48. Evidence Based vs Bro Science, Peri-Workout Tactics, and The Natural Bodybuilding World with Chris Barakat MS
The Fitness Business Podcast with Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger
Erin Dimond and Jordan Dugger
4.6 • 667 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2019
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
We have a very special guest and friend on the podcast Chris Barakat. We met Chris on a recent cruise and knew this guy was legit. His client results are insane and he is extremely well known in the natural bodybuilding world. If you are looking to learn, this is a cannot miss episode! We cover peri-workout tips, feeding windows, early mistakes he had when he started training, and much more.
Time Stamps:
(5:46) Evidence Based Vs. Bro Science and Context
(9:56) Context and Peri-Workout
(20:54) Eric Helms and His Training and Nutrition Pyramids
(24:16) Placebo Effect
(35:01) Early Mistakes in Training
(38:53) Natural Bodybuilding
(44:16) Mindset Shifts
(49:46) Flow State
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, everyone? Welcome back to the flow state of mind podcast. Just Jordan here. |
| 0:04.3 | Giving you guys the intro. So who we have on the podcast today is a guest is our good friend Chris |
| 0:09.3 | Bearcat. Chris is a master, master in terms of physique science. He is a master's, or he holds a |
| 0:16.1 | master's degree in nutrition. And he also is a Bachelor of Science and Exercise Science, I do believe. |
| 0:22.0 | He might have to just double-check my records there. |
| 0:23.8 | But he is an educator, an academic, and he is a researcher as well, along with one of the best |
| 0:29.2 | and most renowned coaches in the industry. |
| 0:31.5 | Now, he specializes in natural competitive bodybuilding specifically, but he does work |
| 0:36.4 | with lifestyle clients as well. |
| 0:37.9 | But he is one of those coaches, man, that every client you look at of his, you're just like |
| 0:42.6 | it's jaw dropping, you know, and the application and science that he uses an actual current |
| 0:48.3 | evidence, you know, mixed with his anecdotal experience from not only a research setting, |
| 0:53.4 | but working with tons of clients, |
| 0:55.5 | tons of really high-profile clients as well. He's a coach to a lot of huge names in the |
| 1:00.9 | bodybuilding world, especially in the natural circuits. So Chris and I and Aaron, we dive into |
| 1:05.8 | a lot of subjects on this episode, and we really just pick his brain on things related to |
| 1:10.0 | Perry Workout Nutrition, to, you know, optimal feeding windows, to, you know, all the this episode and we really just pick his brain on things related to peri workout nutrition to |
| 1:11.6 | you know optimal feeding windows to you know all kinds of different areas um he even gives |
| 1:17.1 | me some suggestions in terms of being more of an ectomorph and worrying about you know early |
| 1:21.7 | morning cortisol secretion and you know the ability to keep a positive nitrogen balance when |
| 1:27.4 | I first |
| 1:27.7 | wake up and, um, we don't go into much detail there, but I actually had an epiphany to make a few |
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