#19 Dr. Scott Stevenson - Planning a Executing your Goals | Massing Strategies in the Off-season
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the friends and family of Luke Sandoe. He was a role model for many individuals, and he will not be forgotten as a man, father, or bodybuilder. May he rest in peace.We’re back with another episode and this one is a banger. On this episode we are joined by Dr. Scott Stevenson. Dr. Scott has a PhD in Applied Exercise Physiology, is a published peer-reviewed scientific author, a successful bodybuilder, coach, and writer. He has been lifting for over 30 years where he has gained invaluable experience in both training and in life. If you want to follow and support Dr. Scott Stevenson, you can check him out through the links below:Instagram: @fortitude_trainingWebsite: drscottstevenson.comLink to “Be Your Own Bodybuilding Coach: A Reference Guide For Year-Round Bodybuilding Success”: https://www.amazon.com/Your-Own-Bodybuilding-Coach-Year-Round-ebook/dp/B07GL719HMWe look forward to having Dr. Scott back on in the future to discuss all things training.Kick back and enjoy this episode, there is a lot to unpack!The Discussion:1. Scott Provides a brief background about himself2. The Big Picture: Scott shares how to go about planning your off-season and the importance of writing down your goals3. Scott shares his thoughts on how often one should be assessing body composition progress through measurement techniques such as skinfold, DXA, or taking pictures to assess progress. Is there more to monitoring training performance and pictures?4. Nutrition: Scott gives his recommendations as it pertains to how far over stage weight an athlete should/can go in the off-season and what their target rate of weight gain should be per week/month5. Scott shares some of the situations that may require you to pump the breaks on your massing phase…6. Scott describes why/when you may want to fluctuate carbohydrate intake based on your daily energy expenditure and what the potential benefits of this may be7. The role of mini-cuts: Scott dissects the many applications of mini-cuts and how you should structure them8. Closing thoughts*The Muscle Memoirs Podcast is now live on various podcast applications*Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3biJQwi...Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-... Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themusclememoirs)
