Uploaded November 2023 | Updated September 2026, 15 minutes ago
The good Doctors Eric are still figuring out how to start episodes without Omar, and let’s just say it’s off to a rough start. But to their credit, they went on to deliver a monster episode even if Omar wasn’t there to officially dub it so. In this conversation Dr. Helms recaps the amazing battles and historic performances that took place at WNBF Worlds on Nov 18-19th, where he participated as both a coach and athlete. Then, Dr. Trexler and he cover a couple relevant and interesting research papers, the first, covered by Dr. Helms explores the “whys” underlying the motivations competitive bodybuilders have to live the life they lead. The second, covered by Dr. Trexler, explores the often-repeated claim that when you diet, you’ll lose ~25% of your weight as lean mass. Is this true? And if it is, for whom and in what circumstances?
00:00 Eric… the WNBF World’s format and Helms’ experience
13:26 Dirk Emmerich background and recap
20:28 One of the quirks of natural bodybuilding
25:17 Recap continued
33:07 The top 5 in the overall
35:13 The female competitors
43:03 Trexler’s return to the stage?
Natty News Daily @natty_news_daily instagram.com/natty_news_daily
46:29 What’s next for Helms and some
MASS Research Review massresearchreview.com
MASS Office Hours Episode 11 (The Science of Muscle Growth w/ Dr. Brad Schoenfeld) youtube.com/watch?v=NQda3aV0f7Q
Raskol Apparel raskolapparel.com
59:30 Getting into some bodybuilding science
59:52 (When the Eric’s actually start) Getting into some Science
Willmott 2023 The perfect storm: a meta-ethnography of the motivations, behaviours, and experiences of competitive bodybuilders tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1750984X.2023.2263851?src=
1:07:09 The framework of those who compete
1:23:40 The importance of this research and its limitations
1:32:45 A brief look at muscle loss during weight loss
Heymsfield 2024 Proportion of caloric restriction-induced weight loss as skeletal muscle pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37807154
Barakat 2020 Body Recomposition: Can Trained Individuals Build Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time? journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fulltext/2020/10000/body_recomposition__can_trained_individuals_build.3.aspx
1:49:33 Applying this research and the importance of resistance training
1:57:30 Closing out with one final MASS advertisement
The good Doctors Eric are still figuring out how to start episodes without Omar, and let’s just say it’s off to a rough start. But to their credit, they went on to deliver a monster episode even if Omar wasn’t there to officially dub it so. In this conversation Dr. Helms recaps the amazing battles and historic performances that took place at WNBF Worlds on Nov 18-19th, where he participated as both a coach and athlete. Then, Dr. Trexler and he cover a couple relevant and interesting research papers, the first, covered by Dr. Helms explores the “whys” underlying the motivations competitive bodybuilders have to live the life they lead. The second, covered by Dr. Trexler, explores the often-repeated claim that when you diet, you’ll lose ~25% of your weight as lean mass. Is this true? And if it is, for whom and in what circumstances?
00:00 Eric… the WNBF World’s format and Helms’ experience
13:26 Dirk Emmerich background and recap
20:28 One of the quirks of natural bodybuilding
25:17 Recap continued
33:07 The top 5 in the overall
35:13 The female competitors
43:03 Trexler’s return to the stage?
Natty News Daily @natty_news_daily instagram.com/natty_news_daily
46:29 What’s next for Helms and some
MASS Research Review massresearchreview.com
MASS Office Hours Episode 11 (The Science of Muscle Growth w/ Dr. Brad Schoenfeld) youtube.com/watch?v=NQda3aV0f7Q
Raskol Apparel raskolapparel.com
59:30 Getting into some bodybuilding science
59:52 (When the Eric’s actually start) Getting into some Science
Willmott 2023 The perfect storm: a meta-ethnography of the motivations, behaviours, and experiences of competitive bodybuilders tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1750984X.2023.2263851?src=
1:07:09 The framework of those who compete
1:23:40 The importance of this research and its limitations
1:32:45 A brief look at muscle loss during weight loss
Heymsfield 2024 Proportion of caloric restriction-induced weight loss as skeletal muscle pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37807154
Barakat 2020 Body Recomposition: Can Trained Individuals Build Muscle and Lose Fat at the Same Time? journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/fulltext/2020/10000/body_recomposition__can_trained_individuals_build.3.aspx
1:49:33 Applying this research and the importance of resistance training
1:57:30 Closing out with one final MASS advertisement
