The Drop Set with Darin Starr: Bodybuilding for the Masses
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The Drop Set with Darin Starr: Bodybuilding for the Masses
The Drop Set is where Darin Starr, full-time bodybuilding coach with 15+ years of experience, shares everything he knows about the bodybuilding lifestyle, diet, training, and contest prep
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297 – The “Oh Shit” Moment + Why You Keep Abandoning Your Goals
This week I’m getting personal. I had a moment this past weekend where my prep got real — a diet and cardio revision landed and the initial reaction w...
296 – The Hormonal Reality of Prep + Running a Business in a Deficit
This week I’m getting into what’s actually happening to your body during prep at a hormonal and metabolic level — without turning it into a physiology...
295 – Reverse Dieting + Stop Calling Everything Enhanced
This week I’m covering what happens after the show — and why the post-show period is one of the most important and most neglected phases of the entire...
294 – Stage Presence + Why Your Cut Stopped Working
This week I’m going deeper on posing — specifically what happens after you’ve got the mandatory poses dialed in. We’re talking about the finer points...
293 – Answering Your Questions!
Today we’re going to take a break from the standard format and just dive in to some Q&A on a range of topics. And at the end you can help me troubles...
292 – Bodybuilding on a Budget + The Weight Cap Women’s Physique Needs
This week I’m breaking down how to eat for your physique without letting your grocery bill get out of control. Whether you’re in prep or just trying t...
291 – Prep Training vs. Growth Training + Is Your Coach Actually Coaching You?
This week I’m breaking down one of the most common training mistakes I see when athletes transition from a growth phase into prep — failing to shift t...
290 – Build a Real Program + The Bill Nobody Sees Coming
In this episode I break down how to build an actual training program from scratch — not just a collection of exercises, but a structured plan with int...
289 – When Coaching Fails + How to Audit Your Program
I am hardly infallible (cue the sarcastic gasps of shock and horror). I know, hard to believe right? There have been PLENTY of times where I’ve fail...
288 – Back in Prep + Your Feed Is Making You Worse
Yep you read that right – prep is underway for me yet again for 2 shows this year. Let me bring you up to speed on what I’m doing, how I’m doing it,...
287 – Stop Adding Cardio + The Self-Coaching Trap
Wait, a coach that wants you to do LESS cardio? Well…maybe. Let’s talk about it, it’s complicated. Also, should you hire a coach or can you just DI...
286 – Peak Week Lies, The Plateau Excuse
If I’ve said it once I’ve said it a thousand time, so one more time won’t hurt. Your peak week should be the easiest week of your prep. Let’s fix th...
285 – AI in Bodybuilding Revisited, Signs You’re Not Ready
Let’s get a new streak going! It was 3 episodes ago (aka 1 year in real time – oof) that I first talked about AI in bodybuilding so let’s hit it agai...
284 – Sam Sulek at the Arnold, Body Image & Social Media
We’re back! A little catch-up to cover here but I dig straight in (more or less) to talk about the Arnold Classic and specific whether or not Sam Sul...
283 – Why the New Olympia Point System Sucks
The IFBB just announced the return of the point system for Olympia Qualifications and it’s being met resoundingly positive feedback – except from me. ...
282 – AI in Bodybuilding
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Show of hands – who is sick to DEATH of seeing AI talked about for everything? Are you inundated all day lo...
281 – Competing on a Budget
Has competing gotten more expensive lately? If so, what can you do about it? Where are some places where you can cut a few budgetary corners without...
280 – The Final Word on Intermittent Fasting
How bad am I at responding to text messages? Bad enough that I actually find it easier to respond to a text with a podcast episode, THAT bad. I know...
279 – Macro Exchanges, Fit Model Revisited
Well, that fit model thing sure caused a bit of a stir. In today’s episode I clean up some of the carnage from negative comments I got from my take. ...
