{"podcast":{"title":"Anabolic Bodybuilding","slug":"anabolic-bodybuilding-7247370","podcast_index_feed_id":7247370,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/anabolicbodybuilding/feed.xml","website_url":"https://anabolicbodybuilding.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/15891284/Copy_of_How_to_Get_Huge_Presentation_700_x_700_px_1400_x_1400_px_3_88onm.png","author":"Big Paul","episode_count":100,"summary":"Most of what you read or watch on the internet about bodybuilding regarding training, steroids, growth hormone, insulin, and nutrition is completely wrong. We filter through all the nonsense and tell you the truth about what the top pros and amateur competitors are doing.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-02T10:17:35.135944+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anabolic-bodybuilding-7247370"},"episode":{"title":"Eat Big To Get Big After A Cut, Best PEDs For Older Guys, Real Cost Of Competing, MENT Experiments?","slug":"eat-big-to-get-big-after-a-cut-best-peds-for-older-guys-real-cost-of-competing-ment-experiments","published_at":"2026-06-12T13:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anabolic-bodybuilding-7247370/eat-big-to-get-big-after-a-cut-best-peds-for-older-guys-real-cost-of-competing-ment-experiments","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anabolic-bodybuilding-7247370","url":"https://anabolicbodybuilding.podbean.com/e/eat-big-to-get-big-after-a-cut-best-peds-for-older-guys-real-cost-of-competing-ment-experiments/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/axp4csenki3us3u2/0611.mp3","summary":"Contest season is here, and this bodybuilding Q&A goes deep into the real-world decisions serious lifters, coaches, and competitors face when trying to build muscle, stay lean, rebound properly, and prepare for the stage. In this episode, we cover Big Paul’s 12-week-out update, how to place high, medium, and low carb days during carb cycling, what to do when weight stalls during a rebound, and how to adjust your diet when coming out of a cut. We also dig into estrogen management, vascularity, hematocrit and RBC values, realistic annual costs for amateur competitors, and whether a man dieting on 1,500 calories is making the right move. The Q&A also covers PED-related bodybuilding topics including older guys using PEDs for fat loss, thoughts on MENT, switching from HGH to tesamorelin, GLP-3 and anxiety, how to know if tren is real, how PED doses accumulate in serum over time, and whether compounds like ezetimibe and telmisartan should stay in during a cruise. Plus, we talk practical home gym setup with the top 3 machines for building a serious physique at home, and Big Paul breaks down how he approaches high carb days during prep. Whether you’re in contest prep, coming out of a cut, trying to rebound without getting sloppy, or simply trying to understand bodybuilding at a deeper level, this Q&A is packed with practical insight for competitors and advanced lifters. 📧 For exclusive inside Information and free articles, join my mailing list: https://www.anabolicbodybuilding.com/email-list Subscribe to my Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCjQmfhe1yyDsRjCVedA5IBA 📘 The Science of Anabolics E-Course:https://www.anabolicbodybuilding.com/the-science-of-anabolics-performance-enhancing-drugs 🗺️ Get The Ultimate Cycle Cheat Sheet: https://www.anabolicbodybuilding…","meta_description":"Contest season is here, and this bodybuilding Q&A goes deep into the real-world decisions serious lifters, coaches, and competitors face when trying t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3586,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/anabolic-bodybuilding-7247370/episodes/eat-big-to-get-big-after-a-cut-best-peds-for-older-guys-real-cost-of-competing-ment-experiments/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/anabolic-bodybuilding-7247370/eat-big-to-get-big-after-a-cut-best-peds-for-older-guys-real-cost-of-competing-ment-experiments.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}