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Women’s Bodybuilding, female steroid use, and coaching red flags. Dr. Meg Morrison joins Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw, and Scott McNally to discuss what it will take to bring more fans to the sport and why she moved up to Women’s Bodybuilding. We also get into PED mistakes women make, the personal trade-offs of side effects, and choosing the right coach. Plus, Meg takes on Ron and Dusty in our Worst Coaching Advice game. 00:00:00 Welcome to It’s Just Bodybuilding 00:02:00 Dr. Meg Morrison Joins the Show 00:06:50 Moving Up to Women’s Bodybuilding 00:12:00 How Can Women’s Bodybuilding Attract More Fans? 00:18:50 Meet Meg’s Dogs 00:21:50 Steroid Advice: Men vs. Women 00:23:50 Which Steroids Should Women Avoid? 00:25:30 Are Women Starting Steroids Too Soon? 00:28:00 Female PED Side Effects: The Personal Trade-Offs 00:34:40 How Women Can Choose a Bodybuilding Coach 00:37:00 What Meg Has Changed Her Mind About as a Coach 00:40:45 Predatory Coaches in Bodybuilding 00:44:45 From Ballet to Bodybuilding: Meg’s Journey 00:54:00 Worst Coaching Advice Game 01:16:30 What Grinds Meg’s Gears? 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Anavar in 2026: muscle growth, side effects, and what’s changed in our experience. Dave Crosland and Scott McNally revisit oxandrolone with an updated profile on DNS, discussing dosing perspectives, common bodybuilding uses, considerations for women, diminishing returns, and availability. RESEARCH & PEPTIDE AFFILIATES Find my current research and pep affiliates, along with their discount codes, at Think BIG Bodybuilding: https://thinkbigbodybuilding.com Scott shares how his opinion shifted after revisiting Anavar with coaching clients over the past year, and why the cholesterol changes he observed have him reconsidering the trade-off. In our listener Q&A, we discuss testosterone, Primobolan and Anadrol, back spasms during a cycle, Dave’s experiences with oral steroids, and whether sublingual administration changes the risks of oral AAS and YK-11. We also address a listener’s report of anaphylactic shock involving cagrilintide, nitrogen retention as a measure of steroid strength, and getting started as an online coach. Follow DNS so you don’t miss the next episode. Have a question for Dave and Scott? Submit it through the Think BIG Bodybuilding Patreon. EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Welcome to DNS 00:02:00 Anavar in 2026: Updated Profile 00:03:00 What Is Oxandrolone? 00:06:30 How Much Muscle Can Anavar Build? 00:10:30 Anavar Dosing: Different Perspectives 00:11:40 Scott’s Anavar Experience: Coaching & Cholesterol 00:15:50 Common Uses for Anavar in Bodybuilding 00:17:30 Anavar for Women 00:19:25 Anavar: Diminishing Returns 00:20:45 Anavar Availability in 2026 00:24:20 Getting Started as an Online Coach 00:35:20 Adding Anadrol to 700 mg Test & 700 mg Primo 00:37:10 Back Spasms During a Primobolan Cycle 00:38:45 Dave’s Best Experience with Oral Steroids 00:42:20 Are Sublingual Steroids & YK-11 Safer? 00:45:10 Cagrilintide & Anaphylactic Shock: Listener Question 00:49:30 Does Nitrogen Retention Predict Steroid Strength? 00:59:00 Dave’s Lab Testing Company 01:02:30 Advice from Scott McNally 01:07:20 Behind the Scenes THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Explore our shows, sponsors, and more: https://thinkbigbodybuilding.com UK BLOOD WORK Get your blood work done with Dave Crosland in the UK: https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ SUPPORT THE PODCAST Help keep the show growing through Patreon. Even $5 a month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding SPONSORS TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com SUPPLEMENT SOURCE CANADA — Top-brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca OFFICIAL THINK BIG MERCH Train, represent, and support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

