Ep. 271 - Powerlifting, Natural Bodybuilding & Science (Eric Trexler’s Journey)

Iron Culture

The MASS Crew

Sports & Recreation, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 827 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Trextopia, this is your episode. We peel back the layers of pro natural bodybuilder, exercise science researcher & co-host of Iron Culture, Eric Trexler.

Learn how he got into lifting, what low bar squatting 500lb ATG will do to your body & why there might be more controversy in Iron Culture’s near future. This might be the peak of Iron Culture but Trexler is no fan of peak weeks.

00:00 Introduction to an episode with Eric without the other Eric

03:06 An inside peak into Trexler’s day as a scientist (Trex lore)

09:42 Trexler’s foray into powerlifting

19:47 T-Nation and what informed Trexler’s training practices

27:12 Wrestling, lifting, and experimenting with training

36:02 Change of perspective: different approaches to training

42:44 The evolution of Trexler’s training and getting into science

48:37 “Optimisation” for bodybuilding and peaking (Helm’s hat cameo)

1:00:45 The pros and cons of different approaches

1:04:53 Diving into different research topics and the recent challenges in Trexler’s fitness journey

1:16:57 Growing and learning from the experiences (and the return of the T-Rex)

1:30:41 Closing out this monster episode

Transcript

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0:00.0	Eric.
0:02.8	Omar.
0:03.6	It happened again.
0:05.8	What's that?
0:06.9	You had another phenomenal dual episode with the other Eric.
0:11.4	Is that what we're referring to Helms?
0:12.7	I don't know when he's not present.
0:15.2	Do I just call him Helms?
0:16.2	Like, what's the situation there?
0:18.0	Most people tend to refer to him as the other Eric, so we can do that.
0:22.3	Okay. Yeah, and that's relevant. I mean, I did read the comments. I thought it was a fantastic episode.
0:27.7	Someone said, hey, really appreciate how they dove right into the topic. So that's what we're going to do today. It's going to be a very interesting episode, as you'll see, not sure
0:38.4	what we'll title it, but you just said something, and I do want your reaction because we do
0:43.1	try and interact with the audience, not directly, of course, and not in any meaningful way,
0:48.1	but it's more like top-down hierarchy pyramid-like structure. We re-reviews, react to them. And then, you know, throw everyone else
0:58.0	at that person. Sometimes we'll read the username and say, we don't like this person, excommunicate
1:02.5	them. But we are dealing now with Trexopia, Trex Nation. So there's a whole new contingent
1:08.7	of people inside the Iron Culture D culture dome i want to read for
1:13.2	you trex this review then we're going to get into your research then we're going to get into trex the person
1:19.9	the practitioner the lifter and science communicator how all those things kind of coalesced together
1:25.7	but let's get started first with that review because you mentioned something very interesting
1:28.8	about Helms and yourself.
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