I asked Claude AI to give me a list of what’s overrated and underrated in bodybuilding — and then I disagreed with half of it. In episode 305 of The Drop Set, I’m running through that list live with no prep, giving you my honest take on each one: HIIT cardio, meal timing, deload weeks, fancy supplements, macro tracking, the mind muscle connection, intermittent fasting, peak week complexity, cheat meals, posing practice, Epsom salt baths, and more. Some I agree with, some I don’t, and a few I have pretty strong opinions on. Also answering two listener voicemails this week — Jeff from New York wants to know which single prep meal I’d eat for two weeks straight, and Ron from Tennessee is planning a late 2027 competition and wants to know if a mini cut now makes sense. Plus a quick prep update: 10 days out from the Alabama Open, fat loss phase is done, calories are coming back up, and posing is the priority heading into the final stretch. Macro Boot Camp 2.0 is fully live with 34 video chapters — price goes up October 1.
