Carb Cycling, Training to Failure, & Eliminating Elbow Pain
The Jay Ferruggia Show
Jay Ferruggia
4.9 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
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Carbohydrates can be a complex topic.
Should you go low carb?
What about carb cycling?
Does timing matter?
The reality is, the answers will vary depending on where you are and what your goals are...
Let's break it down in today's episode.
- Supersets are great if done correctly... Here's how. [0:26]
- Should you train to failure? [5:32]
- 5 ways to eliminate bloating. [7:23]
- Does the sugar content in juice matter? [14:28]
- Should you eat starchy carbs on non-training days? [15:13]
- Are you overtraining? [19:07]
- Does carb timing matter? [23:23]
- How do you deal with elbow pain when pressing? [26:24]
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the J. Faruja show, the podcast that helps high achieving men get lean and jacked, build an unbreakable mindset, and become the man you're meant to be. |
| 0:19.4 | What's up guys? Welcome back to the show. |
| 0:21.6 | Appreciate you tuning in. |
| 0:23.6 | Let's get to your questions. |
| 0:26.6 | Are there any benefits to doing supersets? |
| 0:28.6 | Absolutely. |
| 0:29.6 | Supersets I think are great now. |
| 0:31.6 | Not for the same body parts. |
| 0:33.6 | I think that's a waste of time. |
| 0:34.6 | I think that's garbage. |
| 0:35.6 | Like doing a cable fly, supersetting right into a press or a stiff arm pull down straight into a row. I don't really love |
| 0:42.2 | those. I think they're not effective, not super effective for most people. What I do like is alternating |
| 0:48.9 | antagonistic. They could be antagonistic or they can just be a muscle that's unrelated. I like |
| 0:53.0 | supersets like that, meaning that, for example, on an upper body day, inclined dumbbell |
| 0:58.9 | press, inclined dumbbell row. |
| 1:01.1 | Super set those two exercises with 60 to 90 seconds between. |
| 1:04.8 | This is what I did today, actually, this is my workout today. |
| 1:07.1 | Super set those two. |
| 1:08.4 | Moving on to a seated dumbbell press and a dumbbell clean. |
| 1:14.4 | Or you could have done a pull-down or something there. |
| 1:18.0 | Perfect. |
| 1:18.7 | Pull-down and a seated dumbbell press. |
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