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50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD

Mike "Silent Mike" Farr and Jim McDonald are the owners of Third Street Barbell in Sacramento, CA, and veteran podcasters. On this podcast, they try to answer a single question. Any question is fair game, but most involve health, fitness, nutrition, mental health, culture…even sex. In some episodes, they examine relevant popular media (movies and documentaries) for connections to the world of health and fitness. Full episodes every Wednesday. Business inquiries: Jim@thejimmcd.comBecome a supporter

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48:48

How do you choose the right equipment for your home...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/04/15

Gyms are closed, and everyone is scrambling to build out their home gyms so they don’t lose all their gains. Even in the best of times, it can be hard to decide what equipment you really need and where to buy it. We got Alan Thrall’s perspective on this topic in an earlier episode. Now we’ve tapped our friend and veteran YouTuber, Brandon Campbell Diamond. Brandon is known as a connoisseur of home gym equipment and has been producing honest, straight-forward reviews of lifting related equipment for

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65:33

What can we say about the elephant in the room?

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/04/09

No expert this episode due to some availability issues on our side. We talk about how we’re filing time during this lockdown and address an issue that a lot of people have asked us about privately the last few days. “With great power comes great responsibility” isn’t just for Spiderman. Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Connor O’Neal. Theme by Aaron Moore. Branding by Joseph Manzo.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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60:13

How can you rise in the face of adversity? w/ Dr....

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/04/01

Challenging times right now. How retain your sense of self well enough to meet them head on? We turned to Dr. Reef Karim, a leading expert in human behavior, to help us understand how we as humans react to prolonged stress and how to survive or even thrive these crazy times. Dr Karim is a double board-certified psychiatrist, addiction medicine physician, and relationship expert. He’s also a writer, host, and media personality. He’s served as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the UCLA Semel

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47:45

How do you avoid emotional eating…especially now? w/...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/03/25

The world is packing a lot of fear and anxiety into every day right now. That can complicate anyone’s emotions (and diet). It's especially for those of us who tend to be emotional eaters. Is staying away from the foods we love most the only answer? Why do we connect certain activities with food? Can we uncover the underlying reasons for our emotional eating? We asked Adrienne Ngai, RD, CDE, MSc to help us understand what drives emotional eating and what we can do to control it. You can find

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61:56

Is bouncing dead in the age of COVID-19 or was it...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/03/18

We invited our old friend and training partner, Fat Dan, into the studio to talk about his private security business, and the disruptions were all facing in the wake of the Coronavirus. Why do people continue to put themselves in unsafe, crowded situations right now? Should you quit your full-time job to work for yourself? What (or who) is Diet Caramel and how do you get into that? You can find Dan on Instagram: @stormcloud415 and Twitter: @stormcloud415 and at his business website: Capital

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36:29

Stuff that’s just out of reach…

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/03/11

While waiting around for a guest who we couldn’t quite reach on the phone, we talked ended up talking about some things that people strive for that are hard…or even impossible to reach. Similar to a recent episode of the podcast “Reply All,” we’re trying to identify a children’s horror movie or TV show from the 90s. Can you help? Check the episode for some familiar, oddly specific, and hopefully memory jogging, detail. It was about…a monster under the bed. Is it real? Or is it just the Mandela

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37:55

What if that nagging pain is really something...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/03/04

A few weeks ago, our good friend Jacob Ross was very sick but he didn’t know it. What he thought was a pinched nerve turned out to be a dangerous, and potentially lethal, accumulation of fluid around his heart. He’s much better now, so we can ask: how could this have happened to a young, healthy guy? What were the symptoms and why did he pass them off as simply an injury? How did he manage to squat a PR just a few days before having to be rushed to the hospital? Who intervened to help get him

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39:36

How do you prep for your first Ragnar or Spartan...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/02/26

We’re not runners, so we’re definitely not racers. We followed up last week’s episode on starting to run with a conversation about setting a goal to compete on one of a couple of popular types of races. Both of these have large, supportive communities and are considered to be a lot of fun. Is the prep the same for both races? Can you do it alone? Do you have to be able to run the whole distance before your first race? How can you prep for the all the kinds of tasks and obstacles of a Spartan race?

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61:16

How do you get started running (and why it might be a...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/02/19

A lot of people grew up running for sports, but plenty of people stop just as soon as they can and never do it again. We ask runners James Van Prooyen & Rich Nicholes to tell us how to get started (or started again). Once you get your ass off the couch, what does the first day of running look like? What should your initial goals look like? What’s a really good way to get and stay motivated? If you get started, will you never want to stop? You can find James and Rich on The Ragnar Life podcast,

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94:55

How do you build a strongman community so great that...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/02/12

We finally connect with Kalle Beck, the man behind StartingStrongman.com. If you saw the Facebook commercial during the Super Bowl, the Oscars, etc., you’ve seen Kalle and some of the members of the online strongman community he started years ago. How did he get interested in strongman in the first place? Did he really quit his job so he could compete in China? What’s it like to be in a huge TV commercial? What’s it like to move from California to Tennessee? How do you actually get started training

