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In this episode the guys break down the signs that your bulk or reverse diet is not working — losing weight on the scale, still feeling hungry, strength not going up, energy not improving, and sleep not getting better. They cover why strength is the single best metric to track during a bulk, why under eating during a supposed surplus leads to binge cycles on garbage food, and why women especially resist the scale going up even when building muscle is the goal. They also get into why old gym machines from the 90s with their heavier stacks were built for bodybuilders and how modern machines are designed for ease and safety, Paleo Valley bone broth protein in coffee that Sal's uncle has been doing for months without knowing it was a protein supplement, a new dating app exclusively for people who were never vaccinated for Covid, TBPN and how AI companies are buying podcasts to control public narrative — plus the William Hearst and cannabis prohibition parallel showing this is a 200-year-old game, pheromone maxing and the viral trend of guys skipping showers before dates, Arthur Brooks on the happiness data showing kids reduce daily enjoyment but dramatically increase meaning, and Vuori now making pickleball paddles as pickleball hit 479% growth and 24 million players in 5 years. Then they answer questions from Instagram.

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0:00 - Intro

1:13 - Signs your bulk is not working — and why most people are making the same mistakes

3:39 - Sign 1: You lost weight — if the scale goes down you are nowhere near eating enough

10:09 - Sign 2: You are hungry — on a proper bulk you should never feel hungry

13:00 - Sign 3: Strength has not gone up — the most objective metric during a bulk

15:12 - Sign 4: Energy is not better — proper surplus should have you moving more subconsciously

21:36 - Sign 5: Sleep is not better — and the libido clue nobody talks about

22:56 - Old gym machines had heavier stacks and were built for bodybuilders — a completely different design

25:00 - Paleo Valley bone broth protein in coffee — Sal's uncle has been doing it for months

26:40 - The new dating app exclusively for unvaccinated people — it is real

30:31 - TBPN sale and AI companies buying podcasts to control public narrative

38:02 - William Hearst, cannabis prohibition and 200 years of media narrative control

44:04 - Pheromone maxing — skipping showers before dates and the ovulation science behind it

47:24 - Arthur Brooks on happiness data — kids lower daily enjoyment but dramatically increase meaning

57:36 - Vuori now makes pickleball paddles — 479% growth and 24 million players in 5 years

1:06:21 - Q&A: Best way to build leg strength without a squat rack

1:08:43 - Q&A: Getting tighter after starting to lift — is this normal or a stretching problem?

1:12:08 - Q&A: Is winging it in the gym okay if you are consistent and progressing?

1:18:18 - Q&A: What would each of the guys be doing if Mind Pump never happened?