What are the biggest PED mistakes experienced bodybuilding coaches have made? Skip Hill, Andrew Berry, and Scott McNally share personal stories and lessons learned on Blood Sweat & Gear, then tackle growth hormone questions in bodybuilding. Starting with a rough clenbuterol experience, we discuss mistakes we’ve made and why “bioidentical” doesn’t automatically mean safe. Then we cover GH and insulin resistance, berberine and metformin for insulin sensitivity, every-other-day growth hormone dosing, and questions about the supply of pharmaceutical GH. Plus, unusually high IGF-1 levels, Skip’s experience with Increlex, a listener physique critique, and some behind-the-scenes TV talk. THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Find our affiliate links, discount codes, and more: https://thinkbigbodybuilding.com CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Sponsor Message 00:01:00 Welcome to Blood Sweat & Gear 00:02:00 Worst Clenbuterol Experience 00:06:10 Our Biggest PED Mistakes in Bodybuilding 00:19:45 Bioidentical Hormones: Why They Can Still Be Harmful 00:22:30 Growth Hormone & Insulin Resistance 00:29:00 Berberine & Metformin for Insulin Sensitivity 00:33:20 Every-Other-Day Growth Hormone? 00:41:00 Where Is All the Pharmaceutical GH Coming From? 00:43:45 Extremely High IGF-1 Levels 00:45:50 Increlex: Personal Experiences with IGF-1 00:53:15 Skip’s Experience with Increlex Dosing 00:58:00 Listener Physique Critique 01:09:45 Behind the Scenes: TV Talk SUPPORT THE PODCAST Help keep Think BIG Bodybuilding growing and join the conversation on Patreon. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding SPONSORS TRUE NUTRITION Custom supplements for serious lifters. Use code THINK to save. https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK SUPPLEMENT SOURCE CANADA https://www.supplementsource.ca THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products This discussion shares personal experiences and provides education. It is not medical advice or a recommendation to use PEDs.

Hadi Choopan is preparing for the 2027 Arnold Classic with Milos Sarcev. Could this partnership bring his best look yet? Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw and Scott McNally discuss how Hadi could stack up against Nick Walker, Andrew Jacked and Samson Dauda in a potential showdown between four former Arnold Classic champions. After missing the Olympia, Hadi is the matchup we didn’t get to see. We discuss what Milos could bring to his physique, his reputation for emphasizing insulin, high carbs and muscle fullness, and how his training approach compares with Hadi’s. Plus, a quick Prague Pro discussion, one-day vs. two-day bodybuilding shows, and Two Truths & a Lie featuring bodybuilding legends. Play along with Ron and Dusty, then stick around for a listener physique critique and football talk. Who wins this Arnold Classic lineup, and what do you expect Hadi to look like with Milos? Let us know in the comments! 00:00:00 Welcome to It’s Just Bodybuilding 00:05:00 Hadi Choopan & Milos Sarcev: A New Look? 00:10:00 Hadi’s Training vs. Milos’ Training 00:11:30 Arnold Classic: Hadi, Nick, Andrew & Samson 00:13:50 One-Day vs. Two-Day Bodybuilding Shows 00:17:00 Prague Pro Discussion 00:20:00 Two Truths & a Lie: Bodybuilding Trivia 00:20:40 Arnold Schwarzenegger 00:21:55 Ronnie Coleman 00:22:45 Jay Cutler 00:23:20 Franco Columbu 00:23:50 Flex Wheeler 00:25:15 Dorian Yates 00:25:45 Dexter Jackson 00:27:40 Chris Dickerson 00:29:00 Mike Mentzer 00:30:00 Sergio Oliva 00:31:45 Chris Cormier 00:34:45 Albert Beckles 00:37:45 Larry Scott 00:44:15 Listener Physique Critique 01:01:50 Football Talk 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #HadiChoopan #ArnoldClassic #Bodybuilding #ItsJustBodybuilding

