On the first installment of the Bulk Boys podcast, I interview Jakob S of @JSStrength, a powerlifter and coach who's already putting up staunch numbers at the age of twenty. (Correction: I said he was twenty-one in my introduction, but his birthday isn't until April 1st.) Our conversation covers the impact of temperament on training, how to progressively overload your mindset, our mutual fanboying over  @ShetharTraining  and  @peterubishfitness , and selfishness as the truest path to altruism. Stay tuned for part two of our discussion, which should be dropping on Easter.

You can find Jakob at  @JSStrength  on Youtube and jsstrength_0 on Instagram, and email him at jsstrength@outlook.com for coaching inquiries.

TIMESTAMPS:

1:50 moving back to New Mexico; gap year

2:50 the challenge of accepting that you know yourself best

6:10 How Jakob got into lifting

7:25 Why overhead and incline pressing have better carryover to contact sports

9:10 Sloth and heartbreak: the perfect potion

11:10 That one ex that we aren’t going to talk about

12:30 pulling a hammy

13:00 Fellas will bang the wall if they don’t have an outlet

13:45 Low bar is a finicky outlet, especially with a hamstring injury

14:15 Jakob’s 500 pound squat

15:00 Becoming the Shane Hunt of Anytime Fitness

15:30 Our mutual admiration of hamstrings; Cailer Woolam’s rear glute spread

16:00 Jakob’s experience coaching high school powerlifters

16:45 Jakob’s experience mogging high school powerlifters

18:00 Jakob’s early and diverse strength training influences

19:15 The benefits of knowing that you don’t know

26:00 Jakob’s freak athlete Dom

27:00 Laboring in obscurity

29:15 Jakob trains every damn day

31:15 Jakob wants you to throw out your pre-workout

31:50 A tornado tries to sweep him off to Oz

33:45 Shouts out to @Shethartraining

34:15 Getting caught in the hype; central fatigue; wave loading your adrenaline

36:40 Tailoring training to disposition

37:30 Jakob’s plans for competing

39:00 Jakob is a true bulk boy

39:15 Jakob is about to stop being a true bulk boy

39:40 Getting veiny for the ladies

40:30 Doing his own dental work

40:55 My bleeding-heart snowflake encouragement

42:45 Closet powerbuilders; why I’m not Dan Green (yet)

43:30 How Jakob programs accessories

44:15 One weird trick to explosive progress

46:30 Bulk boys are carb boys

46:50 Jakob goes exercise scientist about how carbs facilitate anabolic signaling

48:00 Shouts out to @MPMD

48:40 Protein quality/amino acid profiles

50:05 Bulk boys are also beef boys

50:45 I am going to get evicted if I can’t monetize this channel

52:00 Anal pencil-necks

54:15 GPs know broadly, but not deeply

55:00 Just do this thing

56:00 Jakob’s house getting robbed by Andrew Huberman fans

56:40 A simple kind of bulk boy

57:00 Poverty makes you seem enlightened

59:30 You have to address yourself before you can address others; the value of honest selfishness

Intro and outro music: Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio