Bodybuilding Down Under
Welcome to The Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast! Each episode you will be joined by your hosts Jack Radford-Smith, Daniel Chapelle, Lawrence Grieve and Daniel Yates, all passionate bodybuilders who are engrossed within the bodybuilding community here in Australia. Tune into the podcast for insight into the bodybuilding lifestyle, including everyone’s journeys on and off the stage, regular Q&A’s, guest interviews and of course some banter along the way. We all hope you enjoy! Instagram Handles: Jack: https://www.instagram.com/jack.radfordsmith/ Daniel C: https://www.instagram.com/daniel.chapelle/ Lawrence: https://www.instagram.com/general.muscle/ Daniel Y: https://www.instagram.com/dy.fit/
Episodes
Welcome to Episode 221 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast! This week, we tackle questions spanning contest prep, genetics and performance.
We debate whether practice peak weeks provide useful information or simply introduce variables that cannot replicate the real thing.
The conversation then turns to genetics. How quickly can a coach recognise a world-class physique, and can years of intelligent training overcome an average st...
Welcome to Episode 220 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
After recapping the incredible standard displayed at Australia’s first natural NPC Pro Qualifier, we tackle some of the most uncomfortable questions in competitive bodybuilding.
Are too many athletes arriving on stage underdone? Does being more conditioned automatically make you better? Can...
Welcome to Episode 219 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
The World Cup of Terrible Fitness Trends continues as we work through the quarter-finals, semi-finals and a fiercely contested final.
We debate whether any exercise is inherently good or bad, the risks of going enhanced at a young age, the influence of unqualified health gurus and the widespread damage caused by labelling foods...
Welcome to Episode 218 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
This week, the boys enter the worst trends in bodybuilding and fitness into a knockout tournament to determine which deserves to be crowned the most diabolical of them all.
Recovery gadgets face off against “shocking the muscle,” peptides take on staying shredded year-round, and going enhanced at a young age compete...
This week, we’re joined by ICN Queensland and ICN India President Jay Acharya for an honest look at where natural bodybuilding within ICN is heading.
We unpack the major changes already being implemented across ICN Queensland, including improved judging feedback, streamlined show formats, clearer category standards and a stronger focus on year-round drug testing.
Jay also takes us behind the scenes of India’s rapidly gr...
Welcome to Episode 216 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast.
This week, the boys put some of the most common contest prep foods on trial.
Some are timeless bodybuilding staples. Others are aggressively marketed “diet foods” that may not deserve the reputation they have earned. From chicken and rice, oats and egg whites to FroPro pizza, Ninja Creamis, Pepsi Max and sugar-free lollies, everything is being ranked from S ...
Welcome to Episode 215 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
We open with an athlete watch, turning the spotlight on a couple of natural competitors who are making some serious noise heading into their upcoming shows. We discuss what's changed in their packages, what's got us excited, and why the s...
Welcome to Episode 214 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
This week we get into some of the smaller details that actually move the needle. We kick things off with a question around exercise sequencing in prep and whether loading up on isolation work before your compound lifts is a smart strategy...
Welcome to Episode 213 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
This week we are joined by one of Australia's most respected natural bodybuilders and posing artists, Pete Hartwig. A two-time Natural Olympia champion who earned his classic physique IFBB pro card at the Australian Arnold Classic, Pete sits down for a wide ranging chat on a career spanning almost two decades and more than 40 shows.
We trace his journey from an unlikel...
Welcome to Episode 212 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
Before we get stuck into the main event, we take a few minutes to recap the most recent WNBF show in Melbourne, highlighting some standout physiques.
This week we ar...
Welcome to Episode 211 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
With Season A wrapping up across Australia, we take a deep dive into one of the most challenging parts of competing: the post show period. We break down what prep has actually done to your body and mind, why your brain is in survival mode coming off stage, and why the hunger and food noise you're experiencing is your physiology doing exactly what it was designed to do.
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Welcome to Episode 210 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
After a quick catch up we dive into a topic that keeps coming up across the industry: AI in bodybuilding coaching.
With AI now ba...
Welcome to Episode 209 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
With the final national shows of the season just around the corner, we tackle two of the most common yet least discussed realities of competitive bodybuilding. First up, what actually happens when you overeat o...
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Welcome back to Part 2 of the Comp Prep Playoffs! We pick up right where we left off, diving into the quarter finals, semis and ultimately crowning a winner. The people have spoken and zero cardio has been sent packing, so with the final eight locked in, the bracket really heats up.
Refeeds versus coaching, high protein versus low stress, quality training versus the meal plan, and carb loading versus food noise con...
Welcome to Episode 207 of the Bodybuilding Down Under podcast!
In this episode, we run a contest prep playoffs, putting key bodybuilding strategies head-to-head to determine what actually matters most across a successful prep.
We work through a range of common approaches used by competitors and coaches, comparing how different strategies stack up in practice and where they may (or may not) make a meaningful difference.
Each matchup...
Welcome to Episode 206 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast! This week we are joined by special guest Richard Collins, a coach whose background spans basketball, football and strength and conditioning across semi-professional and professional sport before transitioning into the bodybuilding and body composition world. Richard breaks down a concept ...
Welcome to Episode 205 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
This week, we are back to break down one of the most talked-about topics in competitive bodybuilding: peak week.
The conversation opens with what a good peak week actually looks like and why the goal for most athletes should be a refreshed, recovered physique rather than a last-minute push for extra conditioning. From there, we dive into the key loading strategies, fron...
Welcome to Episode 204 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
This week, we are joined by one of the most respected coaches in natural bodybuilding, Cliff Wilson. With No. 1 and No. 3 in the world at the most recent WNBF World Championships, Cliff's track record speaks fo...
Welcome to episode 203 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast! This week we open with some updates going into season A and what the final weeks of prep really look like from a coaching perspective.
From there, we tackle a listener question: in prep, is it better to run higher calories with higher output, or lower calories with lower output? We break down energy flux, hunger management, step counts, dimi...
Welcome to Episode 202 of the Bodybuilding Down Under Podcast!
This week we are unpacking some of the most common early training mistakes and how their programming has evolved over the past decade.
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