YK-11 in bodybuilding: what does the science actually show, and how much is hype? Dave Crosland and Scott McNally break down the myostatin inhibitor claims, injectable YK-11 concerns, its chemical structure, and questions about dosing, cycle length, and testosterone suppression on Drugs ’n’ Stuff. Plus, injectable DHT (stanolone), Proviron, and listener questions on low blood pressure, estrogen and acne, Deca for joint pain, testosterone recovery after PCT, high prolactin, and trenbolone for performance versus muscle growth. And, as always, a few detours with Uncle Dave. What’s your question for the next Drugs ’n’ Stuff? Drop it in the comments. 00:00:00 Welcome to Drugs ’n’ Stuff 00:02:00 Injectable DHT (Stanolone): Problems & Concerns 00:05:20 YK-11 in Bodybuilding: Benefits or Hype? 00:06:50 YK-11 Science: What Do We Know? 00:09:45 Injectable YK-11: Safety Concerns 00:10:50 YK-11’s Structure vs. Oral Steroid Methylation 00:11:15 Is YK-11 Really a Myostatin Inhibitor? 00:12:30 YK-11 Dosing Discussion 00:13:45 Does YK-11 Suppress Testosterone & the HPTA? 00:15:30 YK-11 Cycle Length Discussion 00:17:45 Vigorous Steve’s Injectable DHT Dosing 00:19:30 Low Blood Pressure: Listener Q&A 00:24:00 Does High Estrogen Cause Acne? 00:26:00 Deca for Joint Pain: Dosing & Cholesterol Concerns 00:29:50 Adjusting an Upper/Lower Training Split 00:33:55 Should You Trust Fitness Influencers? 00:35:40 5-Amino-1MQ Discussion 00:37:00 Uncle Dave’s She-Wee Recommendation 00:38:30 Brits Visiting Las Vegas 00:40:45 Swollen Lymph Nodes After Steroid Injections 00:43:15 Injectable DHT vs. Proviron 00:46:40 Testosterone Recovery After PCT: How Long? 00:49:00 Injectable Oral Steroids in MCT Oil: Pros & Cons 00:51:00 Steroid Cycle Plans During Major Fat Loss 00:53:40 How Dave Got His Microphone 00:56:15 High Prolactin After a Steroid Cycle 00:57:45 Trenbolone Dosing: Performance vs. Muscle Growth 01:04:00 Dave’s British Perspective on Americans 01:12:15 Uncle Dave’s Advice 01:19:30 Behind the Scenes: CPAP Talk 01:23:45 Sketchy Motels in the ’90s UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Check Out Our Affiliates And Sponsors Here https://thinkbigbodybuilding.com Clenbuterol for fat loss: how long does a dose stay effective, should you stop it on a refeed, and what are the pros and cons? Coaches Andrew Berry and Scott McNally share their experience in a rapid-fire listener Q&A on Blood Sweat & Gear, starting with clenbuterol, albuterol, and yohimbine. Plus, steroids and PEDs, growth hormone before a bodybuilding show, injectable DHT (stanolone), testosterone injection frequency, and female steroid side effects. We also tackle carb cycling, alcohol and bodybuilding, loose skin, muscle asymmetry, and practical coaching strategies for lifestyle clients. What’s your question for the next BSG coaching Q&A? Drop it in the comments. 00:00:00 Welcome to Blood Sweat & Gear 00:01:00 Should You Stop Clenbuterol on a Refeed? 00:03:30 How Long Does a Clenbuterol Dose Stay Effective? 00:05:00 Clenbuterol for Fat Loss: Pros & Cons 00:09:00 Albuterol vs. Clenbuterol 00:10:20 Combining Yohimbine & Clenbuterol 00:12:10 Clenbuterol Dosing Frequency 00:13:20 Growth Hormone Loading Before a Show 00:17:00 Injectable Albuterol 00:18:00 More Clenbuterol Drawbacks 00:19:00 Clenbuterol: Anecdotal Anti-Catabolic & Diuretic Effects 00:21:10 Loose Skin After Weight Loss: Building Muscle 00:25:15 Coaching Lifestyle Clients Who Struggle with Consistency 00:29:00 Alcohol & Bodybuilding 00:35:30 Injectable DHT (Stanolone) 00:38:30 How Many Men Maintain 8% Body Fat? 00:42:00 Competing with Type 1 Diabetes 00:46:30 Fat Loss While Working Night Shift 00:50:40 Carb Cycling vs. a Consistent Calorie Deficit 00:55:30 Female Steroid Side Effects 01:02:20 Florida Gyms 01:04:20 Testosterone Propionate Injection Frequency 01:05:45 Testosterone Blood Levels & Muscle Growth 01:09:40 How to Fix Muscle Asymmetry 01:15:14 Behind the Scenes

