Hello guys and welcome back to the Not So Fit Couple podcast with your hosts, Lucy Davis Fitz

and Benjamin Halden. So on today's episode of the podcast, we have a very special guest of us in Mr Brad Schoenfeld,

who is PhD C-S-C-S-C-S-PS-F, FNSCA, is an internationally renowned fitness expert and widely regarded as one of the leading

authorities on body composition training. He is a lifetime drug-free bodybuilder as were numerous

natural bodybuilding titles. And to me, Brad Schoenfeld is the godfather, the Don Corleone of

the fitness world. And what this man does not know about building muscle and hypertrophy is not worth

knowing.

His new book, Science and Development of Muscle Hypertrophy, Second Edition, is the most

comprehensive resource on muscle hypertrophy in the world.

And the two new chapters deliver practical content on the measurement of muscle hypertrophy and advanced training practices.

And as a great admirer of Brad, me and Lucy bought his book in pre-release and I've recommended to a lot of our coaches and other clients.

So without fair ado, I will let Mr. Brad Schoenfeld fill in any gaps and tell you a little bit more about themselves before we dive into the book and some of the questions that we've had today.

Thanks so much for having me on, Ben and Lucy.

I'm happy to answer any questions.

As Ben said, we really appreciate having you on.

And we're so excited because in today's podcast, we wanted to dispel some of the myths that have, I guess, arose due to social media.

Now, when I first started lifting and getting into the gym, social media, I believe, was not as saturated with fitness content as it is now.

And what I mean by this is that isn't a lot of regulation

to the information being shared on social media and a lot of the educational value has been

lost along the way. So we are incredibly lucky to have Brad on today to dispel some of those

myths around muscle building and fat loss. So like Ben said at the start,

we have questions that are more so around muscle building,

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