#301: Our Biggest Bodybuilding Lessons of 2025

#301: Our Biggest Bodybuilding Lessons of 2025

From 3D Muscle Journey by 3D Muscle Journey

February 5, 2026 · 1h 20m

About this episode

The hosts discuss their biggest bodybuilding lessons from 2025, exploring various approaches to hypertrophy and common pitfalls in training.

Brian, Alberto, Jeff, and Brad discuss what they learned in 2025, how so many different approaches work for hypertrophy, and the things people commonly miss in their quest to be optimal that are making them suboptimal. Can cheat meals sometimes be an effective strategy to use during a fat-loss phase? How has Alberto been getting himself to eat more vegetables? How has the way Brian chooses exercises for his athletes changed over time? Are exercises that are more stable better for hypertrophy? What problems can happen when someone is doing too much volume when there is a high degree of tension in a lengthened position? The answers to these questions and many more are covered in this episode. Timestamps 0:00- Introduction 2:15- You don’t have to be optimal to make progress 16:16- Cheat meals & How Alberto has been getting himself to eat more vegetables 22:05- The importance of community 37:17- Meet people at your gym 45:20- How the way Brian chooses exercises for his athletes has changed over time 52:41- How do we even know what optimal is? 1:02:18- How much do the small details actually matter? 1:07:47- What Brad learned in 2025 Selected Links From This Episode Coaching By…

People in this episode

Hosts: Brian, Alberto, Jeff, Brad

Topics covered

  • bodybuilding
  • hypertrophy
  • nutrition
  • exercise selection
  • community

Keywords

  • cheat meals
  • fat-loss phase
  • eating vegetables
  • exercise selection
  • optimal training
  • volume and tension
  • community importance

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