Is insulin overrated for building muscle? Ron Partlow and Dusty Hanshaw share their experiences with insulin in bodybuilding, how little they relied on it, and their thoughts on using it for contest peaking. Scott McNally joins the conversation on this episode of It’s Just Bodybuilding. Plus, did Generation Iron paint Phil Heath as the villain? We discuss Phil’s recent comments and how the film shaped fans’ perceptions of him. Then it’s contest prep talk: making show day needlessly stressful, how often coaches should check their clients, and managing water and sodium. We also guess what famous bodybuilders did for work before bodybuilding, break down 10 gym stereotypes, hear how Ron became the “mayor of the gym,” and discuss the importance of bodywork for bodybuilders. Do you think insulin’s role in building muscle is overrated? And did Generation Iron give Phil Heath an unfair portrayal? Let us know in the comments. 00:00:00 Welcome to It’s Just Bodybuilding 00:02:30 Generation Iron: Did It Make Phil Heath the Villain? 00:14:20 Is Insulin Overrated for Building Muscle? 00:28:00 Why Bodybuilders Make Show Day So Stressful 00:28:45 Insulin for Contest Peaking 00:31:40 Show Day Coaching: How Often Should You Check Clients? 00:40:40 Managing Water & Sodium for Contest Prep 00:47:15 Guess the Bodybuilder’s Job Before They Were Famous 00:56:55 10 Gym Stereotypes 01:10:30 How Ron Became the Mayor of the Gym 01:12:50 Growing Up in −40°C: Ron’s Stories 01:19:40 How Important Is Bodywork for Bodybuilders? #Bodybuilding #ItsJustBodybuilding #ThinkBIGBodybuilding #PhilHeath

Injectable DHT, also known as stanolone, is getting plenty of attention in bodybuilding. But what are the benefits, what are the drawbacks, and how much of the excitement is hype? Dave Crosland and Scott McNally discuss it on Drugs ’n’ Stuff, including Vigorous Steve’s early use, Paul Barnett’s experience and dosing, and potential concerns with using stanolone during a cruise. Then it’s listener Q&A: enclomiphene instead of TRT, loose skin after fat loss, muscle memory and using less gear, injectable oral steroids, and the best injection sites. Plus, estrogen management with Primobolan and Masteron, whether cabergoline is needed with NPP, topical dutasteride for hair loss, and dealing with back acne on cycle. Have you tried injectable DHT? Tell us about your experience in the comments, including any benefits or side effects you noticed. 00:00 Welcome to Drugs ’n’ Stuff 01:30 Injectable DHT (Stanolone): Benefits & Drawbacks 05:40 Vigorous Steve’s Early Use of Injectable DHT 06:25 Paul Barnett’s DHT Experience & Dosing 07:30 Potential Problems With Stanolone During a Cruise 10:00 Injectable DHT: Share Your Experience 12:00 Steroids in a Vape? 16:25 Enclomiphene Instead of TRT? 21:45 Tightening Loose Skin After Fat Loss 24:00 Muscle Memory: Can You Maintain With Less Gear? 28:00 Are Injectable Oral Steroids Safer? 31:00 Ranking the Best Injection Sites 34:45 Primobolan for Estrogen Control: 600 Test / 300 Deca 36:00 Do You Need Cabergoline With Test & NPP? 41:00 High-Dose SLU-PP & MOTS-c 47:00 Estrogen Control: Masteron-to-Testosterone Ratio of 2:1 49:00 Topical Dutasteride for Hair Loss 49:30 Does Methyltestosterone Convert to Methyl DHT? 50:30 Managing Back Acne on Cycle 53:00 Uncle Dave’s Wisdom 01:09:00 Behind the Scenes UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw, Andrew Berry and Scott McNally team up for an It’s Just Bodybuilding × Blood Sweat & Gear crossover, looking back at the 2026 Mr. Olympia and the predictions we got wrong. We debate Nick Walker vs. Derek Lunsford, Samson Dauda’s finals performance, the judging, and who deserved to place higher. Plus, Andrew Jacked’s next step, Martin Fitzwater, Hadi Choopan, Keone Pearson, women’s bodybuilding and Women’s Physique controversy, stories from Olympia weekend, and what’s coming in 2027. 00:00 The Primo Shortage Didn’t Stop Bodybuilding 00:20 It’s Just Bodybuilding × Blood Sweat & Gear 01:40 Our Olympia Predictions That Aged the Worst 04:45 Olympia Judging: Did They Get It Right? 07:00 Nick Walker vs. Derek Lunsford 09:15 Samson Dauda’s Olympia Finals Performance 12:20 Did Tonio Burton Deserve to Place Higher? 14:11 Should Prejudging Count as Much as Finals? 21:00 The Listeners Picked Nick Walker 22:45 Regan Grimes, Jordan Hutchinson & James Hollingshead 24:50 Does Michal Krizo Have the Best Most Muscular? 27:00 What’s Holding Andrew Jacked Back? 31:40 Nick Walker Commits to the 2027 Arnold Classic 32:20 Where Does Hadi Choopan Fit in This Lineup? 34:00 Nick Walker as Mr. Olympia: Representing the IFBB 39:50 What Happened With Martin Fitzwater? 44:20 Does Samson Dauda Need a Coach? 49:30 Keone Pearson & the 212 Olympia 50:45 Shaun Clarida & Lucas Garcia 56:10 Andrea Shaw & Women’s Bodybuilding 1:00:45 Lola Montez 1:07:00 Natalia Coelho & Women’s Physique Controversy 1:10:30 Ron & Dusty’s Olympia Weekend Stories 1:26:20 Wheelchair Bodybuilding 1:34:20 Bodybuilding Predictions for 2027 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Andrew Berry https://www.instagram.com/berryswole/ Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

