#371: Building Muscle, Becoming a Better Leader & Creating an Iron Paradise
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 13 March 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
It's been far too long since we did a listener Q&A, but we've got a brand new one for you today. Thanks to everyone who submitted questions on my Instagram. If I didn't answer yours on this episode I will do my best to answer it on the next one.
Questions answered include:
What are your thoughts on pull ups and variants/reps and how to best program?
What is your best workout split for women?
What kind of incline bench should I get for my home gym?
What's the best piece of advice you've gotten from a friend?
Thoughts on surfing for conditioning?
Thoughts on supersets? Too complicated in a busy gym?
If you could only buy one, a leg curl machine or leg press machine, which one would you choose, what particular model and what brand?
Who are your top 3 favourite athletes of all time?
Current thoughts on IF for fat loss and overall health?
Excluding cable machines if you could choose two upper body machines what would they be ??
Better DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince song, Brand New Funk or Summertime or other?
Leadership question. When you are pushing people or trying to help them succeed and they just don't seem to care.. how long before you give up or move on? Do some people just not have the fire?
Top album to cruise to?
How much muscle mass can I develop at 59 years old?
How would you manage training for someone who works a physical job? Five days per week? How many days per week, volume, intensity, diet etc
How many exercises and hard sets in a typical upper/lower workout split?
Kettlebell, overrated or a good addition to a home gym?
World Series, Game 7, in the Boogie Down....you're managing the Yankees, who are you putting on the hill? You can choose any Yankee pitcher past or present
And more
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| 0:00.0 | What's up guys, we're on the radio, Jay Fruji, at Back in the House with another powerful |
| 0:15.6 | episode, a Q and a episode, questions you guys posted on Instagram for me to answer, which |
| 0:21.3 | I appreciate. |
| 0:22.3 | Psych to get back to doing more of these more frequently. |
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| 0:42.2 | You see, serotonin is known as the happiness chemical, and 90% of your serotonin is created |
| 0:46.7 | in your gut. |
| 0:47.7 | So what does that mean? |
| 0:48.8 | It means that if your gut health is off, then you're just not going to feel as happy and |
| 0:51.9 | positive as you normally would. |
| 0:54.6 | When you start taking care of your gut, you'll be amazed by how much better you feel. |
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