The Work Podcast Episode 59 - Hog Wild

About this episode

In this episode, Robert discusses processing hogs, a new training split, the Enhanced Games, and health risks in bodybuilding while embarking on a sardine fast.

We're back with Episode 59 and I am running on fumes. We processed four hogs this past weekend — start to finish, ourselves, no abattoir — and walked away with 600 lbs of high quality pork. 17-hour day. Worth every minute. If you eat meat, you owe it to yourself to understand where it comes from and be part of that process at least once. Circle of life, man. Greg and I also catch up on a full week into our new training split. Legs were brutal — 70,000 lbs of volume — and I'm still feeling it. We break down what's working, what we tweaked on chest day, and why I think this split might carry me all the way into prep for Worlds next November. Then we get into the Enhanced Games happening in Las Vegas. No drug testing, no banned substances — just whatever you want to pump into yourself. I get it, I understand why it exists, but it's a slippery slope. We also talk about the 23-year-old Brazilian bodybuilder who just passed away from hypoglycemia linked to exogenous insulin. It's a sobering reminder of where that road can lead. And to top it all off — I'm doing the sardine fast. Five days, 18 cans a day, iso-caloric at 3,000 calories. Got bloodwork done beforehand, CGM and continuous…

People in this episode

Host: Robert Sikes

Topics covered

• Processing hogs
• High-volume training split
• Enhanced Games
• Health risks in bodybuilding
• Sardine fast

Keywords

• hogs
• training split
• Enhanced Games
• bodybuilding
• sardine fast
• health risks
• meat processing

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