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Jul 2024
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074: Functional Bodybuilding: Foundation...

Nick Bare
About this episode

There's a difference between being all-in and all-consumed.

Marcus Filly joins the podcast to discuss his functional bodybuilding program. Marcus has a remarkable talent for making muscle-building and fat loss achievable for everyone. We discussed foundational training principles like the mind-muscle connection, establishing a training culture, and the controversy surrounding "the pump.


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Topics:

0:00 Intro

1:05 Welcome

8:17 Functional bodybuilding

18:20 Muscle is the organ of longevity

25:05 Building the mind muscle connection

33:12 The importance of the pump

40:21 Creating culture around training

45:05 Marcus’s foundational training principles

52:04 Increasing your movement vocabulary

56:10 Balancing cardio with weight training

1:02:51 Making necessary changes for family

1:11:22 The difference between all in and all consumed

1:14:49 Navigating the different seasons

1:23:52 Being patient in your weakness

1:28:38 How your body responds to stress

1:37:37 Ways to manage stress

1:43:29 Creating a healthy body image

1:55:00 Avoiding depletion

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