Iron Stronger - 1%er Habits The Best Do In Bodybuilding (with Eric Helms & Steve Hall)
Iron Culture presented by MASS
The MASS Crew
4.8 • 874 Ratings
🗓️ 11 March 2026
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, Steve Hall and Eric Helms discuss the evolution of their podcast, the importance of community feedback, and the dynamics of online culture. They delve into personality traits that influence social media behavior, the misconceptions surrounding pop science, and the significance of evidence-based practices in coaching and bodybuilding.
Eric shares insights about his new role in academia and the responsibilities that come with it, while also exploring the 1% factors that can lead to success in bodybuilding. The conversation wraps up with a discussion on supplements, health practices, and the importance of being informed about one's health.
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Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Naming the Podcast
02:48 The Psychology of Online Fitness Culture
05:39 Personality Traits and Social Media Engagement
08:05 Debunking Pop Psychology Myths
10:48 The Evolution of Online Coaching
13:49 Eric's New Role and Responsibilities
16:40 Leadership in Academia
19:22 The Structure of Academic Institutions
22:10 Reflections on Leadership and Responsibility
37:07 The Pursuit of the 1% in Bodybuilding
40:04 Training Philosophy and Personal Context
43:01 Evaluating Training Volume and Time Management
45:41 Investing in Muscle Growth: The Cost-Benefit Analysis
49:27 The Role of Supplements and Nutrition
55:39 Final Thoughts and Future Discussions
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi guys, welcome back to the podcast. You'll know what the title of this podcast is because you'll have seen the title and it will be live. |
| 0:08.8 | But we had lots of feedback on what we should call this collaboration, Eric. And I've been thinking about it a little bit before we popped on air maybe the last hour or so as I was thinking about what we're going to talk about. |
| 0:20.5 | And I was going through some of the suggestions and I actually really do like stronger culture |
| 0:25.0 | I know I went with iron stronger uh no wait yeah I and stronger before but something about |
| 0:30.5 | stronger culture that the culture thing is now speaking to me there I don't know if you had any |
| 0:35.8 | additional thoughts on what came through. |
| 0:39.9 | Iron Revival also sounds kind of cool. |
| 0:43.9 | So, as you know, we asked the dear cult and the dear audience of Revive Stronger to give us feedback. |
| 0:53.9 | And you know what? It actually worked |
| 0:56.1 | really well with not on the episode we had, but also the episode I just had with Tracks. So the last |
| 1:01.5 | episode with Tracks, I don't know if you listened to it. Just. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, cool. Good timing. |
| 1:06.7 | Cool. We carried on the, um, some of the conversation we had |
| 1:11.0 | because we kind of talked about, hey, you know, fitness kind of sucks online. |
| 1:16.1 | And then Trex was like, you know why? |
| 1:18.2 | It's because it's dominated by grandiose narcissists. |
| 1:21.3 | And we talked about the big five. |
| 1:24.2 | And there's a couple of traits in there. |
| 1:25.8 | There's agreeableness. |
| 1:29.8 | And this is just basically your propensity to have a desire to find consensus with others or find differences and whether you |
| 1:38.2 | actually enjoy agreeing or disagreeing. And there's a very, excuse me, a little bit of Pepsi Max came out there. |
| 1:46.2 | There tends to be very low agreeableness traits on people who post a lot online on average. |
| 1:54.3 | And also obviously higher extroversion, which is understandable, which we kind of all know what that is. |
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