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Blood Sweat & Gear 335 Are You Only as Big as Your Dose?
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 02:15:38
Publish Date: 2026-02-20 15:19:04
Description:

In this episode of Blood Sweat & Gear on Think Big Bodybuilding, coaches Skip Hill, Andrew Berry and Scott McNally answer your toughest bodybuilding questions — covering testosterone dosing, TRT, growth hormone protocols, hematocrit management, contest prep strategy and the current state of the underground PED market.

We break down Olympia-level peaking consistency, bloodwork timing after dose adjustments, managing PSA on cycle, GH side effects, first cycle dosing, and whether size is really determined by how much you take. We also debate old school mass monsters, critique physiques live, and talk coaching strategy for competitors vs lifestyle lifters.

Blood Sweat & Gear is a bodybuilding Q&A podcast where three experienced prep coaches share real-world insight on contest prep, PED education, training principles and long-term progress.

Timestamps:

0:00 Bodybuilding Q&A with Skip, Andrew & Scott
1:00 Competing to Beat the Field or Your Personal Best
5:00 How Judging Panels Actually Work
7:50 Sports Betting and Bodybuilding
12:00 Nick Walker 2024 vs 2025
15:45 Peaking Like an Olympia Champion
17:30 Coaching Athletes Across Multiple Shows
18:45 Underground Steroid Market Update
22:50 Comment Section Spam Warning
24:40 Hardcore Bodybuilding Without Competing
33:10 PED Use for Competitors vs Lifestyle Lifters
38:00 Cardio, RBC and Hematocrit
41:45 Every Other Day GH with Tesamorelin
46:00 GH Releasing Peptides
50:00 Arnold Classic Plans
53:20 Is 250mg Test Enough to Start
56:00 Finding Affordable Labs
57:40 Are Lab Subscriptions Worth It
1:03:30 Estrogen Testing After Dose Changes
1:08:30 Nationals vs Another Local Show
1:18:00 Mini Cut vs Holding Weight
1:23:00 Size vs Dose Discussion
1:28:50 Managing PSA on Cycle
1:38:00 TRT After a Cycle
1:40:50 Numbness on Growth Hormone
1:44:40 Higher vs Lower Test with EQ and NPP
1:45:55 Skip’s DHB Experience
1:47:30 Libido Drop After Test EQ
1:49:12 Old School Bodybuilding Debate
1:57:00 Physique Critique
2:02:45 Behind the Scenes

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Coaching:
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