We sit down with strongman and weightlifting coach Alec Jose, who has garnered a little bit of controversy this week in his promotion of the long maligned "belt clean" in strongman. We didn't get to cover that topic but he did go after lots of sacred cows like the waste of a degree that Exercise Physiology is for personal trainers, why strongman gets it wrong in regards to training (and what they get right), how PEDs really do work if you work them right, and the general silliness of the "fitness" industry.

Keeping in line with a strong tradition of s*it talking, this episode of The Pump should have you simultaneously angered and laughing.

:30 Intro

2:00 Alec identifies Dean's personality as that of a pick up artist

5:20 Alec's history at Peak Performance, Exercise Science, how to gain respect

10:00 Application of training methodology

17:00 Real friends and honesty

22:00 Building a backyard gym in Brooklyn during Covid

25:00 Craziness of strongman in NYC

30:00 Training environment

35:00 Breaking the mold of old training rules

40:00 Journalism background pays off

45:00 Stupid helps strong

47:00 Fake natty

50:00 Drugs, drug testing, drugs

1:02:00 Crazy powerlifters

1:10:00 Closing thoughts

Find Alec

www.teamrpe11.com

IG @Alecjose

     @RPE.11