#409 How to Accurately Hit 100% of Your Maxes | Dr. Dwayne Jackson

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Dave Tate

Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 586 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 156 minutes

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Summary

Stop looking for the magic pill and start fixing the foundation that's actually killing your progress.

Yale-trained neurovascular physiologist Dr. Dwayne Jackson returns to expose why your high-tech peptide stack and "science-based" training mean nothing if you haven't mastered the internal metrics of auto-regulation.

From surviving stage four kidney failure to walking away from the Ivy League "iron curtain," Jackson breaks down what it actually takes to perform at an elite level—without destroying your health in the process.

INSIDE THE EPISODE:

The Auto-Regulation Blueprint
Learn how to bridge the gap between perceived effort and physiological reality—and avoid the ego-lifting plateau.
Peptide Truth Bombs
A deep dive into BPC-157, CJC-1295, and why most "mitochondria activation" content is hype.
The Kidney Crisis
Dr. Jackson shares his transplant story and the hidden health markers strength athletes ignore.
The Anabolic Rebound
Why healthier bodies build more muscle—and how lowering your dose can improve your physique.
Psychological Compartmentalization
Using the gym to build resilience without turning it into an escape mechanism.

MEET THE GUEST:

Dr. Dwayne N. Jackson, PhD, is a rare breed in the performance world: a Yale-trained medical scientist with 30 years of competitive bodybuilding and professional motocross under his belt. After retiring as a tenured professor of Medical Biophysics to escape the "iron curtain" of academia, he now serves as the Nutrition Director at Pre-Script and a leading consultant and coach for elite athletes navigating complex health crises. A kidney transplant recipient himself, Jackson specializes in reconciling high-performance output with long-term survival and metabolic health.

Connect with Dr. Dwayne Jackson:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drdnjackson
Website: https://drdwaynejackson.com/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You have an athlete to give a perceived rating of what this is going to feel like.
0:04.4	If they predicted a seven and came back at an 8.5, they now have done some neural coding that
0:10.3	has trained the brain to understand the difference between what they perceive and what they predict.
0:15.2	That tightness of being able to do that little test will then be a much stronger predictor
0:20.7	of whether they're actually reaching the maxes that you're trying to get to.
0:37.2	It's time to sit down, keep it real, and cut the bullshit. Welcome to Table Talk. Dr. Dwayne Jackson's back on
0:40.9	the podcast again. So I've been looking forward to this one. So before we jump into this,
0:47.9	what's new? Oh, what isn't new? I've launched my podcast.
0:56.0	I've now started to actually do my socials more often.
1:02.0	No, but I, you know, I've had a lot of big things go on lately.
1:06.0	Went through a big divorce.
1:07.0	That was a, that was a big one.
1:08.0	Move to the West Coast in the middle of nowhere and uh
1:12.4	we're at uh so i'm i'm as far on the west coast of can as you can go so go on to go to vancouver
1:19.3	get on to vancouver island drive to the other side of it to the big pacific and my house is the last
1:26.1	house in canada sitting right on the beach.
1:28.4	Really?
1:28.9	Yeah, like my beach, you can see Mount Rainier and Mount Olympus in Washington State from it.
1:35.4	So it's that kind of, that much on the tip of the, on the tip of the earth.
1:40.3	Far up.
1:42.3	So I'm not too, too far up um i'm uh i'm uh i would be if you took a boat
1:50.9	you wouldn't be too far from washington state you know because we can see it um so not super north uh
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