278 – Why Fit Model Is The Wrong Move
The NPC/IFBB just announced this week a new “Fit Model” category which will be slotted ‘under’ bikini in terms of both muscularity and conditioning re...
277 – Understanding Genetic Potential
In episode 277, I make a TRIUMPHANT RETURN to solo episodes…for now (my interview schedule is clear – insert sad face here). I’ve also been wanting t...
276 – IFBB Pro Lori Conley
Lori Conley had been on my “get” list for awhile but due to scheduling and other things it wasn’t until now we were able to finally sit down and chat...
275 – IFBB Pro Bodybuilder Julia Whitesel
I won’t lie – interviewing Julia Whitesel was on my list after watching her in the Rising Phoenix earlier this year, and after the Olympia I knew we h...
274 – IFBB Bikini Pro Monique Chilcutt
Before becoming an IFBB Bikini Pro, Monique Chilcutt had a previous career as a pro dancer for an NBA team – I get her entire story in this in depth i...
273 – IFBB Wellness Pro Teresa Myers
IFBB Wellness Pro Teresa Myers has been at this bodybuilding thing for a bit – starting in 2013 in women’s physique, eventually turning pro in 2018 an...
272 – Amateur vs. Professional Bodybuilding
I’ve been watching a ton of IFBB Pro bodybuilding shows lately and recording my commentary to post as videos on my YouTube and Patreon channels (links...
271 – How To Make Bodybuilding Mainstream
Check out my newly relaunched website featuring my online courses: Bikini Blueprint, Hypertrophy University, and Macro Boot Camp:
https://darin...
270 – IFBB WPD Pro Alyssa Coppolino
Bodybuilding is a funny thing. Following a craptastic showing at Tampa and then a glorious return the top 5 in Tupelo, IFBB Women’s Physique Pro Alyss...
269 – Building The Perfect Home Gym
A good home gym can be a great asset. A lousy home gym will set your potential progress back years.
In episode 269 I tell you how to build the b...
268 – The Ultimate Guide to Travel Dieting
Maintaining your diet on the road can be, to put it mildly, a pain. BUT it’s worth noting that it is, in all situations and with a bit of advance pla...
267 – Debunking the Myth of Carb Cycling
Carb cycling in bodybuilding is something that, for some reason, generates some very passionate opinions. Certainly, most dietary strategies have thei...
266 – Sketchy and Sus Coaches – Finding a Good One
The bodybuilding industry is loaded with coaches – if you’re searching for a good one either for contest prep or for a more general transformation, th...
265 – Keeping Muscle on a Deficit
You often hear people talk about recomping or “building muscle in a deficit”, but realistically the goal just needs to be to not LOSE muscle while you...
264 – Fitness & Bodybuilding Myths – The Truth
In the bodybuilding industry specifically and the fitness industry more generally, confusion abounds. Stuff that was “fact” decades ago we now know to...
263 – Does Food Quality Matter?
How much does food quality really matter when it comes to your diet in bodybuilding? There’s “healthy”, but then what about just dropping body fat or...
262 – Post-Show Rebound Myths Exposed
There’s been a myth circulating for a long time that after your contest prep phase for a bodybuilding show, or after a hard fat loss phase in general,...
261 – The Bodybuilder and the Mathematician
Being in Oregon to visit family, it seemed like a great opportunity to get some fresh faces on here as I shamelessly exploit my family’s lack of bodyb...
260 – Smooth Sailing Into Show Day?
Well, at long last here we are – 22 weeks of prep, 110 training sessions, mountains of cardio, 17 near flawless weeks followed by 5 that border on “tr...
259 – Salvaging a Broken Prep
Bodybuilding is a funny thing…of this 22 week contest prep phase, the first 17 weeks were pretty quiet…and since then it’s been an epic mess. Right no...
258 – Body Dysmorphia: Causes and Solutions
Body dysmorphia, or body dysmorphic disorder, is yet another serious issue (like binge eating that we talked about last week) that disproportionately...