From 3SB Discord member msoli7:
For Jim more so: As someone that pivoted from a traditional career into fitness/gym ownership/content creation what were the tradeoffs? Is there a best time in your life to do it or anythin…
The Rhino himself, Stan Efferding, joins us to talk about weight training for kids, the simplicity of good diet, and the 10-year anniversary of the Backyard Meet of the Century. Was that meet the “ribbon cutting” on the age …
The audio for this episode is a bit rougher than normal. Check the opening note for explanation.
We’re joined by Dean Saddoris and Kyle Castro to discuss…well…stuff. We review a high-top shoe commercial from 1986 and tal…
This week only, One Good Question and our main episode are switching places.
A deep-ish question from our Discord:
Keith Honeycutt asked, “What are some small things that make your day better?”
Kyle Castro helped …
A tough one from our Discord:
JackFrost asked, “If you had to make a choice, would you rather be deaf or blind?”
Avi Lieu and Kyle Castro jumped in on this one as well.
You can find Avi on Instagram @avi.lieu and …
Our own Avi Lieu and Kyle Castro chop it up with us as ponder this and a few more questions. Is Ye smart, mentally ill, or both? Is using Melanotan worth having an orange dick? Does the Liver King have fake abs? Is being hum…
This week’s question from Discord:
Mikexbull asked “As someone who wants to open a gym eventually - what do you think is the most important part of the planning?
A lot of people concentrate on all the wrong things. Wh…
We all make decisions based on the information we’re exposed to, the people around us, and what makes sense to us as individuals. In this episode, we discuss beliefs we’ve held during our time as lifters that have proven to …
This week’s One Good Question from our Discord crew:
Nwojjj asked: “What's a movie/documentary that doesn't have a sequel but you think it should?”
Is this a “careful what you wish for” question? Are all the streamers …
As the NBA prepares to take the courts for the 2022-23 season, we take a look a new Netflix documentary about the 2008 US Olympic basketball team, Redeem Team.
How much do coaches affect winning? How did a team full of N…
This week’s question from our Discord crew:
Helios Grime asks, “How do you drink your coffee and why is your way the only correct way?”
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Have a question for one of our Friday “One Good Question” episodes? Hit us…
This is a bit of a shorter episode, due to Jim’s laryngitis.
Does music, maybe even specific music really make you lift better? We talk about what motivates us, and how and when to use external motivators like music, amm…
From our Discord, ArrogantFool asked, “Alan Thrall recently posted a video about why he doesn't do PEDs. What are your why's? Is there anything that would push you closer to doing PEDs?”
Avi Lieu, a USAPL pro powerlifter…
There’s no dispute that working out once a week is better than not working out at all. But why does the media promote studies claiming that one workout a week is as effective multiple workouts a week? And how come these stor…
Say you could only have a home gym, and that home gym could only have three pieces of gym equipment. What would they be? How would you choose? Your favorite ones? Or the most versatile ones?
Avi Lieu, a USAPL pro powerl…
For better or for worse, our brains let us believe a lot of things that aren’t true. One good example is the Mandela Effect – misremembering the facts around something in popular culture. We kick things off with a little qui…
This episode started as a part of our warmup conversation for Wednesday’s episode, and it ended up taking on a life of it’s own. Does organized religion install morality or is it already there? Which social structures actual…
Did anyone think that in 2022 that someone would need to coin the term “bench depth?” The International Powerlifting Federation has imposed new performance rules on the competition bench press. Are they really that big a dea…
One Good Question warrior from our discord, Keith Honeycutt asks if we’d rather give up Internet for one year or bathing. What does bathing really mean? Can you ask someone to do it for you?
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Have a question for o…
We wanted to spend a little time talking about some simple, actionable ways to be helpful if someone you know is struggling and may be suicidal. Check the article below for more.
We kicked off with a discussion of good a…
Here’s an interesting one from our Discord crew:msoli7 asked, “If you could see any movie remade with a different actor/actress what would it be (i.e. Titanic starring The Rock?”
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Have a question for one of our Fri…
This week we’re taking a look at one of the latest entries in the Netflix “Untold” documentary series. On September 11, 2012, Notre Dame football sensation Manti Te’o told various news outlets that his grandmother and his gi…
Nico Flores and Joe Stanek of Gameday Barbell (Austin, TX) helped us out with this one. Is one of them a cheater? Which is better? Overhead pressing or weighted push-ups?
You can find Nico on Instagram @nicoflores83kg @ni…
Continuing our visit with the team from Gameday Barbell (Austin, TX), Nico Flores and Joe Stanek sit in to talk about the origins of their gym, theories about why some lifters are prone to injury, coaching philosophies, Ninj…