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75:20

Are jacked celebrities on the sauce? What makes a...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/02/05

Our good friend Omar Isuf is in town, so he joined us for a conversation in which we actually talk quite a bit about celebrity, fitness, and how Omar accomplished his recent transformation? So much of the coverage of celebrities who get jacked revolves around their training, but does anyone believe they don’t use PEDs? Was Kobe Bryant’s death come about because people have a hard time saying no to celebrities? How did Omar know he could accomplish his transformation? What are the factors that

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57:20

Which top fitness trends for 2020 are legit and which...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/01/29

In a “just us” episode, we take a look at a couple articles claiming to track the top fitness trends for 2020 – notably one from Men’s Health. Will personal trainers really be like rock stars in 2020? Are you really working out hard enough to need an extensive recovery plan, or is a regular good night’s sleep enough? Is mental/emotional health really, finally, going to be on par with physical health and fitness? We start by talking about the personal, and cultural, impacts of the deaths of Kobe

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52:26

“How much do the labels ‘beginner, intermediate, or...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/01/22

Some programs claim to have been written for beginning lifters. Others for intermediates, etc. How do you when you’re past the beginner stage, and how much does it really matter? We asked Greg Nuckols to break it down for us. Here are some of our thoughts befgre we talked to Gret: Do you stop being a beginner when you stop having PRs every week? Or is it just when they are a little less frequent? With a conjugate program, you don’t test the same specific lift with much frequency, due to all the

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45:43

“Should women train differently than men?” w/Greg...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/01/15

Does women’s training really need an entirely different approach or just a couple tweaks? We asked Greg Nuckols, someone who recently wrote an article on this topic, to break it down for us. Here are some of our thoughts: Do women actually have great stamina for reps than men? Can women actually lift heavier on a percentage of max basis more frequently than men? The headcount of strong women is great than it’s probably ever been. What changed? Was training for women in the past too “soft” and were

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63:38

“Which research studies should you believe?” w/Greg...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2020/01/08

New Year. New avalanche of fitness and nutrition-related studies to confuse the resolutionistas (and the rest of us). How are we supposed to decide which ones to believe? We asked Greg Nuckols, someone who spends a lot of time evaluating research, to break it down for us. Here are some of our thoughts: Are there some sources we should listen over others? Should you read the entire study or is the abstract enough? What’s a legitimate sample size and why are large sample studies rare? How long should

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46:50

Our Star Wars Holiday Special…kinda: What did we think?

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2019/12/27

The next regular episode will drop on Jan 8, but we thought we’d have some fun and throw in this holiday bonus episode. We both saw “The Rise of Skywalker” so we talked through our thoughts and opinions. We also used the Business Insider’s ranking to discuss our thoughts on all the Star Wars films. There are tons of spoilers, so beware if you haven’t seen the movie yet! Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Connor O’Neal

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43:32

What were our favorites of 2019?

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2019/12/25

We take a look back at all of this year’s happenings and episodes. We talk about our favorite episodes of the year, our favorite answers from experts, and the answers we got the MOST wrong. Thanks to everyone who listened and special thanks to all our experts! We kick off the show talking about outsourcing, and “feeding the beast” of content creation. Hosted by Mike Farr (@silentmikke) and Jim McDonald (@thejimmcd). Produced by Jim McDonald Production assistance by Connor O’Neal. Theme by Aaron

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51:19

Can Intuitive Eating change your relationship with...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2019/12/18

We were frankly confused. What are people talking about when they refer to Intuitive Eating? Is it a weight loss strategy or something else? We asked Miguel Blacutt to explain the role of intuitive eating. He’s a Masters student in Applied Physiology at Columbia University, works as research assistant to Jeff Nippard, and is currently collaborating with Dr. Andy Galpin. Here are some of our thoughts: Is it eating whatever you want whenever you want? Is it simple dieting without tracking? If you

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52:58

Do you really have to break down muscle to build...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2019/12/11

We’ve always heard that muscle grows when you break it down through exercise, lifting weights, etc. In fact, we’ve always been told that it was the ONLY way, but is that really true? We asked Miguel Blacutt , someone who has been intensely interested in this subject, to catch us up on the latest research. He’s a Masters student in Applied Physiology at Columbia University, works as research assistant to Jeff Nippard, and is currently collaborating with Dr. Andy Galpin. Here are some of our thoughts:

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45:01

Do treatments like cupping and acupuncture actually...

50% Facts with Silent Mike & Jim McD ·

2019/12/04

Ever since Michael Phelps won Olympic gold medals for swimming looking like his back had been attacked by a giant octopus, athletes have been having suction cups stuck to their bodies. Long before that people had tiny needles stuck all over them. Do these “treatment” actually do anything? If they help, are they a short-term fix or do the results linger? We asked Dr. Teddy Willsey DPT for his insight. Dr. Willsey, is a co-founder of Citizen Athletics, a doctor of physical therapy, a strength and

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