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Nov 2020
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Ep. #659: The Best of Muscle for Life: M...

MIKE MATTHEWS
About this episode

I’ve recorded hundreds of episodes of Muscle for Life on a huge variety of things related to health, fitness, and lifestyle, ranging from the basics of diet and exercise like energy and macronutrient balance and progressive overload and training frequency and volume to fads like the ketogenic and carnivore diet and collagen protein to more unfamiliar territories like body weight set point and fasted cardio.

Some episodes resonate with my crowd more than others, but all of them contain at least a few key takeaways that just about anyone can benefit from (that’s what I tell myself at least).

And as cool as that is, it poses a problem for you, my dear listener:

Ain’t nobody got time for that.

Well okay, some people do make the time to listen to most or even all of my podcasts, but my wizbang analytics tell me that while many listeners tune in on a regular basis, they don’t catch every installment of Muscle for Life and thus miss out on insights that could help them get a little better inside and outside the gym.

People have also been saying they’d like me to do more shorter, multi-topic episodes, like my Q&As.

And so I got an idea: how about a “best of” series of podcasts that contains a few of the most practical and compelling ideas, tips, and moments from my most popular episodes?

This way, people who are new to the show can quickly determine if it’s for them or not, and those who enjoy what I’m doing but don’t have the time or inclination to listen to all of my stuff can still benefit from the discussions and find new episodes to listen to.

So, in this installment of The Best of Muscle for Life, you’ll be hearing hand-picked morsels from three episodes:

  1. Layne Norton on Mini-Cuts and Mini-Bulks

(Originally published April 5, 2019)

  1. The Definitive (and Practical) Guide to Muscle Hypertrophy

(Originally published January 16, 2019)

  1. My Top 5 Takeaways from The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene

(Originally published Jan 7, 2019)

And we’ll be starting with number one, Layne Norton on Mini-Cuts and Mini-Bulks.


5:29 - Layne Norton on Mini-Cuts and Mini-Bulks

14:48 - The Definitive (and Practical) Guide to Muscle Hypertrophy

24:30 - My Top 5 Takeaways from The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene


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Mentioned on The Show: 


Layne Norton on Mini-Cuts and Mini-Bulks: https://legionathletics.com/layne-norton-mini-cuts-mini-bulks/


The Definitive (and Practical) Guide to Muscle Hypertrophy: https://legionathletics.com/muscle-hypertrophy-podcast/


My Top 5 Takeaways from The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene: https://legionathletics.com/48-laws-of-power-podcast/


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