Dave Crosland and Scott McNally return to the fake steroid product from a well-known source. They also discuss a recent steroid bust and how making gear from inexpensive raw powders can turn into a business with serious consequences. Then it’s listener questions, including one that cuts through the noise around growth hormone timing. Influencers can make taking GH at a specific time of day sound essential. Scott explains why he thinks timing matters far less than people are led to believe. Dave and Scott also cover second cycles, estrogen levels, YK-11, Accutane, low ferritin, and whether to be honest with your doctor about steroid use. 0:00 Support the show with our Advertisers 2:00 Fake Gear from Euro: An Update 4:30 Bust in Vegas 6:00 The Slippery Slope of Selling Gear 11:22 Injectable DHT for a Figure Competitor? 12:00 Setting Up a Second Bulk Cycle 15:00 More GH on Big Training Days? 16:00 Does Growth Hormone Timing Really Matter? 23:10 Beta Blockers in Poker 25:20 Adjusting Estrogen When Bloodwork Looks Good 27:45 How to Dose a Second Cycle 30:00 Dave Is Back in the Gym 32:30 Adding YK-11 to Test, EQ and NPP 36:00 Accutane During a Cycle or After? 39:00 Safer Solvents for Injectable Orals? 40:30 600 mg of Orals Per Day: Follow-Up 41:40 Low Ferritin on Blast and Cruise 48:00 Should You Tell Your Doctor About Steroid Use? 54:20 Uncle Dave’s Wisdom UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Skip Hill, Andrew Berry and Scott McNally answer listener questions about starting versus finishing a cycle with oral steroids, using gear during a recomp, and taking orals only on training days. They also discuss minimum dosing to preserve muscle when cutting to 10% body fat, concerns about nandrolone and neurotoxicity, and how a wrestler’s weight class changes the conversation about gaining muscle. Plus, the guys rank ways to get a better pump, talk about fitting bodybuilding into a busy life, address stubborn midsection fat, and critique a 300-pound bodybuilder’s physique. 0:00 Welcome to Blood Sweat & Gear Coaching Q&A 1:40 Oral Steroids: Start or Finish a Cycle? 10:00 Does Gear Help With a Recomp? 13:10 Oral Steroids on Training Days Only? 18:30 Wrestler at His Weight-Class Limit: Can He Use Gear? 29:00 Ranking Ways to Get a Better Pump 34:00 Minimal Gear for Cutting to 10% Body Fat 37:00 Nandrolone and Neurotoxicity Concerns 47:50 Balancing Bodybuilding With a Busy Life 55:40 Why Is He Still Holding Midsection Fat? 1:02:30 Physique Critique: 300-Pound Bodybuilder 1:12:30 Skip’s Word of the Day 1:14:45 Behind the Scenes Check out our Research and Supplement Affiliates here : https://thinkbigbodybuilding.com

Who will finish in the top five at the 2026 Mr. Olympia? Ron Partlow, Dusty Hanshaw and Scott McNally break down the Olympia lineup and the five bodybuilders they believe are in the mix: Samson Dauda, Derek Lunsford, Andrew Jacked, Nick Walker and Martin Fitzwater. They discuss Samson’s latest improvements, why Derek remains dangerous, Martin’s sleeper potential, Andrew’s training change and which competitor could deliver the biggest surprise of Olympia weekend. Plus, the importance of bodybuilding genetics, James Hollingshead’s latest physique update, the biggest prize-money winners in Olympia history, NFL trivia and the must-do attractions in Las Vegas during Olympia weekend. 0:00 Welcome to It’s Just Bodybuilding 2:00 Our Top Five for the 2026 Mr. Olympia 2:30 Is Samson Dauda Better Than Last Year? 6:00 Why Derek Lunsford Is Still Dangerous 7:00 Is Martin Fitzwater the Olympia Sleeper? 