollar 75 to fill up the tank on my motorcycle and I was good to go. And then I moved to Las Vegas and then I drank and did lots of cocaine.

[01:12:19] Uh, yeah, I, I didn't really find my way into this until I was 39 years old. Um, when I started to reverse my heart disease and. My obesity and I didn't start using any of the drugs that I started using that were in my forties. I started using those.

[01:12:37] Coach Rob Regish: [01:12:37] Yeah. But you know, that, that falls into the category of better, late than never.

[01:12:41] Carl Lanore: [01:12:41] Well, I might look, um, I wasn't wrecking my hormonal MULU because it was already wrecked at 40, I mean, 40 years old. It's, you know, you're already on the other side of the Hill, my testosterone was dropping and. You know, and even though I got [01:13:00] myself in great shape and lost a lot of weight, I was never going to have the testosterone levels I had when I was young.

[01:13:07] So there was no, it wasn't like I was sacrificing this, uh, this window of time where I could have that window of time passed a long time ago for me before I started using anything,

[01:13:19] Coach Rob Regish: [01:13:19] man, you, your body has been through a lot. You've been what? Three, 400 pounds,

[01:13:24] Carl Lanore: [01:13:24] three 30.

[01:13:25] Coach Rob Regish: [01:13:25] Three 30. So you've been 330 pounds totally out of the physical culture name.

[01:13:34] Carl Lanore: [01:13:34] Oh, I was, I was 330 pounds of fat

[01:13:37] Coach Rob Regish: [01:13:37] and that was built on a base of rec recreational drug use and alcohol abuse,

[01:13:43] Carl Lanore: [01:13:43] alcohol and drug alcohol

[01:13:45] Coach Rob Regish: [01:13:45] in that 39. You've turned it all around, man. That's wonderful.

[01:13:48] Carl Lanore: [01:13:48] I had no choice. I was dying.

[01:13:51] Coach Rob Regish: [01:13:51] Yeah. That's

[01:13:51] Carl Lanore: [01:13:51] the fact that we dying.

[01:13:53] Coach Rob Regish: [01:13:53] Yeah. You know what though? You did have a choice.

[01:13:55] And I say that because both my wife and I [01:14:00] know people that have been sat down by the doctors and told if you don't change what you're doing, you're going to die. And they don't really know and they die and they die or they suffer horribly.

[01:14:13] Carl Lanore: [01:14:13] Yeah. They have this stupid that there's this stupid thing. Well, you know, I'm already going to die.

[01:14:19] So, uh, why should I have less joy in my life? These things bring me joy Bo bologna, you could live longer. You don't have to die. You don't, you

[01:14:28] Coach Rob Regish: [01:14:28] don't. Um, let me, let me be the first to tell you, see O P D doesn't bring you any joy. You know it, I don't have it, but I know people that do and it scares the hell out of them.

[01:14:41] Carl Lanore: [01:14:41] Yeah. Cause they know, they know gonna one day they're going to suffocate to death. They're going to smother to death.

[01:14:47] Coach Rob Regish: [01:14:47] Yeah. The announcer, when I was asked, when I asked for it to be explained to me, this was the example that they said, you know, when your nose is so stuffed up, you can only get a [01:15:00] tiny, tiny, tiny amount of air in.

[01:15:03] And exhale, just a tiny amount of air. That's what it's like. So, so the next time I was stuffed up, I literally shut my mouth and it was all I could do, you know, to see how long I could go with this little tiny sliver of air. My God, you know, the

[01:15:23] Carl Lanore: [01:15:23] panic you panic, then what happens is they panic. Then their heart rate picks up the heart's working harder, but not getting any oxygen.

[01:15:30] And it's just, they spiral out of control. That's why a lot of people would seal P D in the end, the end stages they're given, um, benzodiazepines they're given, um, morphine. They're given drugs that take the edge off because they have this overwhelming. Um, uh, awareness that they're suffocating and it makes them nervous.

[01:15:56] And then the nervousness increases metabolic [01:16:00] rate, which makes them feel like they're suffocating even more. It says very sad, very, very sad. My mom, my, my ex-mother-in-law, she died from that. I mean, they all die of heart attacks. But it's because the heart can't work any faster. It's not getting enough oxygen.

[01:16:17] The brain is, you know, demanding more oxygen to heart works faster and faster. Eventually the heart just stops.

[01:16:23] Coach Rob Regish: [01:16:23] Yeah. That's a horrible way to die. So you know what? Listen, all the credit in the world to you for, for not only turning your life around. The building this repository of information for anybody that's so interested in doing the same.

[01:16:40] And on

[01:16:41] Carl Lanore: [01:16:41] that note, we're going to say goodbye to everybody in the audience. And thank you for participating. All of you who posted questions and the listening audience. That's listening to the podcast. Come check a Facebook live event. You can even catch it on YouTube at the super human radio network. A [01:17:00] Superfund radio fee.

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[01:17:13] Coach Rob Regish: [01:17:13] That's it say straw. Thanks everyone. [01:18:00] .