Jeff Alberts – The Godfather of Natural Bodybuilding

(4:05) – Who is Jeff Albert?

(4:53) – How old were you and how did you get started in training?

(6:15) – At what point did training turn into competing?

(7:19) – Was there ever a time you were confronted or influenced by drugs?

(8:45) – How did natural bodybuilding become the center of 3DMJ?

(11:05) – What is 3DMJ now? What do you guys do?

(12:25) – What are some things that you’ve learned over the years about longevity in the gym?

(14:05) – What mistakes have you learned and ran into that have taught you about longevity in the gym?

(16:00) – What is Mike Mentzer HIIT Training?

(17:10) – Why is it that most 40+year old bodybuilders seem to be more shredded?

(18:20) – How do you convince people to stick with body building? How do you talk with the younger generation of bodybuilders?

(21:05) – What metrics do you record and track regularly?

(25:41) – Is it necessary to progress on everything in order to get visual progress?

(26:35) – What is your take on the importance of the mind muscle connection?

(28:25) – Just doing more volume, is not actually always doing more volume…

(29:31) – You seem to have a very simplistic approach with training. Is there a rhyme or reason for that?

(31:40) – What does your training split look like right now? How long do you stick with one program? What do you recommend to your athletes?

(34:30) – How do you know when to switch up your program or parts about your program? How do you determine this with your athletes?

(35:22) – What is your take on periodization? Do you need to worry about it as a bodybuilder?

(37:17) – Are you staying in one certain rep range?

(39:10) – How do you approach nutrition?

(41:48) – Where do you stand with flexible dieting? How much Bro science do you implement and how much validity is there to that?

(43:35) – How do you sustain flexibility, competing, and your family life?

(48:25) – Do you think having failures or doing the wrong way is good in order to gain knowledge to help people?

(50:30) – How often do you periodize dieting? Do you let athletes do back to back preps, Do you let them diet down for a special event, etc…

(53:20) – What advice would you give other coaches?

(55:50) – You Are Dinner Table With 3 Empty Seats, You Can Pick 3 People To Sit With You, Dead Or Alive, Who Would You Pick?

(57:14) – Where can the listeners find you and your content?