9:50 Why Balanced Physiques Are So Dangerous 13:00 Who Will Be the Biggest Olympia Surprise? 13:45 James Hollingshead Physique Update 22:16 Genetic Freaks: DK Metcalf and Elite Genetics 25:00 Why Genetics Trump Everything 26:40 Will Andrew Jacked’s Coaching Change Matter? 31:00 Who Has Won the Most Olympia Prize Money? 57:30 NFL Trivia with Ron, Dusty and Scott 1:09:00 Must-Do Attractions in Las Vegas During the Olympia 🔴 OFFICIAL SPONSOR MUTANT® — Born Different. Born Hardcore! Save with code: BIGRON or DUSTY https://www.iammutant.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📲 FOLLOW THE HOSTS Ron Partlow https://www.instagram.com/rep300 Dusty Hanshaw https://www.instagram.com/dustyhanshaw08 Scott McNally https://www.instagram.com/scottmcnally1 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 📱 TRAIN LIKE HELL APP Ron’s official training app https://www.trainlikehell.com ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🙏 SUPPORT THINK BIG BODYBUILDING Patreon (Every $5 helps keep the shows going) https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding 👕 THINK BIG MERCH https://think-big.printify.me/products ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ✅ ADDITIONAL SPONSOR TRUE NUTRITION Code: THINK https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK 3rd-party tested — trusted by bodybuilders ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🇨🇦 CANADIAN VIEWERS Blowout deals on top supplement brands https://www.supplementsource.ca ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🎧 AUDIO PODCAST Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/think-big-bodybuilding/id1561623662 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ #MrOlympia #Bodybuilding #Olympia2026 #ItsJustBodybuilding

Fake steroids are on the market, and this time we have independent lab testing showing what was actually in the product. In this episode of Drugs n Stuff, Dave Crosland and Scott McNally break down the test results, the company's response when confronted with them, the limitations of testing an opened vial, and what this raises about quality control in the underground steroid market. Then we answer listener questions covering Strongman cycles, Masteron, PEDs and reaction time, Aromasin dosing, low sodium, testosterone blood work, and whether to increase testosterone or add another compound. This episode is presented for education, harm reduction and consumer safety. We do not sell, source or provide information about where to purchase illegal drugs. 0:00 Disclaimer: Harm Reduction & Consumer Safety 0:45 How Do You Determine What a Business Is Worth? 1:10 Support Our Advertisers 2:45 Fake Steroids on the Market: What We Found 6:35 Independent Lab Testing: What Was Actually in It? 7:45 The Company's Response to the Test Results 11:30 Problems With Testing an Open Vial 14:35 Did the Company Try to Make It Right? 16:05 Does This Raise Questions About Their Quality Control? 19:30 Listener Steroid & PED Q&A 20:00 Steroid Cycles for Strongman 25:45 Staying Motivated Training in Hot Weather 31:25 Running Out of Masteron Mid-Cycle 34:25 Can PEDs Improve Reaction Time? 39:15 Is 30 Too Old to Start Competing? 44:45 Aromasin Dosing 51:45 Low Sodium on Blood Work 55:45 Dave's Unboxing 1:00:45 Add Another Compound or Increase Testosterone? 1:01:45 Low Testosterone on Blood Work While on Cycle? 1:04:25 Uncle Dave's Advice UK Blood Work Get your Labs done by Dave in the UK : https://evalbloodanalysis.com/home/ Support the Podcast Patreon — Help keep the show growing. Even $5/month makes a difference. https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding Sponsors TRUE NUTRITION — Custom supplements for serious lifters Use code THINK to save https://www.truenutrition.com/THINK STROM SPORTS — Performance supplements trusted by athletes UK: https://tinyurl.com/ydmbfa54 US: https://stromsportsus.com Supplement Source Canada — Top brand supplements with fast shipping http://www.supplementsource.ca Merch Official THINK BIG Merch — Train, represent, support the brand https://think-big.printify.me/products

