095: Eric Helms - Q&A - Carbs, Fibre & Vegetables During Contest Prep

[@ReviveStronger]

Timestamps: 03:35 Eric talks about ways to detect overreaching 11:05 Eric's take on the importance of carb time on a refeed? 15:43 Eric answer the question of tracking vegetables during contest prep 18:37 Eric speaks about fibre calculation and counting fibre 26:32 Eric gives insight if there are any updates on the recovery diet 35:42 Eric's opinion on high carb massing & if intermediates can grow in an isocaloric state 48:03 Eric shares his experience on lessons he has learned over time and myths that turned out to be true

[@MrGflan]

Revive Stronger can you tell me what he meant by veins in the abs and something about not being as important? Maybe I heard wrong. My lower abs are finally starting to come in and I’m measuring my body fat percentage and physique goals by having shredded abs and keeping my muscle and hopefully building all over. Should abs not be the focus if I want to someday compete in men’s physique? Thanks.

[@niuredblack]

World Class as always Steve! Love your interviews with Eric

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks for listening!

[@theogolaub]

For some reason I've overlooked your podcasts but they are really enjoyable and full of knowledge!

[@ReviveStronger]

Theo, and as you can see, there are tonnes of episodes waiting for you ;) - Pascal

[@theogolaub]

@@ReviveStronger Well this is going to keep my prep interesting 😊👌🏾

[@ReviveStronger]

@@theogolaub if we can contribute to you winning some titles, we're more than happy to do so ;)

[@AimfitAu]

two years later, but still so relevant and articulated answers, thank you!

[@jesustorres4725]

More Eric helms!!!!

[@ReviveStronger]

We will if you want ;)

[@DragonballG.]

Eric fast becoming my favourite fitness pro (intentionally keeping that term as broad as possible!)

[@ReviveStronger]

Rightly so :) - Pascal

[@TheLeanLifestyleUk]

Some great questions and once again Eric Helms doesn't disappoint!

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks Ricky!

[@parkerjohnson5270]

this covered so many useful topics!

[@ReviveStronger]

Glad you think so! - Pascal

[@Melora908]

Another great podcast with Eric. Thanks for that Steve!

[@ReviveStronger]

Just what you would expect from Eric :)

[@kyledburns1647]

Great stuff by Eric and you steve !

[@ReviveStronger]

Cheers Kyle. You have to catch up a bit ;P

[@The10Daniel10]

Just... Fuck yes! Didn't expect this one coming so fast (that's what she said). Haven't finished listening yet, but defiantly a great episode! Thank you once again Steve for providing this amazing work and also thanks to Eric for letting us inspect his mind.

[@ReviveStronger]

Daniel, thanks for your support :)

[@JoHnSapla7LordSapla9]

Very useful video. Easy to understand. Good job! 👏

[@ReviveStronger]

Great to hear!

[@yashovardhansingh2766]

Excellent q&a loved it as usual.

[@ReviveStronger]

Happy to hear mate :)

[@raffaelecorrente1123]

you and Iraky offer the best video on youtube... Wonder why some dorks selling shitty informations have so many followers while we are a "small" community!

[@ReviveStronger]

Raffaele, that, my friend, means a lot!

[@MrGflan]

What’s interesting is that on a high fat and low carb diet I stalled at 150 pounds (I’m only 5’8 height). Once I switched to a higher carb, low fat diet (fat 50/carb 200-225 with protein about a pound per gram) I am feeling like I am leaning out a bit more than before. I’m hoping I can break through the stalls. I do feel much stronger in the gym and more energy for cardio. I am keeping training intense to not lose muscle.

[@ReviveStronger]

Happy to hear the carb4life crowd got you ;) - Pascal

[@MrGflan]

Revive Stronger can you go over my macros? Do you think 50-60 fat, 150 grams protein and 225 carbs is reasonable? I’m 150 pounds. I’ve had my carbs get up to 300 per day while still being in a caloric deficit. If there is say a 500 calorie or more deficit, do the macros matter that much in your opinion? I train 5 days a week and do about 30 minutes of cardio a day, sedentary job though. I feel really bad when I eat like 3 bowls or cereal, guilty like? But then I look at my calories at the end of the day and still in a deficit. So confused as to if heavier carbs can stall me, while still in deficit. Thanks.

[@ReviveStronger]

Looking great imo and if the bowls of cereal fit your macros, well, cereals are life and thus you don't have to feel guilty at all! - Pascal

[@dwbakker]

Post gruweling training, was super hard today, hope this improves the recovery

[@ReviveStronger]

Every single week? What's going on with you? Have you never deload? ;)

[@dwbakker]

Well, I probably forget to comment on the deload :), last week was 4/5, next week is my last week, after that it's deload time again. Maybe twice daily sessions tryout next block?!?!? I have a very very easy 5 weeks of school so I probably want to try it out...

[@dwbakker]

One thing I did find, I made the volume of satuday too high, compared to the other days, and because it's the last day before my rest day it's always the hardest day. Good to learn things like this, I'll lower it next meso. In this way programs keep improving!

[@gregfields011]

Great video. Any word on when the deload discussion with Eric Mike and menno will be up?

[@ReviveStronger]

I have no idea about such a thing

[@hanspumper7462]

Love your Videos, thank you very much!

[@derekrodrigues6890]

You can have veins in your abs at around 8%. I'm probably 5-6 lbs away from 8% and I'm starting to see veins in my abs. I don't want to get to bodybuilder leaness but 8% is great. I'm going super slow especially with these last 5 lbs. 400 calorie deficit 5 days per week and 2 consecutive refeed days every week. I weigh all my food and increase or decrease calories based on if I work out that day or not to maintain a steady deficit. Ita going really well this time. Cravings and food obsession is definitely way less than it has been before when I've gotten this lean and then quickly rebounded. Then I'm gonna eat at maintenance for a couple weeks and then a 200 calorie surplus until it's time to trim any bit of fat I gained while bulking before next summer and rinse and repeat every summer. Yeah I don't understand reverse diet. Just go immediately maintenance for a couple weeks

[@jacopopio680]

Ooooh yeah, thanks Steve!

[@ReviveStronger]

Ooooh yeah, you're more than welcome Jacopo ;)

[@SnakeC666]

Great podcast love it 😊😊

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks a tonne for listening!

[@AL3XGZa]

Yessss loved it guys

[@ReviveStronger]

Yaaay!

[@hanspumper7462]

Do´s and Don´ts in the offseason with Eric Helms (long bulk for the next 3-5 years with some minicuts) for best training performance and maximum muscle growth for beginner intermediate would be nice!(training and nutrition) Sorry for my bad english :) i hope you understand my question.

[@ReviveStronger]

Hans, feel free to join our group in which we collect questions for Q&A's facebook.com/groups/revivestronger/

[@hanspumper7462]

thanks but I'm one of the 3 people who do not have facebook :D, but thank you very much!

[@dchaigq]

Steve doin gods work with this one

[@ReviveStronger]

Steve is da man!

[@joshua_kuluris]

Awesome..... love your videos

[@ReviveStronger]

Cheers :)

[@postworld1185]

"How did you look so good in my mind wearing a half mask and shirtless?" Dr. Eric Helms

[@ReviveStronger]

Hehehe

[@gamerchristina1079]

💪💪❤️❤️‼️

[@ReviveStronger]

Thanks! - Coach Jess