Does L-carnitine actually increase androgen receptor content—or has social media exaggerated what the research shows? In this episode of Muscle Minds, Scott Stevenson presents a detailed breakdown of the Kraemer L-carnitine study behind this popular bodybuilding claim. Scott Stevenson and Scott McNally examine what the researchers actually measured, how the study was designed, what the results showed and the limitations that are often left out of social-media explanations. The evidence does not support the claim that L-carnitine upregulates androgen receptor content. We also discuss why this proposed effect would matter to bodybuilders, the questions the study leaves unanswered and what can—and cannot—be concluded from its results. 0:00 Teaser: L-Carnitine Does Not Increase Androgen Receptor Content 1:00 Introduction 3:00 Why We’re Covering This Topic 6:30 Does L-Carnitine Increase Androgen Receptor Content? 7:45 Questions for the Listener 9:20 Why Would This Be Important? 14:00 What We Need to Know About L-Carnitine 21:45 What Did They Do in the Kraemer Study? 25:00 L-Carnitine Study Protocol 30:20 L-Carnitine Study Results 39:00 Lingering Questions 41:30 Problems With the Study 47:30 Final Thoughts on the Study 56:00 Breaking Down the Protocol Further 1:04:00 Loading Period: Oral vs Injectable L-Carnitine 1:07:00 Pronouncing “Creatine” 1:10:00 Off Topic 🔴 Reach out to Scott or Scott for consults or coaching: Dr Scott = [http://www.byobbcoach.com](http://www.byobbcoach.com) Scott = [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) 🔴 Get the hardcover of Be Your Own Bodybuilding Coach on Scott's IG: [https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/](https://www.instagram.com/fortitude_training/) 🙏 Support us on Patreon. Every $5 helps! [https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding](https://www.patreon.com/thinkbigbodybuilding) 👕 Think BIG T Shirts! [https://think-big.printify.me/products](https://think-big.printify.me/products) ✅ Presented by TRUE NUTRITION. Code: THINK [http://www.truenutrition.com](http://www.truenutrition.com) 3rd Party Tested, Discover the source that bodybuilders trust! 🇨🇦 For our Canadians, get blow out deals on top brand name supplements! [http://www.supplementsource.ca](http://www.supplementsource.ca)

Is the post-diet rebound really where bodybuilders make some of their best gains, or did the growth actually happen during prep and only become visible once calories come back up and the physique fills out? Skip Hill, Andrew Berry and Scott McNally kick off Blood Sweat & Gear with a deep dive into the “magic” of the rebound. The guys break down what actually happens after a hard diet, how they approach rebound phases with clients, how quickly bodyweight should come back up, and the factors that determine whether someone has a productive rebound or just gets fat. They also look at real-world rebound examples and discuss what needs to be in place before pushing the enhanced side of a rebound. Later, the conversation gets into Tren E night sweats going into a show, injectable oral steroids, testosterone levels on cycle, DNP and methyl tren rankings, boldenone acetate, recovery methods, physique critiques and more. TIMESTAMPS 00:00 The Magic of the Post-Diet Rebound 00:50 Welcome Back to Blood Sweat & Gear 02:40 Andrew’s Client Earns His Pro Card 04:00 How to Rebound After a Diet 07:00 What Determines a Successful Rebound? 16:00 Rebound Case Study #1 17:30 Rebound Case Study #2 20:00 Rebound Case Study #3 21:30 How Fast Should You Gain After a Diet? 24:20 What to Nail Before Adding Gear 26:00 Tren E Night Sweats Before a Show 32:00 Are Injectable Orals Actually Safer? 35:00 Testosterone Levels on Cycle 39:30 Ranking DNP 41:00 Ranking Methyl Tren 44:30 Boldenone Acetate 45:50 Ranking Recovery Methods 54:50 Physique Critique 1:04:30 Andrew Responds to a Fake Comment 1:07:25 Behind the Scenes: Somehow We’re Talking History Support the show with our advertisers and affiliates : http://www.thinkbigbodybuilding.com